268 ROSES. [CHAP. IX. 



d'Hebe, the latter, which is a most lovely rose, 

 being a Hybrid Bourbon. The White Roses are 

 hardy, and bloom abundantly with very little 

 care. The Scotch Roses are also remarkable 

 for their hardiness, for their blooming generally 

 a fortnight earlier than any others, and for their 

 ripening abundance of seed, from which new 

 varieties may continually be raised. The yellow 

 Scotch rose is very beautiful. Williams's double 

 yellow sweetbriar, and the Austrian yellow, or 

 copper-coloured, rose, are also well worth culti- 

 vating. The latter is yellow on the outside of 

 the petals and red within. This rose will not 

 succeed well in a smoky atmosphere, but it 

 flowers beautifully in Mrs. Marryat's flower- 

 garden at Wimbledon, and in that of R. H. 

 Jenkinson, Esq., at Norbiton House, near 

 Kingston. The common double yellow rose, 

 which seldom flowers well, should be grown in 

 a rich soil and warm situation, and it requires 

 abundance of air. 



Of the Climbing Roses, the Ayrshire roses, 

 particularly the beautiful white-flowered kind 

 called the Queen of the Belgians, and Rosa 

 ruga, a very handsome and fragrant tea-scented 

 variety, are perhaps the best for training upon 

 frames, to form what are called pillars and 

 pyramids of roses, as they are quite hardy. 

 For sheltered situations, Rosa multiflora, and 

 its near ally the Seven Sisters' Rose, may be 

 chosen ; as they grow very fast and very high, 

 and produce myriads of flowers, though they 

 are easily killed by frost. The most valuable 

 climbing roses are, however, the descendants of 

 Rosa sempervirens, the evergreen roses; and 



