hardy, so that they may be grown in the most northerly parts of Britain with the least risk. They are not very particular about soil, though of course, as they are worth good culture, so their blossoms are more freely produced and of a much higher quality when they are grown in a good soil and abundantly manured. They may be grown in any form, either as standards on the brier, or as dwarf bushes on brier, Manetti, or their own roots; when grown as tall standards their appearance is most ungraceful. To grow these for exhibition, the trees should be severely disbudded early in June, and supplied with plenty of liquid manure until the bloom is over. They require moderately close pruning; all the small wiry wood should be cut clean out, and the strong shoots should be cut back to within eight or nine buds of their base, and the weak shoots to within two buds of their base.

5. THE WHITE ROSE.

L. Rosa alba. F. Rosier blanc.-This is a small and interesting section, the original species of which was introduced in 1597. These roses have green shoots, light glaucous and glossy foliage, and the flowers are all of light colours. La Remarquable, Madame Legras, and Princesse de Lamballe are the best whites of the series, and the last of the three is the purest of this section. Madame Audôt is beautifully shaped, the colour pale pink or flesh; Sophie de Baviere, deep

rosy-pink, is a fine show rose. Félicité Parmentier is formed like a ranunculus, the colour delicate blush, deepening to pink at the centre. La Séduisante, rosy-blush, is a fine show rose, large and full. There are a few others scarcely at all inferior to those named. These roses may be grown in any form and on any stock; they require to be pruned in the same way as French roses. They grow freely and bloom abundantly, and are invaluable to form groups on lawns, and to relieve high colours in the

rosarium.

6. THE HYBRID CHINA ROSE.

L. Rosa indica hybrida. F. Rosier hybride de Bengale. These vary among themselves considerably, being the result of crosses with Chinas, Noisettes, French, Provence, and Bourbon; but a Chinese element may be readily traced in the general habit, leafage, and style of flowering. Some of the best varieties in this section have been obtained accidentally, others by careful fertilization of Tea and other China roses with the pollen of some hardy summer rose. They have ample, luxurious, glossy, smooth foliage, a free and graceful habit of growth, the branches long and sub-evergreen. Among them are many show roses of the highest quality, and many vigorous-habited varieties that make fine pillar and weeping standards. The best of this section, with flowers highly coloured, are

Chénódolé, brilliant crimson; Brennus, deep carmine; Fulgens, scarlet-crimson, exquisite in colour; Triomphe d'Angers, bright carmine, large and double. Rivers's George IV. is superb, the colour deep violetcrimson, large and full, and the plant one of the most robust growers of its class. Paul's Vivid, scarlet-crimson, will never disappoint if allowed abundance of food. Others not so highly coloured, but equally grand in their way, are the following:Blairii No. 2, a superb rosy-blush, with magnificent foliage: this makes a fine weeping standard. Blairii No. 1 is not so good, but, by its extravagant profusion of bloom, makes a very attractive picture when grown as a full-headed standard. Comtesse de Lacépède, silvery-blush, is a very distinct and finely-formed rose; this makes a grand pillar. Double-margined Hip, creamy-white, edged with pink, is extremely pretty. General Allard, deep rose; Leopold de Bauffremont, rosy-pink, exquisitely ormed; Madame Plantier, pure white; Triomphe de Bayeux, creamy-white, very full and finely formed, one of the grandest known for a pillar or tall standard, and requires to be very slightly and cautiously pruned.

These roses are, generally speaking, too vigorous to form dwarf bushes, and they are not well adapted for pot culture; nevertheless, a few may be selected for both these purposes. But for poles, pillars, large standards, and weeping trees, they cannot be sur

passed, though there are a few Noisettes that come into close competition with them. There is no stock so good as the brier for these roses, but when grown for pillars and bushes they may be worked on Manetti. They require an abundance of manure, not only in the autumn, but again in the spring, to keep the ground moist about their roots all the summer, and afford extra nourishment by the washing down of its fertilizing properties by rain and watering. During dry weather, all the spring and summer, they should have abundance of water. In pruning, great care must be taken not to cut back the strong shoots indiscriminately. These roses do not like the knife, and, if cut about severely, will never bloom. All the strong shoots may be shortened moderately, say to leave at least fifteen buds remaining, or let the shoots be eighteen inches or two feet in length, and all misplaced and crowded shoots should be cut clean out. By this process, there will be a tolerably good bloom, and a good growth to follow. When grown as weeping standards, or on pillars, thin out the shoots in November, so as to remove all superfluous and crowded growth, and leave all the rest its full length, merely removing the tips of the longest shoots. These will bloom most profusely, and must be well fed to sustain them in the production of blossoms that will weigh down the branches to the ground. As soon as the bloom is over, shorten in all the shoots that

bloomed to within four or five buds of their base. They will immediately throw out vigorous shoots; of these select a certain number, and train them out to form a handsome tree, and remove the rest by a clean cut to their base. The shoots left their whole length will bloom magnificently the following season. 7. HYBRID BOURBON ROSES.

L. Rosa Bourboniana hybrida. F. Rosier hybride de l'Ile Bourbon.-These bear many close resemblances to the sixth group of Hybrid Chinas, having thick, large, handsome, glossy leaves, a vigorous habit of growth, and in the splendour of their flowers. The gem of the family is Coup d'Hebe, large, double, and most beautifully formed, the petals arranged with exquisite symmetry; colour, delicate wax-like rosy flesh; this forms a grand pillar. Charles Lawson, a great favourite for exhibition, having handsome foliage, and large bright pink and perfectly symmetrical flowers. Paul Ricaut is another very popular show rose, and one of the most perfect in form; the colour is brilliant carmine, sometimes shaded with velvety purple. Paul Perras, pale rose, large and full, is a robust grower, and makes a superb pillar, or large standard. Frederick II., large deep crimson, also of robust growth. Juno, pale rose, globular, very large, makes a noble pillar or large standard. President Pierce and Lord John Russell are two more fine roses of this race;