26 THE GAKDENEE'S COMPANION 



they are rampant growers, throwing out beautiful 

 drooping shoots of great length, giving a sheet of 

 bloom in July, and filling the air with their delici- 

 ous scent at all times, but especially after a summer 

 shower. In front of the Penzance Briars you must 

 have large groups of the brilliant double yellow 

 Persian Briar, which grows into bushes some five 

 or six feet high, spreading itself freely by root 

 suckers, flowering in June. 



Austrian Briar with its large single flowers of 

 scarlet and gold, showy and distinct. 



Xanthina, the pale yellow briar with darker 

 centre, early flowering and very hardy. 



The Scotch Briar with its button-like white 

 roses by the thousand, in May, the fine foliage 

 turning to such lovely colours in the autumn that 

 it is worth growing on that account alone. 



Calif ornica II. pi. with innumerable "rose de 

 chine " single flowers in July. 



With these you can place groups of the dear old 

 Pink Monthly Rose, or China Rose, that never fail- 

 ing friend which gives us its lovely rose-coloured 

 buds right up to Christmas, and is one of the first 

 to bloom again in the summer. You may also 

 have its lovely salmon-pink hybrids, 



