. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. ROSES AND ROSE GARDENS. 197 good culture. Many will remember the splendid examples of Coupe d'Hebe, Chenedole, Charles Lawson, etc., that were shown at the first Rose exhibitions. Give them good soil, liberal supplies of manure, well thin the growths, and do not prune too severely, and they will give unbounded pleasure in the early summer. The best kinds are : Blairi No. 2, rosy blush, lovely in colour, very vigorous, often making shoots 10ft. to 12ft. long in a season ; Blanchrleur, a clear white,
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. ROSES AND ROSE GARDENS. 197 good culture. Many will remember the splendid examples of Coupe d'Hebe, Chenedole, Charles Lawson, etc., that were shown at the first Rose exhibitions. Give them good soil, liberal supplies of manure, well thin the growths, and do not prune too severely, and they will give unbounded pleasure in the early summer. The best kinds are : Blairi No. 2, rosy blush, lovely in colour, very vigorous, often making shoots 10ft. to 12ft. long in a season ; Blanchrleur, a clear white, very early ; Brennus, carmine ; Charles Lawson, deep pink, fragrant ; Chenedole, light vermilion, at one lime a great favourite ; Coupe d'Hebe, deep pink, a dainty colour ; Fulgens, a brilliant crimson climber ; Juno, pale rose, a handsome pot plant : Mine. Plantier, pure white, wonderfully free, like a huge snowball when fully out—this is a delightful garden Rose, also a noble Standard, and it may be grown, too, as a pot plant for the market ; Madeline, creamy white, margined with crimson, a beautiful Rose ; petals moving with every breath of air, and making more charming still the delicate rose colouring which stains them. The plant grows freely, producing, in rich soil, thick shoots like the Tea-scented Roses. It has produced a lovely seedling in Mine. Eugene Resal, which is of richer colour, a Buttercup yellow shade pervading the flowers. Craimoisie superieure is the most scarlet of all, and double as well. It is not so free in growth as might be wished, but it makes up for this by its brilliancy, and of course it bears abundantly. If plants are budded upon Briars and well cultivated the growth and colour are much improved. Fabvier is a better grower than the last, but its (lowers are only semi-double. It is, however, a fine showy scarlet kind, and effective in the borders if planted in large masses. Indeed, all the China Roses should be grown in groups to obtain effect.
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