JuLy 1, 1902. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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the value of varieties we have to take into 
consideration points other than the size and 
shape of the flowers. Vigour of growth and 
freedom and continuity of flowering are the 
two chief points to consider, and I shall 
enumerate those only possessing these char- 
acteristics, and combine with them attractive 
flowers. If we glance down the list of 
noisettes which comprise some of the best of 
the climbers we shall find at least six that 
may be planted with the full assurance of 
their proving thoroughly satisfactory. Taking 
them in alphabetical order we have the 
highly popular Aimée Vibert, which has a 
splendid habit, and produces large clusters of 
pure white flowers. Not perhaps so free in 
flowering late in the season as some of the 
varieties belonging to the section, yet it must 
be described as one of the best of the white 
flowered climbers. Bouquet d’Or while pro- 
ducing flowers that would render good service 
on the showboard is strong in growth, has 
ample foliage and blossoms freely, the colour 
light yellow, suffused coppery yellow in the 
centre. Longworth Rambler, although intro- 
duced twenty years since, and one of the 
finest climbing varieties in the group, is only 
commencing to make its way into gardens. 
I hold the variety in the highest estimation, 
and I esteem it because of its splendid growth 
and freedom of flowering. The flowers are 
of medium size and good form, and of a very 
pleasing shade of rosy cerise. At no period 
does Longworth Rambler produce so brilliant 
a display as Crimson Rambler, but it blooms 
until the frosts put a stop to, the season’s 
growth. ; 
son are similar in character and colouring, 
and may be described as the best of the 
noisettes, in flowers in which red, yellow, 
orange, and buff are blended. I prefer the 
last-named on its own roots, for it grows with 
greater vigour, and the flowers are deeper in 
colour. Madam Pierre Cochet is also a very 
fine variety, and may be described asa refined 
William Allen Richardson. It is vigorous 
and free, but I have not grown it a sufficient 
length of time to be in a position to say 
whether it should superscede the variety to 
which it has been likened, or be simply 
grown in association with it. é; : 
The tea-scented varieties should be limited 
to half a dozen or so, and the best of the. 
group is unquestionably Gloire de Dijon. It 
does not produce blooms that would be-use- 
ful on the exhibition stage, but that 1s not. a_ 
grave defect in a rose grown for garden 
decoration. In hardiness of constitution it 
has no equal, and if but one variety is planted, 
it should be the “Old Glory,” as its admirers 
familiarly call it. Madame Berard is of the 
same type as the above-mentioned variety, 
and can be strongly recommended. Belle 
Lyonnaise, canary yellow, Duchesse d’Auer- 
stadt, pure yellow-shaded nankin, Henriette 
de Beayeau, bright clear yellow, Madame 
Alfred Carriere, flesh-shaded salmon, and 
“Madame Moreau, .coppery-yellow, are all 
desirable, although perhaps not equal in 
constitution to Gloire de Dijon. $ 
There are two points in the cultivation of 
climbing , roses that should receive close 
attention. One is to provide a deep 
rich border, and the other to keep them 
free from the old and exhausted wood. 
VIATOR. 
L’Ideal and William Allen Richard- . 
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ROSA RUGOSA. 
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[From “THE GarpeEn.”| 
HIS charming plant has given me so 
much pleasure and satisfaction in its 
growth and beauty of late years, that I have 
often wondered whether its many good quali- 
ties were as widely known and appreciated as 
they deserve. It is, of course, well known 
to florists, having been introduced many 
years ago from the northern portion of 
Japan, I think But there is reason to 
believe that it has never been planted by 
amateurs nor used to any extent in the 
adornment of either public or private grounds 
in this country at least. Amid all the puny 
and tender hybrids in the boundless realms 
of the Rose, what a treasure is this most 
beautiful and vigorous shrub. With bugs, 
mildew, insects and fungi of every name and 
_ nature on every side, there stands the rugosa, 
unassailed and unassailable, luxuriant and 
beautiful in leaf and flower. What a vigorous 
plant it is with its wealth of leafage, dark 
green, glossy, crumpled and leathery. What 
a profuse bloomer, early, late and continuous, 
scarcely ever without flowers in the growing 
season, And such attractive Roses as they 
are; lively rose-crimson petals, with their 
abundant bright orange anthers. I scarcely 
know of a more attractive corolla than that 
of the rugosa rubra Rose. Mine are large, 
often 2 inches in diameter. ‘Then, too, what 
a beautiful setting it has, surrounded by a 
crowded cluster of pointed buds in various 
stages of maturity, some just bursting through 
the perianth, with bits of colour here and 
there, the whole nestling in a close bunch of 
fresh young leaves. Verily a bouquet in it- 
selfis just one blooming sprig of this charming 
Rose—Nature’s arrangement. How much 
of Nature there is in this decorative shrub— 
its flowers and buds and its simple, robust 
habit. I like it the more for this reason ; all 
untouched by the botanical skill of man, and 
devoid of abnormal features so. prevalent in 
the modern floral world—just a single Rose 
with five large petals and delightful frag- 
rance. 
