AMONGST THE ROSES 69 



are being supplemented every year by beautiful 

 novelties, the flowers of which, in some cases, are 

 snowy white, others approaching in brilliance and 

 size the hybrid perpetuals. What fine groups, 

 isolated in a sunny meadow and protected from 

 the cattle, could be formed from the shrub roses, 

 such as Macrantha, Maiden's Blush, Hebe's Lip, 

 Carmine Pillar, Sericea, Moschata Nivea, Austrian 

 Copper, and the Scotch roses. One especially I 

 would recommend for estate planting, and that is 

 Rosa cinnamomea blanda. Its wood in winter is 

 as showy as the dogwood, and the pretty pink 

 flowers are very attractive in June. When plant- 

 ing, see that the work is well done, not just a 

 spadeful of soil dug out and the plants stuck in 

 the hole. Trench the ground, plant and spread 

 out the roots very carefully, and, if possible, obtain 

 the bushes on their own roots, then one may 

 expect a flourishing group, though grown under 

 half-wild conditions. 



Roses have a winter beauty when those are 

 chosen which have beautiful heps or fruits, such 

 as Macrantha, the Japanese roses, and the majority 

 of the Penzance briars, and writing of the Penzance 

 brjars reminds one how great a depth of gratitude 

 we owe to the late Lord Penzance, who wedded 



