96 Ornamental Shrubs. 



from five to ten feet and, if permitted, will attain a diameter 

 nearly or quite equal to its height, having a tendency to 

 send up new stems from year to year so that there is 

 scarcely a limit of possibilities in this direction. At the 

 same time it is easily kept within desired bounds, while the 

 fresh growths may be transplanted with entire success. The 

 foliage is abundant, dark green, plicated, and dense through 

 the entire summer and autumn. Were it not a flowering 

 plant at all, it would still be desirable on the lawn or in the 

 border. The blossoms are single, from three to four 

 inches across, deep red with yellow stamens, showing abun- 

 dantly in June and July, and more sparingly in midsum- 

 mer and autumn. These are followed by large heps of 

 scarlet-crimson which continue long into the autumn, and in 

 the opinion of many are as beautiful as the blossoms them- 

 selves. They form quickly, after the flowers, in succession, 

 have dropped their petals, and so it is common to see both 

 fruits and flowers in profusion at the same time, and, as 

 both are terminal, the combination is especially effective. 

 The bush is too strong a grower to be suitable for the 

 ordinary rose garden, its proper place being on the lawn or 

 in the border. In the gardens at Newport, Rosa rugosa 

 is more freely planted than any other shrub, and particularly 

 in exposed situations. It is seen in many villas on the 

 highest cliffs, where it bravely withstands the fiercest winds 

 that come in from open sea. In such situations the plants 

 are often cut down sharply on the approach of winter, as 

 they should always be when the foliage is desired near the 

 ground. Left to themselves they become coarse and bare 

 at the base, while if reduced in height the plant retains its 



