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Of the many different kinds of Hybrid per- 

 petuals, Teas, and Hybrid Teas, I will say nothing, 

 for everybody has their own ideas as to which Eoses 

 please them most, and where all are so beautiful, 

 it is difficult to go far wrong. 



Briar Roses. If possible a place must be found 

 for Briar Eoses ; Eoses which are a never failing 

 delight when they are planted in some place where 

 they can be left to grow in their own rampant 

 way. Have you not some dell where there would 

 be shelter from the north and east, which would 

 make a nice bowling-green, or a small lawn where 

 you could plant masses of Briar Eoses round two 

 sides facing south and west ; or perhaps there is a 

 path through some wild bit of the garden that 

 might be banked on one side with these lovely 

 bushes, supported and protected on the colder side 

 by Portugal Laurels, or other evergreens. If you 

 can afford space to plant them in either of these 

 ways, or in any other way that may commend itself 

 to you, be sure to allow plenty of room for growth. 



Begin by planting the beautiful Penzance Sweet 

 Briars in all their various shades of colour, for 

 the back row you can reckon on their growing not 

 less than ten feet high, and wide in proportion, as 



