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will contribute its quota of blossoms, and the best mode of 

 treating this variety is to prune immediately after flowering, 

 cutting away exhausted or congested wood, and keeping the 

 growth clean and free from insect or fungoid attacks. Anglaia 

 (yellow), Thalia (white), and Euphrosyne (pink) are sometimes 

 known as Rambler varieties, but, though very effective and good 

 growers, they are not equal to Crimson Rambler, 



Fig. 61. — Rosa spinosissima. 



Scotch Roses {Rosa spinosissima). 



These are probably the most prickly of all the Rose family. 

 They are very hardy, and produce a mass of pretty flowers 

 during the summer months, and are excellent for planting on the 

 margins of plantations and shrubberies and in the wild garden 

 (Fig. 61). In such positions they seem quite happy, and will grow 



