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Hausburg, Due de Cazes, Jeau Soupert, Julia 

 Tonvais, Abel Carriere, &c., are sufficiently spiny 

 to be incorporated with "Whitethorn without greatly 

 weakening the defensive character of a hedge. The 

 following less prickly varieties might also be used, by 

 having their resisting powers strengthened by inter- 

 lacing, diamond fashion or otherwise : Mdlle. Annie 

 Wood, Mdlle. Marie Eady, Madame Cllemence 

 Joigneaux, Edward Morren, Souvenir de Collomniers, 

 Duo de Moutpensier, Due de Kohan, and, in a word, 

 almost aU the Perpetual' and other Roses recom- 

 mended for pillars and pyramids. Other and less 

 spiny and dense-growing Koses might be employed 

 more as diapeiy on and in hedges, than as forming a 

 part of them. Of such it may often be said in the 

 words of Jean Ingelow — 



" The Boses that in yonder hedge appear. 

 Outdo our garden bnds which bloom within." 



For forming hedges more for ornament than as 

 barriers against live stock, almost any of the 

 Boses named in the chapter on Pyramidal and Pillar 

 Boses, and for arches, will answer the purpose. The 

 most brilliant Bose hedge ever seen by the writer was 

 formed of the Gloire des Bosamenes alone. The old 

 pink and crimson China, mixed, also form a good 

 florif erous hedge. The two Noisettes, Aimee Vibert 

 and Pellenberg, planted alternately about a yard 

 apart, form a hedge of red and white which few 

 combinations can match in chasteness and brilliancy. 

 Coupe d'Hebe, Charles Lawson, Blairii No. 2, 

 Chenedole, Paul Bicaut, with Madame Plantier, 

 and the Ayrshire Dundee Bambler, thi-own in for 

 whites, form a charming hedge. Other, and even 

 richer hedges, may be formed of such Boses as the 

 Persian yellow, Austrian yellow and copper-coloured, 

 the crimson Boursault, the Garland, Splmdens 

 Thoreahyana, Williams' Evergreen and FeHcite 

 Perpetuelle, and other Ayrshire, Hybrid, China, and 

 Evergreen Hoses. 



Such strikingly beautiful, vigorous, and strong 

 Roses as the White Baroness, the Grandeur of 

 Cheshunt, Paul's single red, white and crimson Per- 

 petuals, will probably become important features in 

 the Bose hedges of the future. 



In specially mild localities, the most charmingly 

 sweet and floriferous Bose hedges are formed of 

 Chinese, Bourbon, and Tea Boses. The Cramoisie 

 Saperieure, with its climbing sport, James Sprunt, 

 and the pure white Ducher and Clara Sylvain, a 

 vigorous-growing white Bose ; Barorme Gonella ; 

 Setina, a climbing form of Armosa, a most profuse- 

 blooming Bourbon Bose ; Queen of Bedders, Aim6e 

 Vibert, especially the climbing variety, Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, and Camoens would form most floriferous 

 Rose hedges. 



Coming to the Teas, what a hedge of beauty could 

 be formed of the two well-known Glories, Gloire de 

 Dijon and Gloire de Bordeaux ! Among others that 

 might be used to form hedges are Beaute d'Europe, 

 Bougere, Comtesse Biza du Pare, Duchess of Edin- 

 burgh, Francisca Kruger, Enuly Duprez, May Paul, 

 Souvenir de Paul Neron. 



As to culture, provided vigorous varieties are 

 chosen, and that these are planted with the other 

 hedge-plants, the Boses are generally able to take 

 care of themselves. But it planted at a later date, 

 the roots of the Quick or other hedge-plants wilL 

 prove such formidable rivals as to starve the Rose- 

 roots. There are two modes of fostering the Rosea 

 xmder these adverse circumstances — ^the planting 

 of them at some considerable distance from the 

 hedge, and the isolation of the roots from those of 

 the hedge-plants by some such methods as have beert 

 indicated. Care must also be taken that the other 

 hedge-plants may not smother or strangle the Boses- 

 in the fierce struggle for life that is apt to be waged, 

 against them when they are planted in established 

 hedges. 



Rose hedges, if they are to prove successful, 

 need ample support in two ways, or rather at two. 

 places — root and top. To provide the former, 

 trench the ground to a depth of three or four feet 

 and a width of six or nine, working in during the 

 process a heavy dressing of farm-yard manure, and 

 remove all roots of weeds, brambles, &c. If the- 

 natural soil is good and the subsoil fairly dry, this 

 preparation will suffice. If not, a drain must be run 

 along imder or near to the hedge, at least a foot 

 deeper than the soil has been trenched, and better 

 soil substituted for the bad. Of course, in planting 

 Boses in or against existing hedges, the preparation 

 ramnot be so thorough, but should proceed on similar 

 principles. 



Before planting the Roses for a hedge, a row of 

 strong stakes should be placed along the centre of 

 the space, and driven a foot or more into the solid 

 undisturbed earth. These may vary in height, 

 according to that of the hedge. Nothing answers 

 better than young Larch poles with the snags and 

 bark left on. The tops may be of a uniform height, 

 or otherwise. By having the stakes and Roses of 

 various heights, a more irregular or picturesque 

 hedge will be the result. Prom four to eight feet 

 win be found convenient and effective heights for 

 Rose hedges. There is yet another, cheaper, though, 

 hardly so picturesque, way of supporting Rose- 

 hedges through their earlier stages. The stakes 

 may be stronger, placed at wider distances apart, 

 and bound together with rustic rails firmly nailed to- 

 them. Three rails would suffice for the tallest, 

 hedges ; two for the more dwarf ones. To these the. 



