^ The Scents of Sarly Summer ^ 



R. eglanteria marmorea. The marble flowered Eglan- 

 tine rose. 



R. eglanteria rubra. Red flowered Eglantine rose. * This 

 Eglantine rose resembles some of the smaller species of 

 centi folia, Rose de Meaux, etc. It is not so fragrant in 

 the foliage as the generality of sweet-briars but the 

 flowers are of a richer colour. It is in fine bloom from 

 July till October. Our figure was taken from a plant at 

 the Hammersmith Nursery, where it is known by the 

 appellation of Lee's Duchess.' 



R. villosa, one of our true natives, though now found 

 wild only in a few places in the north, is well worthy of a 

 place in the garden, not only for the beauty of its flowers, 

 but also for its splendid, picturesque growth. There is 

 an interesting account of this rose in Andrews, who 

 describes it growing in a garden near Farnham, with 

 sixteen other roses grafted on it all in bloom at the same 

 time. ' The semi-double flowered Villosa is mostly 

 known by the appellation of the Tree Rose, an appro- 

 priate title, as it may be frequently seen from ten to fifteen 

 feet high, and in the gardens at Sheen House near 

 Richmond, there is a Tree Rose near thirty feet high and 

 fifteen feet wide, with a profusion of flowers, but much 

 smaller leaves than are generally seen on the younger 

 plants. It is a species of Rose well adapted for grafting 

 or budding, as we found a plant of it in the gardens of 

 the Hon. Wm. Irby, near Farnham, thirteen feet high 

 with at least sixteen different sorts of roses growing on it 

 and all in full bloom at the same time. The SingleTree 

 Rose is not so common, nor have we seen any large plants 

 of it except two in the nursery of Mr. Sharles of Little 

 Chelsea, which were about eight feet high and very 

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