176 VARIETIES AND HABITS. 



Found in the Himalaya Mountains and also 

 China, fhis Rose was introduced into this country in 

 1828. It is rather delicate, and likes a warm, light 

 soil, and grows best under a south wall. 



Very little pruning is necessary, but it likes 

 generous treatment, and benefits from having its 

 tiny foliage sprayed in the dry months. 

 The Japanese Rose (R. Rugosa). 



These Roses are gaining in popularity every day, 

 and rightly so, for flower, foliage, and seed pods are 

 most attractive. The best known varieties are the red 

 and the white. They make good bushes, and can be 

 used in the Rose garden to form a hedge, or they can 

 be planted in groups. Very hardy, they require little 

 attention either by way of pruning or feeding, but like 

 all Roses, they respond to good treatment and atten- 

 tion. I have seen these Roses planted in open glades 

 in woods with other berried shrubs, for their fruit in 

 autumn is much loved by pheasants, and it helps to 

 keep the birds from straying. 



Under Autumn Roses come also the Perpetual 

 Scotch and the Perpetual Moss, each requiring the 

 same treatment as the summer flowering groups 

 already described. These two groups are great addi- 

 tions to the Rose world, and growers should pay 

 more attention to them, for they are honestly worth 

 it. There are other groups and botanical varieties of 

 interest, such as the Bramble-leaved Prairie Rose (R. 

 Setigera), which comes from the United States; also 

 Rosa Gigantea, which comes from India ; but the 

 grower will hardly care to go further, and if he does, 

 I doubt if he will find a garden large enough for them 

 all, unless he is prepared to realise my great dream of 

 a National Rose Garden. 



