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liis t^arden in Champatine not far from Maubor^'et, t;rew this 

 rose and thus i)ro\-ided a source for its distril)iition in tlii' neigh- 

 l)oi"h()od. It is proljable that it is a selcotcd form of Rosa chinen- 

 sis \ar. ))uni)iui. The Fairy Rose, or, as it is sometimes called. 

 The Lawrance Rose. Correvon describes his planls of Rosa 

 Rouletti as bc-inu, live centimeters (two inches) lii,uh, l)ut doubt- 

 less this extreme dwarf ness may be attributed in part to ]X)t 

 cuhure, h)i- the same plants doubled their stature when set in a 

 bed out-ot-doors. Rosa Rouletti seems to be as hardy as the 

 t^cneral run of (diina I'oses. We have found that covering the 

 l)lants in the lall with s^ravel is a oreat aid in carrviiiK them 

 successtuUy through the winter. 



Towards the end of the border is a sixnies from North West 

 Chinii — Rosa bella. It has carmine ]Mnk flowers on a bush 

 capable ot reachint^ ei.yht feet, althou^^h our specimens havT not 

 yet siu'prised us with such ^'i^()r. 



Turnino- the corner, we are confronted with a i^roup of several 

 ])hmts of Rosa pisocarpa, a native sjiecies from the Pacific North 

 West . It is an upriuht i^rower, with slender stems, man\- suckers, 

 and tew prickles. 



A little to the north is a lari^e i^-rou]) of (he Burnet Rose or 

 Scotch Rose, Rosa spinosissima and varieties. The garden forms 

 ol this rose, first ])r()duced by Robert Brown, of Perth, by cross- 

 ing R- spinosissima with double-flowered garden roses, were at 

 one time very popula- in Kngland. Paul, in his "The Rose 

 (".arden" (1848), lists seventy-six varieties. Varieties of the 

 Scotch Rose, with the exce])tion of var. altaica, vnv. fuloens, and 

 Staiiwell Perpetual are nowadays scarce and not easily obtained. 



Passing by the elm tree with rhododendrons planted in its 

 shade, we come to Rosa californica, a strong-growing shrub native 

 from Oregon to lower California, and Rosa villosa (poniijera), a 

 Kurasian species noteworthy for its largt> fruits. 



just south ol the jjavilion is a group of Rosa ainina and several 

 ol its \arielies. This is England's famous Dog Rose which grows 

 so plentifulK- in the hedgerows there and perfumes the air with 

 its sweet Iragrance. In England, this species is largely u.sed as 

 an understock h)r Hylirid Tea roses. Its long, stout canes are 

 admirabk' understocks Tor the production of "half-standard" and 



