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greatest break in the hybridisation of Eoses of recent 

 years. The raiser calls the new class pernetiana. 



The Scotch Bose (E. spinosissima). — The " very 

 thorny " Eose is a briar native in Great Britain, 

 and I have found it growing on the South Downs 

 in Sussex. The varieties are semi-double and are 

 to be found of almost every shade from white to 

 deep crimson. The plant is unmistakable, for no 

 other Eose is so thickly covered with small very 

 sharp thorns. They are not strong in growth, and 

 are best on their own roots, propagated by suckers, 

 like the Austrians. Scotch Eoses are generally 

 used to form a dwarf hedge, which has a pretty 

 effect when the little round fragrant flowers are out, 

 but these are very soon over. One perpetual form, 

 however, has been raised — the Stanwell, a fair 

 grower, very sweet, flowering freely from May to 

 November. These Eoses are thoroughly hardy, and 

 will flourish in the poorest soil where no other Eose 

 will grow. No pruning, beyond cutting out dead 

 wood, is required. 



The Sweet Briar (E. rubiginosa). — This is a native 

 briar, growing freely in some parts of England, and 

 generally where the soil is light and rather poor. 

 The Eglantine, as it is otherwise called, is noted for 

 the sweet scent of the foliage, which pervades the 

 air for a considerable distance after a shower, in 

 spring or early summer. There have been some 

 cultivated varieties more or less double and deeper 

 or paler in colour than the type, and Lord Penzance 

 spent some time and trouble in hybridising them 

 with the laudable view of raising a group of good 

 Eoses with sweet-scented foliage. 



It is a great mistake to plant these " Penzance " 



