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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
August  27,  1903. 
Standard  Stocks  for  Roses. 
In  reply  to  “A.  C.,”  I  think  standard  stocks  are  fully  appre¬ 
ciated;  indeed,  many  amateurs  on  beginning  use  nothing  else. 
Their  advantages  may  be  summed  up  as  follows  :  They  are  much 
best  for  Teas  and  for  some  of  the  Hybrid  Teas,  better  growth  (espe¬ 
cially  in  the  “moderate”  growers),  and  better  flowers  being 
obtained  from  them.  I  hardly  ever  cut  a  show  Tea  from  a  dwarf 
plant,  but  there  are  exceptions.  They  are  easier  to  bud,  espe¬ 
cially  for  old  folks  like  myself,  and  in  wet,  dirty  weather,  such 
as  we  are  having  at  present  ;  and,  as  in  “  A.  C.’s  ”  case  and  my 
own,  the  amateur  can  get  his  own  stocks  in  the  winter  with 
exercise  and  interest. 
But  they  have  their  disadvantages.  If  their  suckers  are 
plainer  to  be  seen,  there  are  also  a  great  many  more  of  theui  than 
on  the  Briar  cuttings,  and  the  higher  the  stem  the  greater  the 
tendency  to  suckers.  They  are  not,  as  a  rule,  so  long  lived  as 
the  dwarf  plants.  The  general  opinion,  with  which  I  agree,  is 
that,  on  the  whole,  H.P.’s  do  better  as  dwarfs.  Nor  are  they 
so  hardy.  Not  only  is  it  more  difficult  to  protect  standard  Teas 
against' fro.st  than  to  cover  up  dwarfs,  but  the  stem  itself  of  the 
standard  stock  is  not  perfectly  hardy.  In  very  severe  winters  I 
have  lost  standard  plants,  and  have  found  it  clearly  shown  that 
the  damage — frost  bite — was  to  the  stem,  not  to  the  Rose.  The 
standard  stock  cannot  stand  extremes  of  heat  or  of  cold,  and  for 
tins  reason  it  is  never  used,  and  is  almost  unknown  in  America 
and  Australia. 
Tall  standard.s,  I  think,  are  a  great  mistake  for  many  obvious 
reasons.  None  of  my  standard  stocks  stand  more  than  2ft  out 
of  the  ground  ;  and  what  with  the  staking  and  tying,  the  suckers, 
their  short  lives,  and  the  extra  cost  to  purchase  them,  few 
ro.saria.ns  would  grow  standards,  were  it  not  for  their  great  advan¬ 
tage  in  giving  better  bloom.s  of  the  Tea,  and  some  of  the  Hybrid 
Tea  Roses. 
Like  “A.  C.,”  I  have  been  personally  getting  standard  stocks 
for  twenty-five  years  or  more,  but  I  am  filled  with  envy  and 
admiration  at  his  getting  300  or  400  stocks  in  three  or  four  days. 
I  should  doubt  if  I  have  ever  gathered  more  than  fifty  in  a  day, 
though  I  have  collected  1,700  or  1,800  in  a  winter;  and  often  a 
dozen  has  been  the  whole  of  my  “bag”  for  a  winter’s  morning. 
But  I  am  rather  particular  about  them,  and  it  is  long  since  I  had 
any  fresh  hedges  to  search.- — W.  R.  Raillem. 
“Beautiful  Roses.’ 
This  is  the  title  of  a  book  recently  published  by  Messrs. 
Simpkin,  Marshall,  Hamilton,  Kent  and  Co.,  Ltd.,  of  London, 
from  the  pen  of  Mr.  John  Weathers.  It  has  thirty-three  full  page 
coloured  plates  by  Mr.  John  Allen,  the  size  of  these  being 
Sin  by  Sin.  The  writer  of  this  neat  little  work  (numbering  over 
150  pages,  bound  in  crimson  with  gold  lettering,  and  having  an 
excellent  index)  has  gone  systematically  about  his  task.  He 
begins  by  asking  “  What  is  a  Rose  ?  ”  and  lays  down  the  law 
with  regard  hereunto.  Culture,  propagation,  pruning  of  Roses 
in  garden  and  greenliouse  are  explicitly  described,  and  at  the 
cost  of  six  shillings  (or  thereabouts)  the  book  cannot  be  considered 
dear. 
