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blossoms  are  continuously  present  on  vigorous  plants.  A  full  crop 
of  blossom,  too,  may  be  had  right  through  the  autumn  months  by 
cutting  rather  hard  back  a  batch  of  the  plants  flowering  in  June.  A 
new  crop  of  shoots  are  then  made,  following  with  a  batch  of  pleasing 
flowers  in  November,  and  still  later  if  the  weather  is  not  too  severe. 
Besides  Carmine  Pillar,  which  I  regard  as  the  most  effective  of  all 
single  flowered  Roses,  Birdou  Job  deserves  every  encouragement  to  be 
grown  in  a  mass.  Although  it  is  not,  perhaps,  strictly  speaking  a  single 
variety,  it  is  nearly  so,  and  cannot  be  classed  in  any  other  section.  Be 
that  as  it  may,  it  ought  to  be  more  cultivated  than  it  is,  in  spite  of  the 
horror  some  persons  profess  against  all  Roses  approaching  the  single 
foim.  Bardou  Job  planted  in  a  mass,  pruned  hard  back  in  spring,  and 
encouraged  to  grow  vigorously,  will  hardly  ever  be  without  blossoms 
until  well  into  the  autumn.  The  colour  is  an  intense  orimson  with  a 
lustrous  dark  velvety  suffusion.  Fellenburgh,  the  dark  crimson  China, 
Anna  Maria  de  Montravel  and  Gloire  de  Polyantha  cannot  be  omitted. 
The  former  has  such  shapely  blossoms  as  well  as  quantity  that  it  at 
once  attracts  attention.  The  latter  is  white  in  its  base,  deeply  flushed 
and  tinted  with  rose.  Many  more  varieties  might  be  added,  but 
sufficient  space  has  already  been  taken  up  to  serve  the  purpose  of 
illustrating  my  views  on  the  question  of  the  massing  of  Roses  in 
separate  colours. 
One  more  cogitation  and  I  must  cease,  for  this  issue  at  any  rate. 
The  varieties  representing  Wiohuriana  are  gradually  coming  to  the 
front.  There  is  something  so  novel  in  the  manner  of  growth,  creeping 
as  they  do  close  to  the  ground  and  blossoming  so  freely  at  the  same 
time.  In  a  cut  state  the  bloom3  do  not  last  long  ;  they  are,  however, 
specially  fragrant  in  their  perfume.  To  allow  them  to  run  along  the 
ground  is  not  the  best  way  to  utilise  this  type,  as  with  the  first  heavy 
shower  the  flowers  are  splashed  and  spoilt.  In  the  case,  also,  of  their 
LILY-POND  GARDEN,  HOLLAND  HOUSE. 
is  a  superb  variety  for  this  form  of  treatment ;  no  Rose  that  I  know 
gives  a  greater  profusion  of  blossom.  Where  a  huge  mass  of  a  second  pure 
white  are  required  in  June,  Madame  Plantier  is  worthy  of  attention. 
Gruss  an  Teplitz  is  quite  one  of  the  best  of  bright  coloured 
garden  ”  Roses  we  have,  continuing  to  flower  long  into  the  autumn. 
The  bright  scarlet  crimson  of  its  flowers  harmonise  so  well  with  the 
deep  tinted  leaves.  Gustave  R9gis  in  a  mass  gives  a  wealth  of  long 
pointed  buds  with  a  coppery  yellow  tint.  As  the  blooms  expand  the 
inner  side  of  the  petals  is  a  pale  yellow.  Perhaps  this  Rose  has  the 
largest  individual  petals  of  any  variety,  oertainly  they  are  immensely 
proportioned.  Papa  Gontier  I  have  before  alluded  to  in  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  as  being  one  of  the  finest  varieties  we  have  for  garden 
decoration.  To  se  >  a  bed  containing  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  plants, 
and  all  in  the  picture  of  health,  is  a  sight  to  be  remembered.  The  bright 
rosy  orimsou  buds  are  especially  effective  in  a  cut  state.  The  foliage, 
too,  is  s.out,  and  especially  dark  green  in  colour.  Where  smaller 
growing  varieties  are  required  for  edgings  or  other  special  positions, 
being  mulched  with  manure  to  protect  the  roots  from  drought,  the  birds 
are  sure  to  disturb  the  mulching,  covering  the  fljwers  and  often  the 
plants  too.  Cultivated  as  tall  standards  on  the  ordinary  Brier  or 
Manetti,  allowing  the  branches  to  droop  at  will,  is  the  most  effective 
method  of  displaying  this  charming  type  of  Rose.  For  covering  a 
sloping  bank  in  a  sunny  position  they  are  suitable  planted  in  stiff 
retentive  soil,  afterwards  covering  the  soil  with  stones  to  protect  the 
leaves  and  blossoms  from  rain  splashep.  The  stones,  too,  will  maintain 
the  soil  in  a  moist  state,  thus  enabling  the  plants  to  grow  away 
uninterruptedly  should  a  spell  of  dry  weather  set  in. 
In  addition  to  the  ordinary  type  there  are  now  several  other 
vaiieties: — Lucida,  glauoous  reddish  foliage  with  bright  red  flowers; 
Pink  Roamer,  pink  with  a  silvery  white  centre  and  orange-red  stamens ; 
South  Orange  Perfection,  double  rosy  blush  flowers  whioh  change  to 
white;  Universal  Favo  irite,  double  pink;  and  Manda’s  Triomphe,  a 
strong  ereot-growing  variety  with  pure  white  double  blossoms,  a  good 
companion  to  Universal  Favourite. — E.  Molyneux. 
