24 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



are given a little nutritive encouragement in their first 

 year ; after that they take care of themselves. The 

 Burnet Rose is found in many parts of England and 

 Scotland, generally in heathy places not very far 

 from the sea. Among its many merits the beauty of 

 its large, round, black hips should not be forgotten. 

 These are like exaggerated black currants, only more 

 flattened at the poles, with a diameter of from half to 

 three-quarters of an inch. 



There is a useful Rose, a hybrid of these Briers, that 

 should be grown with them, called Stanwell Perpetual. 

 It fully deserves its name, as it flowers throughout the 

 summer. Its weak point is a somewhat straggly habit. 

 To correct this it is well to place three plants in one 

 group close together — that is to say, about a foot apart — 

 when they will close up and form a well-shaped bush. 



We are apt to think of the so-called Austrian Briers 

 in connection with the Scotch, but it should be remem- 

 bered that whereas the Scotch Briers are among the 

 hardiest of our Roses, the Austrians are rather tender. 

 The name Austrian is misleading, for they are of 

 oriental origin, and except in the most favoured 

 climates of our islands should be in the warmest and 

 most sheltered places we can find for them ; but they 

 are so beautiful that they well deserve a good wall space. 

 They are in three or perhaps four forms ; the single 

 yellow {Rosa luted), and its double form, the Persian 

 yellow, and another very near garden variety called 

 Harrisoni. Then there is the gorgeous single Austrian 

 Copper, whose petals are yellow outside and vermilion 

 within. 



