THE SWEET BRIER AND ITS HYBRIDS. 95 



ROSA RUBIGIiVOSA. 

 Group XIV.— THE SWEET BRIER AND ITS HYBRIDS. 



The Sweet Brier! the Eglantine ! the favourite Rose of the Poets ! with whom 

 we are content to leave it : it can need no praise at our ha' ds. 



Few, if any, of the Hybrids, have their leaves so highly scented as the native 

 species, whose modest flowers delight us in summer, and whose bright scarlet hips 

 enliven the hedges at the close of autumn. What school-boy, whose lot may 

 have been cast amid its favourite haunts, is not familiar with the flavour of these 

 latter. 



The varieties of this group 'are very hardy, requiring no particular cultivation, 

 thriving equally well as standards or dwarfs. They are distinguished by the 

 fragrance of the leaves and a certain roughness of appearance. 



1. Carmine; flowers brilliant carmine, distinct ; form, cupped. 



2. Carnation ; flowers blush. 



3. Celestial; flowers pale blush, semi-double; form, compact. Growth, 



vigorous. 



4. Chinese ; flowers fine deep rose, of medium size, double ; form, compact. 



Habit, erect, delicate ; growth, dwarf. 



5. Clementine ; flowers rosy blush, distinct. 



6. Hebe's Lip ; flowers creamy white, their margin pink, single; form, cupped. 

 {Margined Hip) 



7. Iver Cottage; flowers pale pink; form, cupped. 

 La Belle Distingue'e; see Scarlet. 



8 . Maiden's Blush ; flowers pale rose, compact and double. 



Margined Hip ; see Hebe's Lip. 



Margined Hip, double; see Group XT. Hybrid Noisette, "Madeline." 

 9. Monstrous; flowers light rose, very large; form, cupped. 



10. Mossy ; flowers light pink, the buds mossy. 

 Riego (Hybrid) ; see Group X. Hybrid Chinese. 



11. Rose Angle; flowers bright lilac rose; form, cupped. Raised by Mr. 



Martin, of Rose Angle, near Dundee. 



12. Royal; flowers pale rose ; form, cupped. 



13. Scarlet ; flowers bright rosy crimson, small and very double ; form, com- 

 (La Belle distinguee) pact. Habit, erect; growth, moderate. Very pretty. 



14. Splendid; flowers light crimson ; form, cupped. 



15. Superb; flowers bright rose, full ; form, cupped. Growth, robust. 



