20 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
shape, is a name I can never forget, as it was the 
first rose—a standard—I ever had of my own, about 
fifty years ago. Paul Ricaut is the best known 
crimson in this class. Latterly, some hybrid 
Bourbons have been raised, as perpetual as the 
original race. 
The Austrian Briar (R. lutea).—These are simply 
wild Roses native in some parts of Europe, nearly 
single, and lovely in colour. The Copper, as it is 
called, is the form best known; it is quite single, 
the petals being a most beautiful shade of coppery 
red, with orange yellow inclined to buff on the under 
sides. The others, Single Yellow, Persian Yellow, 
and Harrisonii, are also noted for their colour, being 
hardly surpassed in this point by any known Roses. 
The two last named are double though by no means 
full, and are no doubt hybrid forms, but Harrisonu 
is the best grower. They like a dry soil, will not 
succeed in suburban or smoky atmosphere, and all do 
best on their own roots, the suckers being encour- 
aged and taken off when rooted if required to form 
fresh plants. It is best not to prune them at all, 
beyond cutting out dead wood; the shoots might be 
thinned, but there is no advantage in this with single 
Roses, where quantity of bloom is the thing desired ; 
and they should not be shortened, as flower-bearing 
shoots often issue from the buds near the tips. 
Soleil d’Or (Pernet Ducher 1900).—The first new 
variety in this class for more than sixty years is a 
cross between Rosa lutea and a H.T., and seems to 
be a considerable acquisition ; for it is of good size 
and a beautiful colour, but quartered. It has proved 
the forerunner of many beautiful varieties, and 
(except perhaps the Wichuraiana hybrids) is the 
