52 THE SWEET BRIAK. 



semi-double bright-red flowers. The Celestial, a 

 beautiful little rose, with flowers very double and 

 fragrant, of the palest flesh colour approaching 

 to white. The Monstrous Sweet Briar is a very 

 old variety, with large and very double flowers. 

 The Scarlet, or La Belle Distinguee, or Lee's 

 Duchess, or La Petite Duchesse, for they are one 

 and the same, is a pretty bright-red, small, and 

 compact rose, very distinct and good; but its 

 leaves are entirely scentless. As allied with this 

 family I ought to mention a very beautiful hybrid, 

 the Double-margined Hip, also Madeline, or Em- 

 meline, with a ground-colour of creamy white, 

 beautifully margined with pink : this forms a fine 

 standard, and is also well adapted for a pillar 

 rose. 



Sweet Briars form a pretty group, interesting 

 from their origin and associations, and pleasing 

 from their fragrance and peculiar neatness : they 

 make also pretty trees, particularly on c petites 

 tiges,' as the French term them : they require 

 the same culture as the other hardy roses. 



Raising Varieties from Seed. 



Humble as are the claims of the Sweet Briar, 

 when contrasted with the gorgeous beauty of some 

 of our new roses, yet it is so decidedly English, 

 that raising new varieties from seed will, I am 

 sure, be found interesting. 



