56 THE BOOK OF ROSES 



and glaucous leaves faintly tinged with pink. The flowers, 

 which are pink in colour, are small and not unlike those 

 of the Blackberry. Many other Roses are well worth 

 growing for their bright red stems and berries in the 

 Autumn and Winter. Among these may be mentioned 

 Rosa Nutkana, Rosa Acicularis, Rosa Blanda, and Rosa 

 Alpina Pendulina. Spinossissima Lutea is a beautiful little 

 Rose with flowers of a good full yellow, resembling the 

 colour of Marechal Niel. One of the great pleasures 

 associated with the growing of the Rose species is that 

 owing to the early flowering of many of them the Rose 

 season may be extended by nearly two months. 