Dwarf  Varieties. 
On  page  174  of  the  Journal  I  gave  a  selection  of  single  flowered 
varieties,  all  of  easy  culture  ;  I  now  append  a  further  selection 
of  varieties  which  I  truly  describe  as  “  Garden  ”  Roses,  sorts 
really  valuable  for  the  garden  or  for  cutting,  more  than  for 
exhibition  as  individual  blooms.  All  the  varieties  I  name  are 
of  easy  growth,  therefore  the  more  valuable  to  the  amateur  as 
well  as  the  professional. 
Papa  Gontier  I  unhesitatingly  place  first,  owing  to  its  great 
merit  in  freedom  of  growth  and  flower,  its  handsome  form  of 
both  bud  and  petal,  and  its  grand  appearance  in  a  cut  state. 
From  early  in  June  until  quite  late  in  the  autumn  the  bright 
rosv  crimson  blos.soms  are  to  be  found.  This  Rose  is  e<j[ually 
good,  too,  for  forcing. 
Cheshunt  Scarlet  or  Glory  of  Cheshunt  in  a  mass  is  perhaps 
tlie  most  vivid  Rose  in  existence ;  it  is  of  sturdy,  coinpact 
growth,  flowering  quite  freely,  and  lasting  a  long  time  in  flower. 
For  a  large  or  small  bed  of  dwarf  growth  where  a  maximum  of 
colour  is  required,  this  is  the  Rose  to  plant. 
Gustave  Regis  grow.s  freely  and  floners  continually.  ^  The 
flowers  are  produced  in  clusters,  the  buds  are  very  pointed, 
canary  yellow  in  colour,  with  a  deeper  centre,  and  before  they 
unfold,  a  Picotee-like  edging  enhances  their  appearance  consider¬ 
ably.  Eyen  when  fully  developed  the  huge  shcH-like  petals  are 
admired.  ■  ’  . 
Kaiserin  Augu.sta  Victoria  is  undoubtedly  the  finest  white 
flowered  Rose  in  existence  where  dwarf  growth  is  reeiuired.  Every 
bloom,  whether  as  a  bud  or  fully  blown,  is  perfect  in  shape  and 
purely  white.  When  a  mass  of  this  Rose  is  required  I  would 
advise  thick  planting,  as  it  is  of  upright  growth. 
Gruss  an  Teplitz  is  quite  one  of  the  best  of  autumn  flowered 
Roses.  Tlie  shading  of  velvet  over  the  bright  scarlet  ctimson 
enhances  its  appearance.  For  a  ma.ss  of  colour  this  Rose  is  un¬ 
equalled  in  August  and  September ;  its  only  fault  when  in  a  bed 
is  that  its  flowers  droop  considerably.  Its  proper  place  is  growing 
up  a  pole,  in  such  a  position  the  blooms  show  to  perfection. 
Mdme.  Abel  Chatenay  flowers  freely  and  continuously. 
Every  bloom,  large  or  small,  is  perfect  in  shape.  The  colour, 
carmine  rose  with  salmon  shading,  is  distinctly  pleasing. 
Lady  Battersea  has  perhaps  the  longe.st  footstalks  of  any  Rose, 
thus  making  it  more  valuable  for  cutting;  it  flowers  incessantly. 
The  colour  is  cherry  crimson. 
Augustine  Guinoisseau,  commonly  known  as  white  La  France, 
i.s  one  of  the  most  free  flowering  of  Roses,  white,  slightly  tinted 
with  flesh  colour. 
Camoens,  bright  rose,  is  exceedingly  pretty  in  the  bud, 
excellent  for  cutting. 
Corallina  is  a  grand  autumn  flowering  variety,  deep  rosy 
crimson . 
Dr.  Grill,  coppery  yellow,  shading  to  clear  rose,  very  distinct. 
Isabella  Sprunt  cannot  be  omitted  from  any  list,  .so  beautiful 
are  its  light  yellow  buds,  produced  as  they  are  at  almost  all 
■seasons. 
