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or any other Sweet-briars in Eose-beds ; for they 

 are very strong growers, thoroughly hardy, and 

 should not be pruned at all, except to cut out dead 

 wood. Their proper place is in a hedge or grown 

 individually in bush form. 



The Ayrshire Base (E. arvensis). — This too, as 

 its name implies, is a native species, found also 

 throughout Europe. They have been well called 

 running Eoses, for the growth is extremely long, 

 rapid, and slender. Being very hardy and ready to 

 grow anywhere, they are better adapted for trailing 

 over unsightly places and ugly fences than for actual 

 walls, which are best reserved for more valuable and 

 tender sorts. This and the next group also form 

 good weeping Eoses, budded on a tall standard, as 

 the shoots are very pliable, and trail gracefully 

 downwards in a natural manner. 



Several of the Ayrshires have probably been 

 slightly hybridised, a mark of the true sorts being 

 that the flowers are not borne in clusters. Dundee 

 Eambler, Euga, and Splendens or Myrrh-scented 

 are among the best known. The flowers are small, 

 semi-double, and mostly white or pink. The plants 

 are quite hardy, very rampant in growth, and most 

 effective when allowed to ramble at will, unpruned 

 and untrained. 



The Evergreen Bose (E. sempervirens). — This group 

 is very much like the last, but is not a native of Great 

 Britain ; nor is it, strictly speaking, evergreen, but 

 some foliage is generally retained through most of 

 the winter. The flowers are produced in very large 

 clusters, mostly of white or light pink colours. The 

 plants are thoroughly hardy, as strong in growth as 

 the Ayrshire, and useful for pillars, arches, weeping 



