. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 278 AfV GARDEN. flowers are sold in large numbers in the London streets. They are easily propagated by division, and require to be well manured. In spring it is advisable to prune the bushes freely back, when they will afford abundance of blossom. There are several varieties of moss roses: some white,—as Reine Blanche, Unique de Provence, White Bath, and Comtesse de Murenais; others rose and crimson,—as Baron de Wassenaer, Frederick Soulie, Gloire des Mousseuses, Lanei,
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 278 AfV GARDEN. flowers are sold in large numbers in the London streets. They are easily propagated by division, and require to be well manured. In spring it is advisable to prune the bushes freely back, when they will afford abundance of blossom. There are several varieties of moss roses: some white,—as Reine Blanche, Unique de Provence, White Bath, and Comtesse de Murenais; others rose and crimson,—as Baron de Wassenaer, Frederick Soulie, Gloire des Mousseuses, Lanei, and Marie de Blois. All these roses are beautiful in bud. No one who has a wild garden can dispense with climbing roses. There are many kinds which should be trained into trees to form sheets of blossom in July. In some situations they can be trained over three iron rods arranged as a tripod ; this effectually prevents their overthrow by the wind, which constantly happens when allowed to run up a single pole. They may be trained over banks, or roots, or outhouses, with equal effect. The F^licite Perpetuelle (fig. 568) occupies the same position with us in England as the Banksian rose occupies with the Italians. We have literally tens of thousands of flowers in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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