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ROSES 



continuous till frost. Moderately hardy. 

 Type: Hermosa. 



Briers. — Austrian, Scotch, Sweet, Pen- 

 zance. Habit: Short jointed, branching 

 freely. Foliage: Small, spiny, fragrant in 

 Sweetbrier. Prickles: Abundant, except in 

 alpine. Flowers: Small. Yellow in Austrian. 

 Short lived. Bloom once. Culture: Scotch 

 grows well in sandy soil. Sweetbriers like 

 a heavy rich soil. Prune by removing some 

 of the oldest shoots. All are hardy. Do not 

 respond greatly to high cultivation. Type: 

 Rosa spinosissima. 



Austrian Briers have chocolate-brown bark. 

 Demand dry soil. Flowers, yellow. Type, 

 Persian yellow. 



Scotch Roses are excessively spiny and 

 sucker freely. 



Sweetbriers have fragrant foliage and deco- 

 rative fruits. Flowers, light coloured and 

 small. 



Penzance Hybrid Sweetbriers are hybrids 

 from the Sweetbrier, sixteen varieties, all 

 good. Lord Penzance is the prettiest in 

 colour, while Minna and Green Mantle are 

 most fragrant. They should have a high 

 trellis and be at least eight feet apart. To 



