ROSES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 137 



ROSES FOR SHRUBBERY 



Flowers are here a secondary considera- 

 tion. The bush must be shapely, free from 

 insects and diseases and of easier culture than 

 garden roses. 



Climbers 



R. setigera and its group of garden forms, red chiefly. 

 Dundee Rambler (Ayrshire), white, good on tree trunks. 



Bush Single Flowered 

 Penzance Briers, white, pink to yellowish. 

 Persian Yellow. 



The Scotch, white, pink, yellowish. 

 R. lucida, pink or white. 

 R. nitida, pink. 

 R. rubiginosa, pink. 

 R. rugosa, white or pink. 

 R. blanda, pink. 



Bush Double Flowered 

 A few hybrids of R. rugosa, white or red. 

 Some Scotch roses, white or pink. 

 The Egan, pink (W.H.). 

 Austrian Brier, yellow. 

 Harison Brier, yellow. 



ROSES FOR EDGING WALKS 



Select dwarf compact roses, not of free 

 growth or else naturally dwarf bushes that 

 can be cut back with impunity; such are the 

 native species. 



