196 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Wild and Single Roses.— Another way of attacking the 

 monotony and barrenness of the " rosery " of the books, is to plant 

 many of the wild roses, from which all the garden roses come. They 

 do not, however, appear to advantage in shows ; but on cool grass 

 in the hot summer days there is nothing more delightful, whether 

 they be those of our own country like the Sweet Brier, Dog and 

 Field Roses, or those of other countries, such as the beautiful 

 Altai Rose, the Rosa gallica and many others. As to growing 

 wild Roses, the best way is not to put them in the flower-garden, but 

 rather by grass walks or rough banks, or in newly made hedgerows. 

 If their beautiful bloom does not last long, the fruit is pretty, and 

 though they are not of the things that repay us well for garden 

 cultivation, as the best garden Roses do, the wild Roses may often 

 be used with good effect. 



Among the wild Roses, not natives of Britain, that give us most 

 pleasure there may be named the Needle Rose of Japan (R. acicularis) ; 

 the Carolina Rose, charming for its distinct clusters and late 

 bloom, the alpine Rose and its Pyrenean variety, excellent for rocky 

 banks ; the glossy Rose (R. Lucida), one of the most excellent in 

 marshy or almost any ground, pretty in colour too in winter ; the 

 Austrian Brier, a native of Central Europe, and thriving even 

 among wild Roses, R. macrantha, R. brunonis and the Musk 

 Rose and all its forms, the many-flowered Rose R. multiflora, 

 and the Japanese Roses (R. rugosa). The creeping Rose of 

 China and Japan (R. Wichuriana) is quite distinct from any, and 

 excellent for running about rocky banks and as a climber. These 

 are but a small number of the Roses with which the northern and 

 mountain world is clothed, and of which many hav^e yet to come to 

 our gardens. 



Apart from the wild Roses of which there are so many, there are 

 also the single and other roses of garden origin which were thrown 

 away by raisers so long as the show standard was the only one 

 thought of, but a few of which are now coming into use, such as 

 the Paul's Carmine, Bardou Job, the hybrid sweet Briers and 

 Japanese and other hybrids, and to such roses we may hope for 

 many additions. 



An Essex Rose Garden. 



What causes the difference between the burnt up gardens of Sussex 

 and Surrey and this Essex garden land ? It can surely only be the 

 open, dark, friable soil, that gives the trees their deep verdure, the 

 hardy plants their handsome growth, the turf its fine texture and 



