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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
notoriety, and deservedly so. Its fine glo- 
bular high-centred form and rosy flesh 
color, with a distinct yellow base, make it 
a valuable addition to our show Roses. 
Tennyson is a Rose that will be warmly 
welcomed by exhibitors, not so much, per- 
haps, for its form as for its splendid lasting 
qualities. It was finely shown at Man- 
chester, and also at the Hybrid Confer- 
ence at Chiswick. On both occasions the 
heat was tropical, but this scemed to have 
no effect upon the substantial flowers. _ 
Papa Lambert should make a good exhi- 
bition flower, that is if the color, which 1s 
rose, proves to be clear enough. In growth 
it much resembles Baroness Rothschild. 
Bessie Brown is a magnificent variety. 
Tt is of pointed globular form, and appears 
to be of vigorous growth. 
A word or two as to 
STOCKS 
may be acceptable. I haye found the 
Briar the most suitable; but I am aware 
the Polyantha stock finds much favor, es- 
pecially i! budded where the plants are to 
remain. The hedge Briar undoubtedly 
yields the finest exhibition flowers, but for 
the garden the Briar cutting or seedling 
Briar are by far the best stocks for Hybrid 
Tes and ‘Tea-scented Roses. : 
Tf I had a shallow soil, I should have 
the majority of my Roses upon the briar 
cutting. Their roots are more spre: ding 
than the seedlings, but where a good depth 
of soil is available, then I would select the 
seedling Briar. 
PHILOMEL. 
rEOCECESE © 
SIX GOOD TEA ROSES. 
[From “The Garden.’ ]_ - 
Certainly one of the most delightful Tea 
Roses of autumn is the beautiful variety 
George Nabonnand. It is one of thos» 
kinds of. which we are now obtaining a 
good number. 
semi-double, but the buds and _half-ex- 
panded blossoms in the cooler days of late 
summer and autumn equal, if they do not 
surpass, the stately exhibition flower. 
Bui. there is another very important point 
in their favor, and that is they will grow 
well. In the Rose gardens of the future 
the poor growers will be banished, and we 
shall see fine bushes of kinds like G. 
Nabonnand, from which one can cull 
handful of long-stemmed blossoms and 
scarcely miss them.. To make a selection 
oi half-a-dozen good Teas for the garden 
out of the vast collection at our disposal 
is no easy task, but, bearing in mind the 
all-important matter of vigorous growth, I 
can with confidence recommend the kinds 
enumerated below. I do not know of any 
Tea Roge likely to give more satisfaction 
than ’ ee 
Marie Van Houtte. The splendid 
growths which break out near the base of 
the bushes are crowned with glorious trusses 
oi cream and rosy pink flowers. The fine 
The flowers are practicali: ~ 
trusses the growths will carry are examples 
of what a truss of blossom should be. 
Mme. Hoste is another beautiful ‘kind, 
so free in every respect. One is always 
sure of being able to cut a good bouquet 
of this Rose, and, being almost a pure 
self color of pale lemon-yellow, it has its 
admirers on that account. Then there is 
Anna Ollivier, from which the last- 
named was surely either raised or is a 
sport. How variable in color this Rose is. 
Usually the blossoms are pale buff, with a 
deep fawn shading about half the depth of 
the very long buds, but at times, especially 
under glass, this fawn tint becomes so in- 
tense that one scarcely recognises the 
Rose. 
Mme. Lambard is as much a favorite now 
as when first seen some twenty-three years 
ago. Here again we have the remarkable 
capricious characteristic of the-Tea Rose, 
for one can cut off the same plant almost 
crimson buds and salmon and bronze open 
flowers. 
Enchantress is deservedly entitled to a 
fcremost position among the best Tea 
Roses for the garden. 1f ever the term 
“Monthly Rose” was entitled to be given 
ts any kind it would be to this beautiful 
veriety, for it will bloom as freely during 
the darkest months of the year as in the 
summer and autumn. Enchantress always 
reminds me of that grand old Rese, Mis. 
Bosanquet, only that it has creamy white 
flowers and all the refinement of a pure 
Tea in its splendid shell-like petals. How 
strange that some of our best garden Tea 
Reses rai'ely put in an appearance at the 
Rose shows, which is a proof to me that, 
if planters wish to know what is best to 
piant in the garden they should make a 
pcint of seeing for themselves a good up- 
te-date collection. 
