30 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



R. arvensis. — One of our own hedge Roses ; a large single- 

 bloomed variety of extra rambling habit and some half 



double ones are good garden plants. 

 R. BanksicB. — A rambling Chinese Rose without prickles, best 



known in England by the double yellow form. 

 R. beggeriana. — From Central Asia ; a bush with small glabrous 



leaves and small, white, unpleasant-smelling flowers ; an 



interesting kind though not showy. 

 R. blanda. — North American. Called also the Hudson's Bay 



or Labrador Rose; a good-sized bush with large pink 



flowers. 

 R. bracteata. — From China. The Macartney Rose, with large 



white blooms and handsome poUshed leaves. There is 



also a double variety called Marie Leonide which is 



stronger growing than the type. 

 R. Carolina. — A North American species, not of the first 



importance, and yet of some value in that it blooms in 



late summer and autumn. 

 R. centifolia. — The type of the Cabbage or Provence Roses, 



of the Moss Roses and the small de Meaux. 

 R. cinnaviomea. — The double form is the Cinnamon Rose of 



our older gardens. The flowers are rather few, pink or 



pale rose, and flattened. 

 R. clynophylla. — A white-flowered trailing Rose of scrambUng 



habit ; scarcely suitable for a garden, but good for a wild 



place. 

 R. damascena. — (Damask). A good old garden Rose of 



oriental origin, with several varieties, red, white and 



striped. 

 R. Ec(B. — A tender Rose from Abyssinia, with yellow flowers 



the size of a shilling. It does well occasionally in the 



south of England. 

 R. gallica. — The type of most of the older garden Roses. 



This and the Damask Rose are no doubt the ancestors 



of the modern Hybrid Perpetuals. Pretty bushes in 



many varieties. 



