ROSE GARDENS 67 



many of them so nearly related to species that their 

 wild way of growth may well be taken into account 

 and provided for. Thus the beautiful milk-white Rosa 

 Brunoni of the Himalayas is at its best climbing 

 into some thin growth of bush or small tree. Many 

 of the numerous new rambling Roses, children of 

 another Himalayan Rose, that have been hybridised 

 with other species, and again crossed to gain variety 

 of colour and shape, willingly lend themselves to the 

 same treatment. Many Roses, even some of those 

 that one thinks of as rather stiff bushes, the Scotch 

 Briers, Rosa lucida and the like, only want the oppor- 

 tunity of being planted on some height, as on the 

 upper edge of a retaining wall, to show that they 

 are capable of exhibiting quite unexpected forms of 

 growth and gracefulness, for they will fling themselves 

 down the face of the wall and flower all the better 

 for the greater freedom. The beautiful and fast- 

 growing Rosa wickuriana, with its neat white bloom 

 and polished foliage, will grow either up a support 

 or down a steep bank, or festoon the face of a wall 

 far below its roots, and to the adventurously minded 

 amateur disclose whole ranges of delightful possi- 

 bilities ; while, stimulated by the increased demand, 

 growers are every year producing new hybrids and 

 clever crosses derived from this accommodating plant. 

 So the thought comes that the Rose garden ought 

 to be far more beautiful and interesting than it has 

 ever yet been. In the hope of leading others to 

 do more justice to the lovely plants that are only 

 waiting to be well used, I will describe and partly 