Marie d’Orleans is one of those. lovely 
Riviera Roses to which the above remarks 
would apply. In the autumn its rich rose 
flowers so fantastically pointed are very 
conspicuous even among a large collection. 
There is yet another that has even not yet 
obtained an entrance into many Rose 
catalogues, but which must be sooner or 
later in every garden. I allude to 
Comtesse Festetics Hamilton.—One has 
heard much of General Schablikine, but 
they need not trouble about this if the 
first-named is secured. The coppery shad- 
ing on the carmine ground is a delightful 
mixture of coloring. 
PHCECO CSECRO ES 
CLIMBING ROSES IN BUSH FORM. 
Because some Roses are extra vigorous 
in growth they are catalogued under the 
heading of climbers, and the unitiated 
naturally suppose that a wall or fence 1s 
essential for them. But let any one try 
them as bushes, and he will be pleased 
with the result. I do not say they should 
. Rover, Souv. de Mme. 
JUNE i, 1903: 
be mingled with the true dwarf-growing 
Roses, for nothing appears so in- 
congruous as a rampant Rose on the 
outside bed or border and a weak, puny 
grower in the centre. What I do advise is 
that these climbers and semi-climbers be 
grouped together in good bold beds, keep- 
ing the extra vigorous kinds in the back- 
ground. Of course, such plants require 
plenty of space. I do not consider 4 ft. 
apart each way any too much for their pro- 
per development. The first season the 
plants will look somewhat strange, for they 
are generally supplied from the nursery 
with shoots ranging from 3 to 5 ft. in 
length, and these are in most cases of a 
very rigid nature. However, the second 
season all formality disappears as the 
grand shoots break up from the base of the 
plants. At pruning time these climbers 
should be cut down to about 18 in. to 24 
in. from the ground, and it will be found 
that a great number of the new growths 
will bear flowers at their points. In my 
opinion these climbers form ideal bushes 
with their long :wavy branches ‘swaying’ 
about with their ciown of blossom, and in 
course of time many of the older growths 
will be induced to produce blossom almost 
the entire length of the shoot: An im- * 
portant fact to remember is that we have 
some of the best yellow Roses among these 
climbers. Of course, if one could obtain a 
Mme. Heste with the color of Marechal 
Neil, a superb acquisition would be gain- 
ed. But until we obtain such an one, we 
must perforce go to the climbers and semi- 
climbers for this very valuable color. All 
stiffness should be banished from the Rose 
garden, and this may be best accomplished 
by employing the less rigid growing kinds. 
As standards these climbers make excel- 
lent heads, strong, bushy, and spreading. 
It is surely far better to see a well-de- 
veloped head of a standard Gloire de 
Dijon, Mme. Berard, or Reine Marie 
Henriette than a puny, stumpy one of a 
Baroness Rothschild or an Etienne Levet. 
In mentioning a few of the extra vigorous 
kinds that give good results if treated as 
described, one must place first the ever- 
popular Gloire de Dijon. Other excellent 
kinds of the same race are Mme. Berard, 
Belle Lyonnaise, Bouquet d’Or, Kaiserin 
Friedrich, together with Duchesse d’Auer- 
stadt, Mme. Moréau, Germaine de Mareste, 
Henriette de Beauveau, Mme. B. Levet, 
La Seliel, Joseph Bernacchi, William 
Allen Richardson, Celine Forestier, Pink 
Joseph .Metrai, 
Waltham Climber No. 1, and Marie: Ro- 
bert. The semi-climbing kinds are best 
represented by Gustave Regis, Mme Pierre 
Cochet, l’Ideal, Mme. Eugene Verdier, 
Mme. Chauvry, Mme. Jules Siegfried, Dr. 
Rouges, Germaine Trochon, Mme. Marie 
Lavallee, M. Desir, Rosette de la Legion 
d’Honneur, Alister Stella Gray, and Mme. 
Wagram. Other Roses of other classes 
suitable for the same mode of culture are 
Robusta, Climbing Capt. Christy, Gloire 
de Margottin, Bardou Job, Gloire des Ros- 
manes, Mrs. Paul, and Climbing Souv. de 
la Malmaison. —P. in ‘The Garden.” 
