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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS wild boses 



are semi-double ; they appear late in 

 summer and are produced in great abund- 

 ance in upright corymbs, being succeeded 

 by deep red fruits. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 

 R. pomifera {Apple Boae). — This is an 

 old-fashioned British Bose with glaucous 

 foliage. The flowers are single, blush- 

 coloured, and succeeded by handsome 

 scarlet fruits 1-2 in. long, apple or pear- 

 shaped, and covered with bristles. 

 Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 

 R. repens (B. a/rvensis). — A rambling 

 British and European species, 2-8 ft. 

 high, from which the A3rrshire Eoses have 

 been developed. The trailLngpurplish glau- 

 cous stems are armed with stout strongly 

 hooked prickles, and clothed with smooth 

 leaflets, glaucous beneath. Flowers in 

 summer, 1-6 in a truss, rarely solitary, 

 white, with a yellow blotch at the base 

 of each petal. Calyx purple. There are 

 several forms, and also one with double 

 flowers. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 

 R. rubiginosa (Eglantine ; Sweet 

 Briar). — A deUghtfiiUy fragrant pretty 

 native Wild Eose about 5 ft. high. Leaf- 

 lets glabrous above, downy beneath. 

 Flowers in June, pink, 1-3 on a stem. It 

 is an excellent hedge plant, and not a few 

 places in England boast a ' Sweet Briar 

 Lane.' 



Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 

 R. rugosa (Japcmese or Bamanas 

 Bose). — A distinct-looking and handsome 

 bush about 4 ft. high, native of Japan, 

 densely armed with straight prickles. 

 Leaflets 5-9, ovate, much wrinkled, 

 serrated, , blunt. Flowers in June, red, 

 large, solitary. Fruit as large as a thrush 

 egg, varying from orange-red to deep red, 

 very handsome, with an edible pulp. 

 There are several forms, the best of which 

 are alba, with pure white flowers ; plena, 

 a double crimson ; Coubert's Double 

 White with beautiful satiny white flowers ; 

 fimbriaia, white Picotee edged petals; 

 and Mdme. Georges Bruant, white, semi- 

 double. 



B. rugosa has been crossed with some 

 of the Bengal Eoses, and has produced a 

 hybrid called calocarpa, and it has also 

 been crossed with the well-known hybrid 

 perpetual General Jacquemvnot. There 

 seems to be a great fiiture before this 

 species in the hands of the hybridist. 

 Culture dc. as above, p. 882. 



R. sericea. — An Indian species, with 

 smooth or slightly prickly stems which, 

 when young, are sometimes red. Leaves 

 1-3 in. long, with 7-9 oblong, blunt, 

 sharply toothed leaflets, silky beneath. 

 Flowers in May, white, rarely pink or 

 paJe yellow, often having only 4 instead 

 of 5 petals. The variety pteracantJia is 

 distinguished by having winged, thin 

 spines, sometimes 1^ in. wide at the base. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 



R. setigera (CUmbi/ng or Prairie 

 Bose). — A pretty N. American climber, 

 stems 10-20 ft., armed with stout 

 straightish prickles. Leaflets 3-5, ovate 

 acute, sharply serrated, smooth or downy 

 beneath. Flowers in July, deep rose, 

 changing to white, corymbose. 



Culture dc. as above, p. 382. 



R. simplicifolia {B. berberifoUa). — An 

 Asiatic species 2-3 ft. high, remarkable 

 for its small, simple, Barberry-Uke, downy 

 leaves and slender downy branches. 

 Flowers in June, sweet-scented, solitary, 

 deep yellow, with a dark crimson spot at 

 the base of each petal. 



Culture dc, as above, p. 382. 



R. spinosissima {S. pimpinellifolia). 

 Bv/rnet or Scotch Bose. — A pretty British 

 Eose, 1-4 ft. high, with very unequal 

 crowded prickles. Leaflets 7-9, rather 

 broad, serrated. Flowers in May and 

 .June, less than 2 in. across, white or pink, 

 1 or more on a stalk. The variety altaica 

 is a taller growing plant with broader 

 leaves and fine flowers. 



The varieties belonging to this group 

 aU form compact bushes, flowering abun- 

 dantly early in the season before most 

 other Eoses. They are not adapted for 

 growing as standards. The flowers are 

 small and globular, many of them as they 

 hang on the bush looking like little balls. 

 Their colours are yellow, white, and 

 various shades of pink, rose, and crimson. 



Culture and Propagation. — If care- 

 fully planted at first Scotch Eoses will 

 require but little attention. They are 

 proof against frost and snow, and are rarely 

 if ever subject to mildew or green fly. 



Speaking generally they are best 

 grown in beds by themselves, but are 

 also suitable for covering rough banks 

 and transforming them into a charming 

 picture. In poor soUs, they may be given 

 a good mulching of rotted manure every 

 autumn. Only the bright clear-coloured 



