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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



Single Roses. — These are popular Ruses, and in early 

 June many of them till the garden with colour and 

 fragrance. They are charming especially in the wild 

 garden, where the ample space they crave for can he 

 afforded them. Single Roses resent the pruning knife, 

 thinning out of weakly and dead growths being all that 

 the majority of kinds require. As Pillar Roses they are 

 most attractive, and isolated bushes upon the lawn are 

 effective. In whatever way they are grown, give them 

 plenty of room, and do not attempt to alter their naturally 

 graceful growth. Take as an example the charming wild 

 Rose, with its arch-like branches clothed with fragrant 

 blossoms. It is pleasing to see that this our common 

 hedge Rose is already under the influence of hybridisation, 

 producing some novelties in the way of colours that are 

 destined to be of great use. The number of Single Roses 

 is bewildering, but many are uninteresting except to 

 botanists. The following is a selection of those 

 proved to be the most attractive : Acicularis, very 

 vigorous, with large rosy pink flowers. Alpina, very early, 

 purplish crimson flowers followed by long pendulous 

 orange red heps in autumn. Austrian Copper, the most 



Macartney alba simplex has beautiful white flowers, 

 but requires a wall. Macrantha has immense white 

 flowers, with yellow stamens. It is very vigorous, 

 and one of the best single Roses. Moschata alba, white, 

 tinged with pink, large handsome trusses. Paul's Single 

 White, very showy, with large paper white flowers. The 

 habit of growth is climbing. Polyantha (multiflora), 

 immense growths, with small Blackberry-like blossoms. 

 Pomifera produces fruit in appearance like Gooseberries, 

 and of a crimson and orange shade. Pissardi, a good 

 autumn Rose of pearly white colour. It is nearly always 

 in flower. Rugosa, or Japanese Rose — the white and 

 rose-coloured forms are well known. They produce pods 

 of immense size, and highly attractive. These Roses 

 develop with age into large shrubs, and succeed in town 

 gardens. The Single Scotch type of Rose is very early, of 

 dense habit, and forms luxuriant bushes when covered 

 with the numerous flowers of several shades of colour. 

 Wichuriana is of quite recent introduction, and creeps 

 along the ground like Ivy. It has glossy foliage 

 and white (lowers. Manv hybrids are being raised from 

 it, and these will probably become as popular as the 



HIMALAYAN SINGLE ROSE. 



beautiful single rose grown. The flowers are coppery- 

 red inside, with dull gold outside, and very little pruning 

 is required. Austrian Yellow, fine golden yellow blossoms, 

 very effective. Bardou Job, very large flowers of a crimson 

 and black colour. A superb Rose, especially for pillars, 

 and blooms also in the autumn. Carmine Pillar, a 

 vigorous Rose with flowers of delightful colour. Gloire des 

 Rosomanes, a fine autumn Rose, crimson, semi-double, 

 and of climbing habit. Hebe's Lip is a large white flower 

 edged with carmine. It is a beautiful variety. Janet's Pride, 

 white, shaded and striped with rose. This Rose may be 

 grown as a hedge, and the leaves are scented like the 

 Sweet Briar. 



Lord Penzance's Hybrid Sweet Briars are of great 

 value, as they produce brilliantly-coloured flowers, with 

 fragrant foliage. They form huge pillars, are excel- 

 lent as hedge plants, and seem likely to displace the old 

 Sweet Briar for this purpose. Sixteen varieties were sent 

 out, but few are of much value. As these Hybrids will 

 be fully described under the heading of Sweet Briars, 

 further reference to them here is needless. Their 

 profusion of flowers is delightful to see. 



species. R. berberidifolia Hardi and R. lucida are 

 delightful, especially the last, with its low growth, 

 crimson heps, and shining foliage. 



The single Roses form one of the most charming groups 

 ot the family, and their fruits or heps are often of much 

 beauty, colouring the garden when the flowers have 

 flown. Of course, the many beautiful wild Roses are 

 single, and may be roughly divided into two groups, the 

 one more bushy in growth than the other. The climbing 

 kinds are well adapted for pergolas, which are becoming 

 so popular in English gardens, and their long slender 

 shoots are wreathed in flowers in early summer, with a 

 display sometimes in the autumn. Mr. Bean, writing in 

 the Cardan about the propagation of the wild Roses, 

 mentions that "layering is the surest method. I do 

 not remember that it has failed with any species or 

 vari-ty on which I have tried it. For such Roses as 

 R. lutea (the Austrian Briar group) it is the only wav to 

 readily get them on their own roots, for this and some 

 others of the Roses mentioned below are not easy to raise 

 from cuttings. Still, on the other hand, a good number 

 can be increased by cuttings. The best time to put 



