CHAPTER X. 
ROSES FOR THE WILD GARDEN, AND FOR HEDGEROWS, 
FENCES, AND GROUPS. 
THE wild Roses of the world, had we no other plants, would 
alone make beautiful wild gardens. The unequalled grace of 
the Wild Rose is as remarkable as the beauty of bloom for 
which the Rose is grown in gardens. The culture is mostly 
of a kind which tends to conceal or suppress the grace of 
shoot and foliage of the Rose. Therefore the wild garden 
may do good work in bringing before the many who love 
gardens, but have fewer chances of seeing the Roses in their 
native haunts, the native grace of the well-loved Rose, which 
even in its obesity, and trained into the form of a mop, still 
charms us. The Rev. H. N. Ellacombe writes :— 
I have here a. very large and thick Box bush, in the centre of 
which there has been for many years an Ayrshire Rose. The long 
branches covered with flowers, and resting on the deep green cushion, 
‘have a very beautiful effect. Other Roses may be used in the same 
way. The Musk’Rose of Shakespeare and Bacon would be particularly 
well suited for this, and would climb up to a great height. Rosa 
scandens or sempervirens, Rosa multiflora, and perhaps some others, 
might be grown in the same way; and it would be worth while to 
experiment with other garden forms, such as Aimée Vibert, purple 
Boursault, etc. > If grown against a tree of thin foliage, such as a 
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