i 4 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



through a Portland Rose, of which group there are 

 a few named kinds, is fairly traceable. The parti- 

 coloured form is a charming bush Rose that should 

 be much more used ; it is known by the names 

 Rosa Mundi, Cottage Maid, and York and Lancaster. 

 The latter name is also claimed for another striped 

 Rose of much less value, but the name is so pretty 

 and the Rose so charming that most of us think 

 they ought to belong to each other, and that there 

 is at least no harm in their association for gene- 

 ral use. 



The newly found but really old garden Rose now 

 called Hebe's Lip, otherwise Reine Blanche, seems to 

 belong to the Provins group {gallica). There were 

 formerly in old gardens some very dark-coloured 

 Damask Roses called Velvet Roses, that are either 

 lost or have become rare, as they are now seldom 

 seen. 



An old Rose that used to be in nearly every garden 

 and is now but rarely seen is the Cinnamon Rose 

 (R. cinnamomed), in some parts of the southern 

 counties called the Whitsuntide Rose. The small 

 flat flowers are pretty and have a distinct scent. It 

 makes a neat bush of rather upright habit. An 

 equally old garden Rose is R. lucida, an American 

 species. It is fairly common in old gardens, forming 

 rounded bushes, and will grow anywhere even in the 

 poorest soils, where the autumn tinted foliage, bright 

 yellow and crimson, and the quantities of flat-shaped 

 scarlet hips are very ornamental. The flower is 

 single and of a full pink colour. It seems to like 



