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ROSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ROSA. 



plant is a cross with a Dijon Tea, and of 

 freely rambling habit, well suited to 

 pillars, arches, pergolas, and either to 

 train against tree-trunks or pegged along 

 the ground. The buds are shapely, of a 

 clear buff yellow, opening as large single 

 flowers of pale creamy-white. 



R. CAROLINA (Carolina .R.). Some- 

 what resembles R. lucida, but distinct, 

 as it blooms during August, when most 

 kinds are over, and it keeps flowering 

 through September. It is a tall, upright 

 grower, established bushes being 6 feet 

 high. Its wood is smooth, with few 

 spines ; the leaflets are long and narrow, 

 and the flowers come in clusters of a 

 dozen or more among plenty of foliage, 

 the buds when opening being rich crimson 

 and the expanded flowers bright rosy- 

 red and sweet-scented. The leaves when 

 handled have a distinct and pleasant 

 fragrance. 



R. HUGONIS. A very beautiful, yellow 

 wild Rose, tall and free in Sussex. When 

 I first saw it over my head I was much 

 surprised. Native of W. China, it was 

 first sent to England by Father Hugh 

 Scallan, a missionary there. It flowers 

 early, which is an added charm. R. 

 .Hugonis is the most vigorous of the 

 yellow flowered species. It flowers early, 

 usually from seed. May onwards. At 

 Combe Warren a great rounded bush, 

 10 feet or more high and almost as much 

 through, is each year shrouded with the 

 delicate yellow flowers. Flowering, too, 

 when quite small, it is a delightful plant 

 to garden with. 



R. INDICA (Indian R.). In it we see 

 those excellent qualities and continuous 

 bloom that have been kept through 

 numerous generations, and contribute 

 so much to the charm of the Tea and 

 Monthly Roses of the present day. Of 

 this species there are two or three forms 

 in cultivation, and though somewhat 

 tender, if given some root protection, 

 they are seldom killed. Like the Tea 

 Roses, this species is ever growing, and 

 blooms from early summer till late 

 autumn. 



R. LJEVIGATA (Cherokee R.). This is 

 tender, save in a few favoured spots in the 

 south. Rose " Anemone " is from a cross 

 with some Tea Rose, but it retains the 

 fine foliage and form of flower of R. 

 Icevigata, and the dark brown shoots 

 freely armed with thorns and prickles. 

 It is of free growth, hardy, and blooms 

 freely in May and June from its second 

 year, the flowers 4 inches across, rosy- 

 crimson on first opening, fading to a 

 silvery rose threaded with darker veins. 

 The plant climbs freely, and lends itself 

 to pretty uses upon walls, pergolas and 

 banks ; it should have a sunny and shel- 

 tered place. 



R. LUCIDA (Glossy R.). One of the 

 best Wild Roses, with leaves of a shining 



green colour, and just when our nativ 

 and other early single Roses are passing 

 away this comes into bloom in July and 

 goes on for several weeks. Its flowers are 

 large, opening flat, clear rosy-pink, sweet- 

 scented, in clusters of from five to eight, 

 succeeding one another, so that there is 

 not usually more than one flower open at 

 a time in a cluster. A few plants soon 

 spread into a thick group, as it runs 

 freely underground, and it is so easily 

 increased by its suckers that it offers 

 every facility for free planting. 



R. LUTEA. This very distinct Rose is 

 better known through the forms derived 

 from it than in its wild form, pretty as 

 that is, and it would be charming to grow 

 on warm banks. There are two gar- 

 den varieties, commonly called Austrian 

 Briers, one with yellow flowers, the other 

 orange-red, both beautiful for a sunny 

 spot. 



R. MACRANTHA. An early bloomer 

 and a showy kind. The flowers are 

 large and beautiful, chiefly white, but 

 flesh-tinted round the edges and in the 

 centre with a tuft of fine yellow stamens. 

 In the open ground it makes a thick 

 spreading bush. Europe. 



R. MICROPHYLLA. A Chinese species 

 allied to R. rugosa. It is a sturdy bush, 

 noteworthy for its large yellowish, very 

 prickly fruits. Its stems, on the other 

 hand, have very few prickles, and they 

 are also distinguished by the peeling loose 

 bark. The flowers are delicate pale rose, 

 not very large, but very fragrant. When 

 it is in bloom the bees and flies swarm 

 more to this Rose than any other. It 

 does not come true from seed, but can be 

 increased by layers. 



R. MOSCHATA (Musk R.). It is a 

 little tender and should have a good place, 

 with shelter while young, but it is very 

 vigorous, and usually soon repairs any 

 damage inflicted. Old plants grow more 

 slowly and ripen better, so that hardi- 

 ness increases. A good plant is strong 

 enough to cover a high fence or wall, 

 but it likes best to scramble about freely 

 among other shrubs which give it support 

 and shelter. The flowers come in July 

 as spreading clusters of pure white with 

 a yellow centre, thirty or more blossoms 

 being often crowded into one mass, 

 with nine or a dozen open at once. Each 

 flower is large, opening wide and flat, 

 with sometimes a pale flushing towards 

 the edge of the petals. The musk- 

 like fragrance is not marked unless 

 in a moist atmosphere, such as after rain. 

 The grey-green leaves have seven leaflets, 

 and are scented when young. 



R. MOYESI (Moyes R.). The most 

 startlingly beautiful wild Rose that has 

 come to us for many years. It is splendid 

 in colour and vigour, with its red bottle- 

 shaped fruits. In Sussex it grows as 

 freely as any Brier. The colour is not 



