Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



found, to his joy, that the Sweet Brier was a first-class 

 seed bearer and more certain to bear fruit, when fertilised 

 with pollen of other Roses, than any other Rose or class 

 of Rose, that in his experience had presented itself. 



The result of his labours was the origination of a 

 wholly new and most beautiful series of Roses, now 

 known as the " Penzance Briers." They are much larger 

 and stronger than their famous parent, and their foliage 

 is on bolder lines. But the old fragrance is still there 

 in its fullness. 



" And scent in every leaf is mine, 



And the scent oh that's divine ! 



Happy-sweet and pungent-fine, 



Pure as dew and pick'd as wine." 



(Leigh Hunt.) 



The flowers, too, while still " single " like the Wild 

 Rose, are more freely borne, and being larger cause 

 the shrub to be one mass of colour colour that is of 

 all possible shades, according to the variety. Lord 

 Penzance called the varieties for the most part after 

 Scott's heroines. So there are deep-rose blossoms in 

 "Amy Robsart," pale-rose in "Edith Bellenden," white 

 in " Flora Mclvor," rich crimson in " Meg Merrilees," 

 and the softest pink in " Julia Mannering," while " Lucy 

 Bertram " has white flowers edged with dark purple, and 

 " Jeanie Deans " rises to scarlet, semi-double blooms. 

 Perhaps the most beautiful of all, however, is " Lady 

 Penzance," with very distinct, extra fine, coppery-yellow 



