ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ROSA. 



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de Bulgaria, Princesse Mary Mert- 

 chersky, Princesse de Sagan, Red 

 Letter Day, Rene d' Or, Rosa Anemone 

 (Sinica), Rosa Bracteata, Simplicity, 

 Souv. de Gustave Prat, Souv. de 

 President Carnot, Theresa, Una, Wm. 

 Allen Richardson, Zepherine Dronhin. 

 There are many beautiful single 

 Roses, and now that some interest has 

 been awakened in them, we may expect 

 to see them more freely planted. 

 Some are vigorous climbers which, 

 allowed to have their own way and 

 a branched tree to support them, will 

 climb to a great height ; others, sturdy 

 and bushy, are suitable for planting 

 in bold groups and masses, and rare 



avoiding anything in the nature of a 

 miscellaneous collection. 



R. ACICULARIS (The Needle R.). A 

 beautiful Wild Rose, which when leafless 

 might well be mistaken for the Japan Rose, 

 it is so armed with the sharpest needle- 

 pointed spines, and it has the same stout, 

 vigorous, b'ushy habit of growth as rugosa. 

 In flower and fruit it is quite different, 

 and is a bright flowered kind, but early 

 and long blooming ; and it is always one 

 of the first to open. It is a native of 

 Siberia, as hardy as any kind known, 

 but as yet uncommon in gardens. 



R. ALPINA (Alpine R.). More worthy 

 of a place in the garden than the varie- 

 ties of which it is the parent the Bour- 

 saults it grows to a great size, with 



ones will merit special care. They are 

 free from the pests that infest the 

 double Roses, and above all things 

 when single Roses are present in the 

 garden a roseless June will not happen 

 even in the worst of seasons. Wild 

 Roses are such rapid growers, even 

 when not greatly encouraged, that they 

 should not be allowed in well-made 

 beds, like those for Rhododendrons, as 

 they soon exterminate other things. 

 Mine I put in an orchard, and they 

 spread about so quickly that they are 

 difficult to get rid of. It is best, 

 therefore, to have a limitfed number of 

 them only of the kinds one admires, 



long, thornless shoots ; does not make 

 such a colour display as most kinds, 

 but it is welcome for its earliness, and a 

 bowl of its rosy-red flowers is pretty in 

 the house in May. 



R. BRACTEATA (The Macartney R.). A 

 little tender, but repays a little extra 

 care, and is better for a wall, which in a 

 sunny aspect is needed to bring it out 

 in its full beauty. The plant is almost 

 evergreen ; leaves dark green and shining ; 

 the flowers large, milk-white, sweetly 

 scented, of a pretty cupped form. China. 



R. CANINA (Common Dog R.). This 

 would not come into our garden roses list 

 were it not for the charming kind, Una, 

 which has recently come from it. The 



