I20 The Wild Garden 



into, in which the seeds of beautiful Wild Roses may 

 not be gathered, and they are easy to raise. 



It will not do to put Wild Roses in the flower-garden, 

 where we want choice cultivated flowers ; but there are 

 ways in which any Wild Rose we bring or gather 

 might be deUghtfully used, i. e. in the shrubbery, and in 

 forming fences and also in beds in the rougher parts of 

 pleasure grounds. It is a very common thing to see 

 the sunk fence, which has been made in so many places, 

 without any plant life upon it, though some is needed 

 for marking the drop and to some extent garlanding the 

 brow of the fence. In my own garden, where I made 

 a sunk fence, we planted groups of various Wild Roses 

 from one end to the other — bold running groups 5 to 

 7 feet wide, and few things have given us so good 

 a return ; they do not grow high, they garland the sunk 

 fence and add to its effect from both sides and give 

 pretty effects of flower and fruit. I use the Sweet Brier, 

 the American Glossy Rose, the Japan Rose, Scotch 

 Rose, Carolina, and the Russian Wild Rose, and any 

 Wild Roses that are plentiful and grow freely, and 

 take care of themselves. 



How may we get a sUght idea of the riches of the 

 world in Wild Roses ? I thought I had some notion of 

 it myself till I went to Lyons last September (1892) to 

 get Tea Roses for my garden. These roses of garden 

 origin are the loveliest things raised or grown by man : 

 sweet with all the delicate fragrance of the morning air 

 on down or Surrey heath, having the colours of the 



