. The ladies' companion to the flower-garden : being an alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in gardens and shrubberies, with full directions for their culture . r as a dwarf-standard ; MadameSouchet, pale-pink, delicately tinted,large, and very handsome; and Mar- 7 ROSA. got jeune, very large rich crimsonflowers. French Roses.—DAgues-sau, large dark-crimson flowers; andGreant des Batailles, velvet-crimson,shaded with purple. Moss.—Coun-tess de Noe, brilliant crimson andpui-ple; and Mauget, bright rosecolour, perpetual. CJiina. — ]\Ia-dame Brion, veiy large, and
. The ladies' companion to the flower-garden : being an alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in gardens and shrubberies, with full directions for their culture . r as a dwarf-standard ; MadameSouchet, pale-pink, delicately tinted,large, and very handsome; and Mar- 7 ROSA. got jeune, very large rich crimsonflowers. French Roses.—DAgues-sau, large dark-crimson flowers; andGreant des Batailles, velvet-crimson,shaded with purple. Moss.—Coun-tess de Noe, brilliant crimson andpui-ple; and Mauget, bright rosecolour, perpetual. CJiina. — ]\Ia-dame Brion, veiy large, and richrose colour ; Hebe (hybrid), delicatepink. Noisette.—Thelaire, white,very double flowers, produced ingreat abundance; Soltaferre andCloth of Gold, yellow flowers ; andOphii-ie, flowers of a reddish-coppercolour, outer petals rose and fawn ;very fragrant. Tea Scented.—Saf-frano, flowers pale yellow. All Roses require a rich and freesoil, and plenty of pure air. Theyare not so particular with respect tolight, as they will flower beauti-fully in situations which are shaded,at least during part of the day;and, in fact, appear to prefer partialshade to constant exposure to the. FIG. 46.—ROSE CUTTING, READY FORPLANTING ; THE DOTTED LINE SHOW-ING THE GROUND. sun. Coal-smoke is very injuriousto them. Roses are frequently 278 BOSA. planted in Rose-gardens or Rosa- jriums, in which each kind of Rose Iis contrived to fill a separate bed, jand these beds are arranged so as toform a regtdar figure like a geome-tric flower-garden. Pyramids orpillars of Roses are formed bytwining the climbing kinds againstframe-work ; or they may be trainedover arcades, or so as to formbaskets. The Rose is generally pro-pagated by budding or grafting thefiner kinds on the common Briar, orby layers. New varieties are alsoraised from seed ; and the dwarfkinds are propagated by cuttings,most of the leaves of which shouldbe left on (%Qefig. 46). Roses shouldbe generally planted in autumn;but some
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