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THE GARDENING WORLD . August 3, 1907. 
Buttonhole 
- - Hoses. 
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The wealth of Roses now to the hand 
of the cultivator furnishes something to 
meet the taste or requirements of every¬ 
body. There are now Roses suited for a 
great variety of purposes that need not be 
mentioned here. Several of them are 
peculiarly adapted for use to be worn as 
buttonholes on account of their beautiful 
form, especially in the bud state, mode¬ 
rate size and beautiful colours which may 
be blended in all manner of ways and 
ever-varying in different gardens, under 
different conditions of cultivation, soil 
and season. The under-mentioned varie¬ 
ties are spread over several sections, al¬ 
though the bulk of them are either Tea 
or Hybrid Tea Roses, as the new race of 
Wichuraiana Roses furnishes a number 
that may be used in this way. All of 
them, however, can be grown for ordinary 
garden decoration as well as for personal 
adornment. 
Two of the China Roses that would 
come into the category of buttonhole 
Roses are Laurette Messimy, with rose 
flowers and a yellow base, and Mme. R. 
Resal, with coppery red flowers overlying 
apricot. 
A well-known and popular Rose for this 
sort of work is William Allen Richardson, 
which should be gathered before it ex¬ 
pands, as the form and colour are then in 
perfection. It is a Noisette Rose. Some 
of the new race of hybrid Wichuraiana 
Roses might well be employed for button¬ 
holes in the half-expanded state. Jersey 
Beauty has pale yellow, small and pretty 
buds. Gardenia, which has dark foliage, 
red stems and bright yellow buds, would 
make a beautiful companion to it. 
One of the loveliest Roses for button¬ 
holes is Rosa lucida plena, with bright 
rose flowers, being a double form, or a 
hybrid, of the wild R. lucida. Several of 
the Moss Roses make beautiful button¬ 
holes, and the common Moss with pink, 
and Blanche Moreau with white flowers 
might well find a place where buttonholes t 
are in request. The hybrid Austrian Brier 
Gottfried Keller has salmon rose buds 
overlying yellow and often tinted with 
copper. It is best in the unexpanded 
state. 
A very large number of the H. T. Roses 
might be employed for this purpose, and 
are often used in exhibits of this class at 
Rose shows. Lady Battersea has crim¬ 
son-cerise buds, shaded with orange, and 
should be gathered before they are too 
much expanded, and the salmon apricot 
flowers of Mme. Ravary are best gathered 
in the bud state, and come in very useful 
here. The blooms of Mme. Jules Grolez 
are silvery rose with a yellow base. The 
apricot blooms of Mme. Pernet Ducher 
are very handsome and largely used for 
making buttonholes. Indeed, this variety 
and Mme. Ravary are amongst the best of 
this group for the purpose. 
The glossy silvery pink flowers of Tea 
Rambler have been particularly con¬ 
spicuous this year, and have often been 
exhibited. It makes a good weeping Rose 
when grown as a standard. Mme. Jean 
Dupuy has soft yellow blooms, tinted with 
rose on the edges and back of the petals. 
It is a Tea Rose, and makes an excellent 
buttonhole in the half-expanded state. 
The blooms of Anna Olivier are rosy 
shaded with buff, and very handsome in 
the bud stage. Lady Roberts, a sport 
from the previous one, has apricot flowers 
shaded with coppery red. Ma Capucine 
has been variously described as copper, 
bronze and saffron, and is par excellence 
a buttonhole Rose. 
A greater marvel in colour even is Sun¬ 
rise, with salmon buff flowers and carmine 
on the reverse. It is not adapted for out¬ 
door culture, however, but well repays for 
growing under glass on account of the 
handsome and striking colour of the half¬ 
open flowers. Still another Tea Rose is 
Sunset, with apricot-yellow flowers, and 
very neat. Some of the above Tea Roses, 
when disbudded, produce blooms large 
enough for exhibition on the show boards, 
but when left to grow naturally and the 
unexpanded buds employed they make 
very handsome buttonholes. 
C. E. R. 
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RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “ Baynton-Taylor ” for the article 
on “The Science of Watering Gardens,” 
page 502. 
In the Prize Letter Competition a prize 
was awarded to “ Joseph Floyd ” for the article 
on “Glass Cutting without a'Diamond ” ; and 
another to “ A.V.M ” for the article on “ Ligus- 
trum ovalifolium aureum,” page 508. 
Budding H° s ®s. 
July and August are the months to pro¬ 
pagate our Roses by budding. It is very 
simple and easy, and some of our lady 
gardeners delight in this summer pastime 
among the Roses. The stocks on which 
we are to bud should be planted in an 
open position in autumn. 
Briers are the best for standards, seed¬ 
ling Briers and Manettii for dwarfs. You 
cannot be an expert at budding without 
practice, but try and persevere, and you 
will find a great amount of pleasure in 
this simple operation. Select the buds 
from a well ripened shoot before they 
break out into leaf. Allow half an inch 
of the petiole to remain. With a sharp 
budding knife cut out the bud with half 
an inch of bark at either side of it. If 
any wood remains on the inside, this must 
be carefully removed, taking care to 
leave the bud intact. Next choose the 
stock to be budded, make a T-shaped slit 
in the stock about an inch long. If the 
sap is up, the bark will lift freely, and 
the bud can be inserted in the slit. Then 
carefully tie it above and below the bud 
so as to keep it in position. This tying 
should entirely cover the slit, only the 
bud being in sight. In about six or seven 
, weeks the bud should have become 
united, and the tying may be removed. 
Any Rose may be budded on the Brier, 
but do not bud Teas on the Manettii. 
In March the following year cut back 
the stock to within one bud above where 
your Rose was inserted ; let the wild bud 
grow to induce the sap to flow freely. 
When the Rose bud has grown an inch 
or more, cut back the stock to within half 
an inch above it, this cut should be 
covered over with grafting wax. As the 
bud grows it should be staked so as not 
to be broken off by birds or by the wind. 
If it appears weak, it should be pinched, 
as this greatly increases its strength. 
Plants budded will grow very freely, and 
many of the varieties give far better 
blooms on these maiden trees, so that ex¬ 
hibitors should bud a few Roses every 
season. 
By budding, yQu may have some novel¬ 
ties, as two or more colours can be grown 
on one plant. In very dry weather the 
buds may be kept moist by syringing. 
When budding dwarfs, a little of the sur¬ 
face soil may be removed and the bud in¬ 
serted just below the surface. . 
Joseph Floyd. 
Westhoughton. 
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Sweet Pea Evelyn Hemus. 
The flowers of this variety are creamy 
white with salmon edging to the'standard 
and wings. Award of merit by the 
National Sweet Pea Society on July 16th 
when shown by Miss Hemus, Upton-on- 
Severn. 
Sweet Pea The Marquis. 
The large flowers of this variety lkive 
wavy standards of the Spencer type, and 
are rather handsome for this particular 
colour. Award of merit by the National 
Sweet Pea Society on July 16th when 
shown by Messrs. Dobbie and Co. 
