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see them growing as isolated bushes, and practically 

 unpruned. If allowed space for proper development, they 

 are superior in beauty to many of our flowering shrubs 

 commonly planted. While their season of flowering is 

 early June, they yield quite a nice display of blossom 

 a second time if the seed pods are not allowed to form, 

 although the fruits, which become bright scarlet when 

 ripe, are almost as beautiful in autumn as the flowers 

 are in summer. 



When grown as . hedges, the plants should be set 

 three feet apart, and I would advise planting in deeply 

 dug soil, and feeding with liquid and other manures 

 occasionally to encourage vigorous growth. Penzance 

 Briers form splendid pillar roses. I have seen them 

 fully fifteen feet high, their growths kept in columnar 

 form by means of hoops. They are well worth planting 

 in open spaces in the copse or game covert of any estate. 

 I am sure there are still possibihties of obtaining note- 

 worthy results by intercrossing the existing varieties, or 

 even by raising seedlings from self-fertilised seed. Lord 

 Penzance tried this latter method, but many of the 

 seedlings reverted to the common Sweet Brier, although 

 some gave very satisfactory results. 



Lord Penzance sent out sixteen varieties, but I do 

 not recommend the reader to plant all of them unless 

 he has unlimited space, for several are very much alike 

 so far as the colour of the flowers is concerned. Some 

 of the best are Anne of Geierstein, crimson ; Catherine 

 Seyton, rose pink ; Flora Mclvor, blush and white ; 

 Julia Mannering, pink, perpetual flowering ; Lady Pen- 



