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carmine flowers. It is quite hardy and looks well 

 covering a trellis. One of the best single climbers. 

 The Single White is also desirable. 



Alice Grey. Belonging to the Ayrshire section. 

 Blooms in summer, the flowers are creamy white, edged 

 with pink. 



Eanksla. Delicately scented and well adapted for 

 walls. Both the yellow and white should be grown, 

 also the improved variety Fortunei. 



Gloire de Dijon. Well known, should be in every 

 garden. 



Rosa Brunonis. White Indian Rose. Fine foliage. 

 The single creamy flowers are beautifully centred with 

 yellow. A lovely variety for rambling among trees. 



Rosa Moschata Nivea. Musk Rose. Another single. 

 The flowers are scented, the colour white, suffused with 

 pink, and the centre of each occupied by a bunch of 

 golden anthers, the buds pink. Very free growing. 



Austrian Briars. For rambling over dwarf trellis or 

 about the base of stone balconies these roses are most 

 useful. Both the yellow and copper-red forms are 

 worth growing. 



Rosa Rubrifolia. Red-leaved Rose. Of little import- 

 ance, so far as its flowers are concerned, but delightful 

 for its richly coloured leaves and purple shoots. 



Reve <TOr. Belonging to the Noisette section. A 

 favourite variety with nankeen copper flowers, and a 

 profusion of rich brown shoots. 



Lamarque. White with yellow centre, a free flower- 

 ing kind, growing well on a wall. 



Sweet Briar. {Lord Penzance Hybrids.) These are 

 a lovely new race, combining the sweetness of the old 

 Sweet Briar, with a wonderful colour range in the 

 flowers. They are generally used for hedges, but look 

 well trained as pillar roses. A few ought to be in every 

 garden on account of their fragrance. The following 



