SUPPLEMENT TO 



830 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



December 17, i8 9 8. 



PENZANCE SWEET-BRIERS. 



HEN talking a few days ago to a friend who has 

 obtained no small amount of success both as a 

 grower of chrysanthemums and roses, he ob- 



44 The fragrant Eglantine did spred 

 Her prickling armes, embrayled with Roses red 

 Which daintie odours round about them threw 

 And all within with flowers was garnished 

 That, when mild Zephyrus amongst them blew, 

 Did breth out bounteous smels, and painted colours shew ' 



served that a grower of the "Golden Flower" 0ne J neec J £ n ?t s[m ^ ' md "}S e in a "Midsummer Night's Dream" of 

 1 1 , „ • , w j i , gardens with sweet musk roses and with eo-lantinp » fm- i u «t 



had a ceaseless round of work, occupying twelve L,« f _ K ™~ nnt .vn^ci^ c „kj™ j!5 :r &ian V ne ' for the b'bnd 



months, from cutting to show-board, whereas 

 the rose-growing amateur had quite a respect- 

 able season of rest from his labours. Said he, 

 "Now I've quite done with roses until pruning 



sweet-briers ar* not expensive subjects, and, if you have space and wUh 

 for variety, you may e'en have not simply " a bush of fragrant eglantine 5 



variety, and producing 



variously coloured flowers. Do you wonder whether the Penzance briers 



time comes again." Quite ? All planting, mulching, labelling, staking ,&c, 

 done? " Yes, all. Having eaten the N.R.S. annual dinner I've done with 

 roses for the rest of the winter." I smiled, in fact I almost winked, for I had 



setn an advance copy of the beautiful Gardeners' Magazine Almanack 



for 1899, and I knew full well that my friend would have roses with him 



will make a good hedge ? Yes, most decidedly yes ; but be careful how 

 you mix the colours, for, "if mixed, the rich coloured varieties cause the 

 paler tints to have a faded, washed-out appearance." With this proviso 

 you may certainly have 



M Hedges flowered with eglantine " 



such as Smollett had no conception of, and if you are the owner of broad 

 acres, or only have the 44 three " which a certain statesman is said to have 



all the winter in the form of elegant sprays of the lovely Penzance Sweet- once proposed to allot us, you may experience at certain seasons if you 

 briers wreathed around the calendar that in a few days' time will be in Wlll > the wish of the P oet Thomson 



its frame and set above the desk in what he is pleased to call his 

 " scribbling den." " The almanack is a success in every way but one, ,J 

 was my remark when the editor displayed this triumph of draughtsman- 



44 Oft let me wander o'er the dewy fields, 

 Where freshness breathes, and dash the trembling 

 From the bent bush, as through the verdant maze 

 Of Sweet-brier hedges I pursue my walk." 



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MODERN EXAMPLE OF TOPIARY WORK, ASCOTT. 



ship and.lithography, to which he responded, "What is the matter?" in 

 a tone of voice that one seldom he irs from so dignified a vice-president 



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the technique of both artist and 



of the National Rose Society. Having allayed his fears with respect to 



and printer, I humbly suggested that 



fragrance only was needed, and if, with his colours, the lithographer 

 could have blended the odour of these exquisite eglantines, absolute 

 perfection would have been reached. 



How the hybrid sweet-briers were raised by the Right Hon. Lord 

 Penzance at Eashing Park, Godalming ; how they have been propagated 

 and distributed by Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co., of Salisbury ; and 

 how by reason of their robust gracefulness, attractive or delicate 

 colouring, and their delicious fragrance, they have taken the popular 

 t m SL L SS have a11 been tol <* ^ these columns by many rusarians, 

 ?nrin?t« P ? l° n at l J ,s L season is unnecessary. If you have planted, or 

 should h/if, ' a "T ° f thCSe r ° Ses > and are still not quite sure how they 

 aSe on n M^^' do better than refer to Mr. C. G. Wyatts 



w o h \ ve L 4 « ° f lhe G vRDEN ^s' Magazine for July io, 1897. All 



Wvatt that « J,?!? T? "!? n ? ° f ^ of lhe varieties will agree with Mr. 

 on a awn w ,h nf ^ 2 P ' aCeS t0 P Unt them " singly and separately 

 MfcSiS£A y f w P . aCC °" aH sides > when tne lon S Ranches, 

 blossom Tust 1 3 3 SllghUy ° Utward curv *> *™ ^owed to grow and 

 Spense Jrote miended thev should do -" That * just it. 



Shades of rose are well represented in the Penzance sweet-briers, or 

 we have Amy Robsart, deep rose ; Edith Bellenden, pale rose ; Rose 

 Bradwardine, clear rose ; Catherine Seyton, rosy pink ; Flora Mclvor, 

 white, tinted with faint rose; and Green Mantle, rose, with a white 

 centre. Some exquisite shades' of colour are provided by Brenda, peach ; 

 Julia Mannering, pearlv or silvery pink ; and Lord Penzance, fawn. 

 Very light and delicate are Lucy Ashton, white, pink edged ; Minna 

 almost white, but with a blush tint. More brilliant varieties are Ann * ot 

 Gierst^in, dark crimson ; Jeannie Deans, crimson, and semi-double ; 

 Meg Merrills, a splendid crimson ; Lucy Bertram, crimson, with a con- 

 trasting white centre ; and last, but not least, of the sixteen, Lady 

 Penzance, bright coppery yellow. Please make your own choice, with 

 the almanack to help you if need be. Give your plants the best possible 

 position and encouragement, for, as Dean Hole has said, if you would 

 have good roses in your garden you must have good roses in your heart. 

 What is worth doing is always worth doing well. Spenser says i 



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Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere ; 

 Sweet is the junipeere, but sharpe his bough ; 



*eet is the eglantine, but pricketh 

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So every sweet with soure is tempred still, 

 That maketh it be coveted the more ; 



For easie things, that may be got at will, , 

 Most sorts of men doe set but little store. 



Karl Pro: 



