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out such as Little Gem, raised by Wm. Paul and Son, 

 1880, but fashion has changed, and for a time, at 

 any rate, the Moss Rose takes a small though 

 honoured place in the gardens of our country. This 

 group is perfectly hardy, and although the pruning 

 varies slightly according to the variety, yet it may be 

 treated as the Provence Rose, and generally speaking, 

 cut back moderately. It requires generous treatment, 

 and should not, as it often is, be relegated to any 

 ordinary corner of the garden. It can be grown in 

 bush form or as a pillar Rose. 



The Double Yellow Rose (R. Sulphurea). 



Much has been written about this Rose by reason 

 of the rarity in early days of all-yellow Roses, but it 

 is not of value, and can be dismissed in a few lines. 

 It is a native of Persia, and was first introduced into 

 this country from Constantinople. 



John Parkinson wrote at length upon It in the 

 seventeenth century, and later writers have given it 

 much comment, but it has long been outclassed. 



It opens badly, and requires a south or west wall. 

 It should be lightly pruned and generously manured. 



The Damask Rose (R. Damascena). 



This group is undoubtedly one of the oldest, and 

 its date of introduction into this country is uncertain. 

 The date 1573 has been generally accepted by most 

 authorities, but Johnson, in " The History of Garden- 

 ing," says : " The learned Linacre, who died in 1524, 

 first Introduced the Damask Rose from Italy." It 

 has been thought that it is of this Rose that Virgil 

 writes of in his Georgics and elsewhere. Modem 

 Rose-growers have produced through it, first the 

 Damask Perpetual, and then the Hybrid Perpetual, 

 which are now so popular. The Damask Roses are 

 very hardy, free flowering, and the blooms are of fair 

 size. The old York and Lancaster, which is a pale 

 Rose, or white, and sometimes striped, comes under 

 this group. They are all very hardy, and require 

 moderate pruning and good cultivation. They are 



