CRESTED MOSS ROSE. The calyx is most beautifully edged with a mossy
fringe, which gives to the buds a very attractive appearance.
MADAM PLANTIER is the best white, a most abundant bloomer, and very
hardy.
PERSIAN YELLOW is the richest and most desirable, as it is the most
double of the yellow roses.
KEAN is a magnificent, rich, velvety purple, with scarlet centre, making
a most delightful contrast with the light-coloured roses.
In the autumnal class there is an almost endless list of names, and
every year more are added, some of which are no improvement on those we
already have. The few names that are given comprise some of the most
desirable that thrive well in our climate. It should be borne in mind
that the autumnal display can be considerably increased by cutting off
half of the summer bloom as soon as the buds appear, and when the
flowers that are suffered to remain have faded, cut back the shoots to
three or four buds, so as to throw the plant into a vigorous new growth.
BOULE DE NEIGE, a beautiful pure white that also blooms freely in the
autumn.
MADAME ALFRED DE ROUGEMONT is white delicately shaded with rose, a most
charming flower, also blooming well in autumn.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH is a brilliant scarlet crimson, shaded with maroon,
large and full; a most gorgeous flower.
FISHER HOLMES, reddish scarlet, shaded with deep velvety crimson, large
and very brilliant.
LORD MACAULEY, a rich clouded crimson, large and full, with petals of
great substance.
LE RHONE is dark vermillion, very rich and brilliant, one of the very
best.
SOUVENIR DE WILLIAM WOOD is a very dark maroon, shaded with scarlet; a
large and showy flower, and blooms well in autumn.
XAVIER OLIBO is velvety black, shaded with amaranth, blooms freely in
the fall, and is one of the best.
MADAME LA BARONNE DE ROTHSCHILD is most magnificent; the color is a
clear rose, shaded with white, the petals are of a shell-like substance,
and each flower of great size.
MADAME FILLION is another large, finely formed flower, of a salmon rose
color, one of the best.
MADAME RIVAL has a beautiful clear satin rose color, of large size, most
handsomely cupped, and blooms well in the fall.
MADAM MARIE CIRODDE, has a large and handsomely imbricated flower, of a
most beautiful rosy-pink color, and is certainly one of the best.
JOHN HOPPER is a very attractive flower, large and full, of a clear rosy
crimson deepening in color at the centre.
COMTESSE DE CHABRILLIANT is handsomely cupped, the color is a bright
pink, and it is richly perfumed.
MADEMOISELLE ANNIE WOOD blooms very abundantly in autumn, and is a large
flower of a fine, clear red color.
DUCHESSE DE VALLAMBROSA, when it first opens is of a light peach-blow
color, but gradually changes to pure white, the flowers are large and
globular in form.
MADAME LACHARME is another beautifully clear wax-like flower, white,
with a light blush in the centre.
TRIOMPH DE FRANCE is an extra large flower of perfect form and of a
beautiful, bright rosy carmine.
These eighteen by no means exhaust the list of beautiful remontant
roses, but they are sufficient to give some idea of their great beauty,
variety and richness of coloring. Our climate will not admit of the use
of any but the most hardy of the climbing roses. There is something
indeed very enjoyable in a climate that will admit of festooning the
verandas with climbing Devoniensis, or that glory of yellow roses,
Marechal Niel; but we must content ourselves with those that will bear
severer cold, and though lacking in perfume are by no means wanting in
beauty.
QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIES is probably the best of the hardy climbers; color
bright rosy-red, globular in form and somewhat cupped, of good size, and
produced in great profusion.
BALTIMORE BELLE is a most delicately beautiful flower, white, suffused
with a soft blush, quite double, and borne in very full clusters.
GEM OF THE PRAIRIES proves to be quite hardy, the flowers are large,
perfectly double and fragrant, though not in a high a degree, color a
light crimson.
THE AYRSHIRE FAMILY is not so hardy, yet may be used to run over a bank,
or upon the ground, where they will be protected by the snow.
THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS is the best of this class, a pure white rose,
flourishing even in a poor soil.
THE MONTHLY ROSES are too tender to bear the cold of our winters. They
can be planted out in the summer, but must be taken up in autumn, and
either potted and kept in the window, or the roots may be buried in
earth in a cool cellar, and the plants kept there until spring. They
bloom almost continuously, and it has been by crossing with these that
our autumn blooming section has been obtained. We name a few of these
that have been thoroughly tested, and are general favorites.
GLOIRE DE DIJON is a very beautiful tea-scented flower, yellow, shaded
with salmon, very large and full.
MARECHAL NIEL blooms best when it is allowed to ramble; it makes a
splendid green-house climber, and is the best deep yellow rose, very
large and full, and delightfully scented.
SOUVENIR D’UN AMI is a favorite flower, rose color, shaded with deep
salmon, large and full, excellent for pot culture.
CHESHUNT HYBRID proves to be a large, cherry-carmine rose, very
beautiful in bud, and the plant a strong grower.
HERMOSA is a valuable light pink, a most profuse and constant bloomer.
Those who wish extended collections will consult the lists of our
florists, which are indeed perplexing because of their abundance,
especially to those who wish for only a few of the best. The hints here
given we trust will be found helpful to our readers, who we feel sure
enjoy nothing more than a bed of beautiful roses.
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