only to plant and admire it. vA 
It is in all respects ironclad, and it will 
grow anywhere under any conditions. 
The red globular fruit which sometimes suc- 
. ceeds the flower also adds to the decorative ° 
value of the plant. It is said to grow true 
from the seed. contained in these heps or 
pods, though a better and quicker way to 
propagate it is by suckers and offshoots, 
which are freely produced. What a charm- 
ing hedge it would make—impenetrable by 
reason of its abundant thorns, and_ beautiful 
in leaf, flower and fruit at all times. 
This Rose seems to have been introduced 
into European countries from Japan nearly 
a hundred years ago. Professor Lindley has 
an etching of the plant in his “ Rosarium 
Monographia,” published eighty years ago, 
although the picture is.crudely drawn and far 
Just how long it has been. 
grown in America I do not know, but it is 
rarely met with even now in the average 
garden. Who will give its history, with the 
facts regarding the time and manner of its 
introduction so far as known ? 
‘The species have been found valuable as a 
Nature makes it all, and we have ~ 
subject for crossing with other sorts having 
less constitutional vigour. There are now, per- 
haps, some twenty or thirty suchhybrids which 
have been dignified with names and a host 
of others on-coming. But while conceding 
the value of these productions to the com- 
mercial florist, as a true lover of Nature I 
must prefer the original plant undiluted in 
my garden. If I am correctly informed, the 
first-named hybrid of this kind was produced 
in this country by my friend Elbert S. Car- 
man, formerly for many years Editor of the 
Rural New Yorker. This he named Agnes 
Emily Carman, in honour of his wife. ‘That 
is now over twelve years ago. He said it was 
a cross with Harrison’s Yellow as the male 
parent.. Even then he had some sixty or 
more similar crosses with various Hybrid 
Perpetuals and Teas. They were a strange 
progeny in appearance, and he found that 
very few of the rugosa characteristics were 
reproduced in any of them. The Carman 
hybrid was sent out soon afterwards to some 
extent and elicited considerable praise for 
awhile. But later accounts of it were less 
favourable, and now little is heard of it. 
The next hybrid of this class to achieve name 
and notice .was, I think, Mme. Georges 
Bruant ; this came out the year following, if 
I mistake not, and it attracted much atten- 
tion also at first on your side of the water 
where it was produced. Afterwards came 
Mrs. Anthony Waterer, a very fragrant red 
flower, and this was followed by several 
others ; but so far as I know none of these 
hybrids have ever been grown to any extent, 
although Mme. Bruant, a pure white semi- 
double rose, and the Carman Crimson 
which is also semi-double, are now 
listed by our leading growers here. 
The former is -a cross between rugosa 
alba and the Tea Rose Sombreuil. It has 
the delicious fragrance of both parents and 
some of the desirable features of the rugosa 
stock. Both ought to prove valuable to 
growers if as hardy as they seem, because of 
their’ greater endurance by reason of being 
partly double-—H. Hrnpricks, New York. 
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‘ Dont’s For Rose Growers. 
Don’t curve your rose bushes into globes, 
you don’t want imitations of puddings or 
footballs. 
Don’t let the tree butcher play his worst 
on your trees and bushes. 
| Don’t have your roses so clipped that there 
is no free play of air and light through the 
bush. 
Don’t leave all the old and dead wood on 
them, and don’t expect if you do to get the 
best results in bloom. 
Don’t omit to put a handful of bonedust 
in the hole when planting your roses, 
Don’t forget that if you treat your plants 
well they’ll treat you well. 
Don’t forget about the climbing roses you 
were going to put on the arch over the gate. 
Don’t omit to put climbing roses wherever 
you can get a good effect and there is room. 
Don’t be satisfied with one or two, get a 
selection that will give you the greatest pos- 
sible variety at least expense. 
Don’t think that because the plants you 
get have not large heads that they are not 
good healthy roses ; they'll soon make heads 
if manured and watered well. 
