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tomers at the same time. There are four or five sorts available, 

 among them Princess Adelaide, pink, Comtesse de Muranais, 

 white, and Henry Martin, red. Like the Rugosas, they need but 

 little pruning and when once established are good for years. 



The Sweet Bbier Rose (Rosa rubiginosa) 



As in the case of the Moss Rose, every home ground, no matter 

 how small, should contain at least one plant of the Sweet Brier, 

 with its delightfully fragrant leaves. If you want a combination 

 of fragrant leaves and fragrant flowers, plant a few of the several 

 beautiful hybrids or Lord Penzance Briers. Lucy Ashton is a good 

 white with a pink edge; Lord Penzance is yeUow, and Anne of 

 Gierstein is red. Don't plant these Roses with your Hybrid Teas 

 or Perpetuals, but put them somewhere near the porch, drive or 

 walk, where they can be loosely tied up to a strong six-foot stake, 

 and where one has a chance to appreciate their flowers and the 

 fragrance of their leaves. 



We find another desirable garden Rose in the hybrid Austrian 

 Brier type flowering in June, of which Beaute de Lyon is a showy red. 

 While this sort should be pruned quite heavily, the varieties named 

 above don't need it; simply cut out the old wood and keep the 

 bushes in shape. 



Rosa Wichuraiana 



Customers caUing on you for shrubs, vines and other hardy 

 stock for outdoor planting, wiU probably get into the habit of asking 

 your advice when not sure as to what to use in planting. If an oc- 

 casion arises where a steep blufl", a ravine bank, or the side of a slope 

 is to be covered, that is the time when you should suggest Rosa 

 Wichuraiana. Give it sun and just a little chance to become estab- 

 lished and it will do the rest. 



We have planted it in sandy soil and again in the stiffest of clay 

 and in each case it has made good; the plants not only covered the 

 surface of the ground, but bore a mass of sweet, white, single flowers 

 during early July. You can also use this Rose for fences, arbors or 

 the covering of retaining walls. 



Among the hybrids, we have Universal Favorite, a double 

 pink; Evergreen Gem, creamy light pink, and South Orange Per- 

 fection, with light pink flowers and dwarfer habit. 



The Persian Yellow Rose 



Among the earhest of all outdoor Roses to flower, and as hardy 

 as any, is Persian YeUow, which belongs to the Brier Rose group. 

 Its flowers are not large, but the plants, when once established and 

 not pruned too severely, are loaded down with the fairly double, 

 deep yellow blossoms year after year. 



