. Semi-double rosy blush.

RUGOSA OR RAMANAS ROSES, _R. rugosa_.

America. _Paul & Son_, 1895. Crimson lake.

Atropurpurea. _Paul & Son_, 1899. Deep crimson,
turning maroon.

Belle Poitevin. _Bruant_, 1896. Rose, double, very
sweet.

[A]Blanc double de Coubert. _Cochet-Cochet_, 1894.
Double white.

Calocarpa. _Bruant_, 1896. Rose, single, fine
tinted autumn foliage.

[A]Conrad F. Meyer. _Froebel_, 1900. Clear silvery
rose, double, large, very fragrant.

[A]Delicata. _Cooling_, 1898. Soft rose, double.

Madame C. F. Worth. _Schwartz_, 1890. Rosy
carmine, semi-double.

[A]Madame Georges Bruant. _Bruant_, 1888. Clear
white, nearly double.

Madame Henri Gravereaux. _Gravereaux_, 1905.
White, salmon centre.

Mrs. Anthony Waterer. _Waterer_, 1898. Deep
crimson, semi-double, large clusters.

[A]Nova Zembla. _Mees_, 1907. White sport from
_Conrad Meyer_, fine.

Repens Alba. _Paul & Son_, 1903. Weeping form of
Alba.

[A]Rose a parfum de l'Hay. _Gravereaux_, 1904.
Carmine cerise, double, fine.

Rugosa alba. _Thunberg_, 1784. Single, pure white.

Rugosa rubra. _Cels_, 1802. Pinkish red.

Rugosa rubra, fl. pl. _Regel._ Purple red. [A]
Rose Apples. _Paul & Son_, 1896. Pale carmine
rose, large clusters.

FOOTNOTE:

[A] Perpetual flowering.

CHAPTER IV

CLIMBING ROSES--SUMMER FLOWERING

MANY are the races to which our summer gardens owe an almost endless
variety of climbing roses; and each season adds to the bewildering
number. The older types are the Ayrshire, the Evergreen, the Banksia,
the Boursault, the Prairie rose, the Multiflora. And twenty-one years
ago, the Wichuraiana from Japan was introduced, adding a totally new
source from whence to derive precious and beautiful hybrids.

[Illustration: AYRSHIRE.

RUGA.]

THE AYRSHIRE ROSE

originated without doubt from the trailing white rose of our hedges and
woodlands, _Rosa arvensis_. In the early years of last century many
popular varieties were developed which are still welcome in our gardens,
such as _Alice Gray_, _Dundee Rambler_, _Ruga_, _Queen of the Belgians_,
_Splendens_ or _Myrrh-scented_. And in 1835, the charming li