L’Ideal  is  a  gem  for  buttonholes.  In  colour  it  is  yellow’  and 
metallic  red,  shaded,  streaked,  and  tinted  golden  yellow. 
Ma  Capucine  is  also  one  of  the  best  buttonhole  Roses,  bronzy 
yellow’,  shaded  red. 
Mdme.  Jules  Grolez  is  free  flow’ering,  China  rose  in  colour. 
Mdme.  Pierre  Coohet,  orange  or  apricot,  shaded  yellowi.sh 
white.  Mdme.  Planter,  pure  white,  is  quite  one  of  the  best  for 
beds,  giving  an  abundance  of  blossom. 
Marquis  of  Salisbury,  rich  crimson,  is  a  very  beautiful  variety, 
almo.st  always  in  flow’er.  Salmonea  combines  a  remarkable  con¬ 
trast  of  colour,  bright  crimson  with  light  salmon  centre. 
Souvenir  de  Catherine  Guillot,  coppery  carmine,  centre  shaded 
orange,  very  free  and  attractive. 
Sunrise  is  quite  unique  in  its  colouring,  the  outer  petals 
reddi.sh  carmine,  shading  to  delicate  fawn  and  pale  salmon  within. 
Beryl,  deep  golden  yellowq  long,  perfectly  formed  buds. 
Homere  is  almo.st  a  perpetual  flowering  variety,  especially  if 
growing  at  the  foot  of  a  .south  wall,  blush  w’ith  deeper  centre. 
Liberty  is  at  once  the  most  charming  Rose  of  its  colour,  bright 
velvety  crimson. 
Mdme.  Guinoisseau,  pale  canary  yellow,  long  buds.  Prinee.ss 
de  Sagan  is  a  capital  autumn  flowering  variety,  therefore  valu¬ 
able,  velvety  crimson. 
Safrano,  apricot.  Sunset,  rich,  tawny,  shaded  saffron,  beauti¬ 
ful  in  bud. 
Marie  Pave  forms  handsome  bushes  in  a  short  time,  and  gives 
its  white  flushed  pink  blossoms  quite  freely  during  the  whole  of 
the  .summer  and  autumn. 
Anna  Marie  Montravel  is  quite  a  dwarf  growing  variety,  pro¬ 
ducing  its  pure  w’hite  blossoms  in  huge  clusters,  capital  it  is  for 
the  edging  of  beds  or  borders. 
Gloire  des  Polyantha  is  another  dwarf-growdng  sort.  The 
colour  is  prett.y,  deep  rose  with  a  white  base  to  each  petal. 
Viscountess  Folkestone,  silvery  pink,  a  beautiful  free  flowering 
variety,  very  fine  in  a  mass — E.  Molynexjx. 
(To  be  continued.) 
The  ‘‘Daffodil  King”  on  Tour,— No.  9. 
( Continued  from  page  145.) 
Chri.st church.  New  Zealand,  was  settled  by  immigrants  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Church  of  England,  composed  largely  of  the 
well-to-do,  so  that  they  had  good  capital  to  start  with,  and  the 
refined  elegance  remains.  It  wa,s  intended  to  be  an 
exclusively  Episcopal  settlement,  but  it  has  C4iristianity 
in  as  many  forms  and  as  many  aspects  as  may  be  studied 
in  New  York.  The  place  is  grand  in  reserved  lands,  but 
wealth  has  not  been  of  equally  rapid  grow’th,  and  while  large 
areas  had  been  retained  for  public  parks,  the  developnient  is 
retarded  for  want  of  money.  Tliis  was  so  palpably  evident  to 
our  visitor  that  Mr.  Barr  was  led  to  inve.stigate  the  .subject,  and 
in  the  company  of  a  newspaper  man  fixed  on  a  slip  of  land  having 
great  advantages  for  building  plots,  which  would  have  enhanced 
the  park  lands,  destroyed  the  loneliness  of  a  main  road,  and  by. 
widening  the  footpath  on  the, banks  of  the  gentle  flowing  Avon, 
have  given  the  inhabitants  a  Park  Lane  wprthy  of  their  beautiful 
