50 THE SCOTCH HOSE. 



a most interesting employment. To do this, all 

 that is required is to sow the seed as soon as ripe 

 in October, in pots or beds of fine earth, covering 

 it with nearly one inch of mould ; the succeeding 

 spring they will come up, and bloom in perfection 

 the season following ! 



The aim should be to obtain varieties with 

 large and very double crimson flowers : this can 

 only be done by slightly hybridising ; and to effect 

 this it will be necessary to have a plant or two of 

 the Tuscany rose trained to a south wall, so that 

 their flowers are expanded at the same time as 

 the Scotch roses in the open borders : unless thus 

 forced they will be too late. Any dark-red va- 

 rieties of the Scotch roses, such as Venus, Erebus, 

 or Flora, should be planted separately from others, 

 and their flowers fertilised with the above French 

 rose. Some very original deep-coloured varieties 

 will probably be obtained by this method. Sul- 

 phur ea and one or two other straw-coloured 

 varieties may be planted with the Double Yellow 

 Austrian Briar, and most likely some pretty 

 sulphur-coloured roses will be the result of this 

 combination. 



