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grows on moors in Scotland, and on Beachy Head in 

 Sussex, and near Tenby in South Wales, favouring 

 wild places within smell of the sea. The rather dusky 

 foliage sets off the. lemon- white of the wild, and the 

 clear white, pink, rose, and pale yellow of the double 

 garden kinds. The hips are large and handsome, 

 black and glossy, and the whole plant in late autumn 

 assumes a fine bronze colouring between ashy black 

 and dusky red. Other small old garden Roses are 

 coming into bloom. One of the most desirable, and 

 very frequent in this district, is Bosa hicida, with red 

 stems, highly-polished leaves, and single, fragrant flowers 

 of pure rosy-pink colour. The leaves turn a brilliant 

 yellow in autumn, and after they have fallen the bushes 

 are still bright with the coloured stems and the large 

 clusters of bright-red hips. It is the St. Mark's Rose 

 of Venice, where it is usually in flower on St. Mark's 

 Day, April 25 th. The double variety is the old Bose 

 d'amour, now rare in gardens ; its half-expanded bud is 

 perhaps the most daintily beautiful thing that any Rose 

 can show. 



After many years of fruitless effort I have to allow 

 that I am beaten in the attempt to grow the grand 

 Roses in the Hybrid Perpetual class. They plainly 

 show their dislike to our dry hill, even when their 

 beds are as well em-iched as I can contrive or afford 

 to make them. The rich loam that they love has to 

 come many miles from the Weald by hilly roads in 

 four-horse waggons, and the haulage is so costly that 



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