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rather short, very prickly branchlets, and the leaves of a dull green, the plant 

 bears all the appearance of a very bushy Dog Rose. It flowers late but 

 profusely. The corymbs of the white flowers, not larger than the Roses 

 of the common Brier, mixed with the yellowish buds, make it beautiful 

 for some time. It then passes through an unattractive period. The petals 

 generally adhere too strongly to the receptacle and wither on the fruit. 

 This, however, is soon passed, and in the autumn the bush is gay with a 

 mass of small orange berries. 



The creeping Japanese Rose (Wichuraiana) is well known and 

 appreciated as a pillar rose. Of its horticultural hybrid products I have 

 not to speak. I only mention the result of an experiment to ascertain 

 how long the screen of its drooping shoots could practically be. I planted 

 a row near the top of a 6 to 8 feet deep trench, one side being a vertical 

 wall edged by somewhat overhanging stones. In these conditions the 

 shoots reached the bottom of the trench the second year after planting, 

 but on account of the prevailing winds they were continually thrown back 

 over the wall, and some artificial devices were needed to attain the desired 

 effect. 



Of the Roses in the Indica group I express, with many others, the 

 wish to see some day true native plants from countries where they grow 

 uncultivated, particularly the several types of the series : Rosa indica 

 fragrans, B. semperflorcns, B. chincnsis. 



I have not succeeded with attempts to grow the Bom gigantea of 

 Collett in the open, even against walls in my garden in Central France. 

 The plant thrives in one or two places on the French Riviera. Interest- 

 ing crossings are being made by M. Cayeux at the Botanical Garden of 

 Lisbon. 



We must now join the larger battalion of the corps of the Asiatic 

 Roses, the Cinnamoinete, and it is not possible to pass further without 

 saluting that grand Rose, the Bitgosa, one of the finest, if not the finest, 

 of all the Wild Rose?. It is second to none of the hardy Roses for the 

 size of its flowers, and the richness and the design of its foliage ; and if 

 it is beautiful when the summer brings back the time of its long blos- 

 soming season, it is equally worth admiration when autumn colours the 

 large fruits witli scarlet and the foliage with gold-and-fire touches. 



A closely allied species, but much smaller, Bosa coru.scans (Link), is 

 well worth cultivation. The foliage is very abundant, and its form is still 

 more elegant ; the pink flowers are comparatively very large and the 

 fruits very line. I should suggest to cut back its branches halfway, and 

 the oldest ones even shorter, to procure their renewal ; but I think Bugosa 

 will be finer without any, or with a very discreet, pruning. 



The Beggeriana, a native of Persia and Turkestan, is not commended 

 by its size, and still less by the odour (a decidedly bad one) of its flower. 

 The undue sprending of its bush is obviated by grafting it on the 

 stock of the Dog Rose. The plant will then bloom from July to the 

 cold days of October. The small, round, red fruit early drops the remains 

 of the calyx, and its appearance gains thereby. The black fruited variety 

 is curious. 



Rosa macrophylla of Lindley is one of the most remarkable species of 

 the genus and one of the most variable. The type, as figured in the 



