70 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



necessary to have a plant or two of the Tuscany, 

 and one of Superb Tuscany, or La Majestueuse, 

 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 varieties of the Scotch 

 roses, such as Venus, Atro Rubra, or Flora, 

 should be planted separately from others, and 

 their flowers fertilised with the above French 

 roses : some very original deep-coloured varieties 

 will probably be obtained by this method. Sul- 

 phurea 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. 



THE SWEET BRIAR. 



(EOSA RUBIGINOSA.) 



Who knows not the Sweet Briar? the Eglan- 

 tine, that plant of song, the rhyme of which 

 jingles so prettily, that nearly all our poets, even 

 love-stricken rustics, have taken advantage of its 

 sweet sound. 



" I will give to my love the Eglantine," 



has been often the beginning of a country lover's 

 song ; but in sober truth, every one must love this 

 simplest and sweetest of flowers, for what odour 



