8 ee THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
rous, fine fruiting 
colored. | ee 
Souvenir de Pierre’ Leperdrieux, although 
similar in habit and foliage to Bolle Poite- 
vine and others, this is distinct in the dark 
shade of its flowers, which are deep rosy 
CTIMSUD eg ae ee 
‘Souvenir de Yeddo, flowers pink. S 
-Tamogled, a cross with a H.P. or a Tea 
rose; flowers rose. — eS eis: 
Thrusnelda is another Tea or H.P. hy- 
brid; flowers deep rose, . 
The following are rugosa hybrids in the 
collection at Kew, whose ‘parentage is 
known, but which have not yet been 
named :— aE. oh Pe 
Rugosa x General Jacqueminot.—An 
American hybrid wita he same parentage 
as Mrs. Anthony Waterer. It is, however, 
very different. 
of a rich crimson or carmine, not unlike 
that of Paul’s Carmine Pillar. A strong 
grower. eae 
Rugosa x macrophylla.--Habit tall and 
vigorous; flowers single pink. This has 
no particular merit. : 
Rugosa microphylla.—Rosa microphylla 
is fairly well known as a sturdy bush with 
pealing bark, large fragrant single flowers, 
and large, yellowish, very spiny fruits. This 
hybrid resembles it a great deal, but the 
flowers are much larger—between 4 inches 
and 5 inches across, It was sent to Kew 
by Mons. Maurice Vilmorin, and is one of 
the finest single roses. ! 
_ Rugosa x rubiginosa.—The Sweet Briar 
influence is seen in the smaller flowers of a 
pink color, and in the free graceful habit. 
_ Rugosa x Wichuraiana.—This is perhaps 
the most striking of all the rugosa hybrids. 
The parents are very dissimilar, yet its 
origin is unmistakeable. The flower is 24 
inches across, single, and of a lovely clear 
rose. The leaves, whilst they show rugosa 
variety ; flowers rose 
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in the wrinkled surface, are like Wichuriana 
, doubted whether it was worth planting. I 
in their glazed appearance. The habit is 
semi-prostrate and very vigorous, and the 
stems, are well-armed. This bybrid was 
raised in the United States.—‘‘The Gar- 
deners’ Magazine.” 
__ A HAMPSHIRE ROSE-HOUSE. 
By Arex. J. AxBvrTunor. 
_ 1 wish to describe a small rose-house 
which I built at this place six years ago, 
and which at the time of writing (May 10) 
isin bloom. The house is 24 ft. by 12 ft., 
outside measurement. On this point a mis- 
take was made by the builders, the inten- 
tion of Mr. Frank Cant, who kindly sup- 
plied the design, having been tkat the 
dimensions of the house should be 24 ft. by 
12 ft., inside measurement. This would 
hhave made a not inconsiderable difference 
ins the number of plants the house would 
accommodate. As it is, the house contains 
72 roses, of. which six are standards, six 
climbers, and the rest dwarfs. One of the 
climbers is the old Noisette rose Solfaterre. 
Another is Celine Forestier, both of which 
produce a very charming picture by the 
lavish abundance of their flowers. It is. 
mat: ly owing to the effect produced by the 
Solfaterre, when trained under the roof of 
the house, and having regard to the notion 
commonly entertained that this old rose has 
The flowers are siugle and’ 
now become practically worthless, that I am 
induced to write this paper. The Rev. A. 
Foster Melliar, in his otherwise excellent 
‘‘ Book of the Rose,’ describes Solfaterre as 
follows :—‘ Solfaterre (Boyan, 1845).—A_ 
Noisette of strong climbing growth, with 
large open loose blooms of little merit. It 
is tender, not so good as Lamarque, a poor 
autumnal, and’ would probably never have 
been heard of if it had been raised at a 
later date.” 
I feel sure that Mr. Foster Melliar would 
revise the foregoing opinion if be could see 
this rose with its £0 clusters of pale sulphur- 
yellow blcoms, as it hangs along the whole 
length of the eastern side of the house 
which I am now briefly describing. It is 
not an exhibition rose in the ordinary sense 
of the term; but the luxuriant growth and 
masses of flower constitute an exhibition in 
themselves, each individual rose opening 
widely, but compactly, and with much 
greater effect than the more sweet-scented 
Lamarque, with which Mr. Foster Melliar 
contrasts it unfavorably. Celine Forestier, 
which is elso trained under the roof, along 
the west -ide of the house, has only reached 
half the length of Solfaterre, but is flower- 
ing profusely with 35 clusters of yellow 
roses and innumerable buds. Another fea- 
ture in the rose-house is a plaut of L’Ideale, 
which has covered one of the supporting 
pillars at the south end of the centre bed, 
and flings about its gorgeously coloured buds 
and widely opened flowers in rampant pro- 
digality. 
