OF SHRUBS AND THEIR PLACING 15 



less in charm — to my taste — are Rosa lucida, and Rosa 

 Malyi. 



Of the greater roses, any big garden will be glad of 

 such Ramblers as Dorothy Perkins and Lady Gay, of the 

 Wichuraianahyhv'ids — especially Gardenia, Jersey Beauty, 

 and dreamlike Rene Andre ; of such huge wild species 

 as the fiercely thorny, crimson-blossomed acicularis, of 

 the beautiful four-petalled sericea, oi ferruginea with its 

 grey and purple foliage and its large pink flowers, of 

 caroliniana, smaller in growth and delighting in very wet 

 ground, of rugosa and lovely new yesoensis, of the brilliant 

 Austrian briars, and above all, in favoured corners, of 

 those fanatic sun - lovers, herberidifolia, sulfurea and 

 bracteata. Alas, that lovely little shrub, Rosa berberidi- 

 yb/M,with its golden blooms basally spotted with chocolate, 

 is of no use to my damp climate ; and bracteata, the 

 glorious Camellia-rose, with its solid shining leaves and 

 its immense snowy blooms, perpetually lingers on the 

 edge of death, blossoming indeed, but late, and always 

 cowering earthwards in the winter. Yet it is not cold 

 that is fatal to these sun-craving roses, so much as the 

 absence of ripening sun in summer. I have actually 

 kept Rosa gigantea alive in the open for two successive 

 winters unprotected. As for Rosa bracteata, its variety 

 Anemone has all the beauty of the type, if not more, 

 with twice the general usefulness and trustworthiness. 

 Rosa bracteata (or sinicd) Anemone seems to be a robust 

 sport from the parent, differing in its far greater vigour 

 and resisting power, as well as in the colour of its 

 enormous saucer-like blossoms, which are of a particularly 

 entrancing soft pink. 



All these roses, of course, need no special help beyond 

 fair or rich soil. As for Rosa gigantea, I believe no one 

 has ever flowered this Lord of Roses in the open in 

 England — nor, I fear, will any one succeed in doing so. 