In the transverse border at the south end 
there is a standard Madame de Watteville, 
which during the iast three years has been 
remarkable fur the size, color, and number 
of its flowers. To this rose hangs a tale. 
The plant arrived, to all appearance, seri- 
ously injured in the railway journey. A 
considerable portion of the bark had been 
scraped off the stock, and my gardener 
thereupon directed him to try an experiment 
which I had seen successfully adopted in 
connection with the manufacture of quinine 
on the Neilgherry Hills in India. This was 
to swathe the stems of the cinchona trees 
with moss, which was constantly wetted, 
until a fresh surface of bark had formed. 
This process was applied to the injured 
stock of the rose in question. It was per- 
fectly successful, and subsequently, a year 
or two ago, the same process was adopted 
with an equally satisfactory result in the 
case of the Solfaterre, which had become 
cankered at the junction of the stock aud 
the scion. Other very successful standards 
are Medea, with 12 beautiful blooms, Sou- 
veuir @’un Ami, with 35 blooms, and La- 
marge, with 20 very sweet-sceuted clusters 
‘and many vigorous buds. 
Nearly all the roses in the rose-house are 
either Teas or Noisettes ; the exceptions be- 
ing General Jacqueminot, Prince Camille de 
Rohan, Pride of Waltham, Caroline Tes- 
tout, and Mrs. W. J. Grant, the three last 
of which are Hybrid Teas. Among those 
in great beauty are Jules Finger, with three 
perfect flowers, Madame Hoste, with same 
number, The Queen, Euchantress, Comtesse 
Panisse, which, however, appears to be a 
very shy bloomer, but like Antoine Rivoire 
is a model, both as regards color, shape, - 
November I, 1904 
and substance, when it does flower. Special 
mention must be made of Perle des Jardins, 
Sunset, and Madame Chedane Guinnoisseau, 
all very free flowerers, and covered just now 
with their bright yellow blooms. Empress 
Alexandra of Russia, which has only beer 
recently planted, promises well. None ie 
more free-fluwering than Madame Lambard, 
but a sunuy morning, in spite of careful 
shading, speedily impairs the beauty of its 
charming rosy buds. Mrs. W. J. Grant ie 
a next door neighbor to Comtesse Panisse, 
and the contrast of coloring between the 
two has been much admired. Another 
very charming yellow rose is Grande 
Duchesse Adelaide de Luxembourg whick, 
notwiiastanding the inordinate length of ite 
name, is well worth eultivating. Amazon 
is another very beautiful yellow rose. 
I must remark, in conclusion, that the 
roof of the house is moveable, and is alwaye 
taken off from June to September, thus 
affording a natural supply of air and of the 
rain of heaven during the hotter months of , 
the year. All the roses are planted in the 
ground. Among them is a Marechal Niek 
growing on its own roots, which promises te 
finish the decoration of the western side of 
the rose-house.—'‘ Gardeners’ Magazine.” 
AN ENGLISH ROSE GARDEN. 
The beds are of a size proportionate to 
the area of the garden, the dimensions 
heing 48 feet in length by 18 feet in width, 
and they are divided longitudinally and 
laterally by grass alleys 10 feet wide. Hack 
alley has at its southern end a bower of 
Roses, these bowers being 10 feet wide by 
9 feet deep, and they are connected by # 
hedge formed by Langworth Rambler, 
which, although not long planted, 1s grow~ 
ing vigorously, and producing a profusion: 
of flowers. Along the grass alley and the 
outer row of beds are handsome pyramidak 
specimens of golden yews, which here take 
on a color of surpassing richness, and in 
the other alleys are pillars of Roses, whick 
are very effective, aud afford object lessons 
of much value. The herculean task which 
has been accomplished in forming this 
magnificent garden can only be fully ap- 
- preciated by those who have had an oppor— 
tunity of seeing it and know something of 
the food requirements of Roses. We are 
told by the exponents of rose culture to — 
plant in deep holding loam, and better ad- 
vioe could not be given. 
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But here the soik } 
is extremely shallow and very light, and — 
rests upon a solid bed of chalk of enormous — 
‘thickness, and the fact was recognised at 
the commencement that to ensure any con- 
siderable degree of success it would be 
necessary to male the beds with soil from & 
distance. Consequently in their formation 
and the preparation of the stations for the 
pillars the few inches of 6 il on the surface 
was removed and put on one side, and the 
chalk excavated to a depth of 18 inches. 
Loam was carted in, and the beds made up 
with it and that removed from the surface. 
Farmyard and stable manure was mixed 
with the soil in considerable proportions, 
and this it need hardly be said has been 
liberally used since for mulching and a3 a 
top dressing. Were not every Bresanian 
taken to conserve the moisture and maintaim 
