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in this class, more especially if planted against or contrasted with the 
hybrid Noisette ' Paul's Single White.' 
The ' Dawson,' double rosy pink. 
' Claire Jacquier,' a non-perpetual * A. S. Gray.' 
' Euphrosyne ' and ' Thaha ' and ' Aglaie,' make fair hedges of this 
height, but the two first are hardly marked or decided enough in colour, 
and the last is somewhat tender and also shy in flowering. 
The Dijon Teas hardly make good, tall hedges : the shoots if left 
more than 4 ft. to 5 ft. long, do not break to the base, so leave bare spaces, 
but pruned to this height and when once formed, cut, or sheared, they 
make good evergreen hedges covered with flowers. A good example of 
such a hedge may be found in Mr. Burnett's garden at Southminster in 
Essex. 
The beautiful hybrid Sweet Briars raised by the late Lord Penzance 
(fig. 7) are now becoming popularly known, and a charming 3 ft. to 5 ft. 
hedge can be made by planting alternately ' Lord and Lady Penzance ' : 
the blend of colour is admirable. 
For terraces, as so much used in Italy, the old Blush China makes a 
neat, easily kept hedge. I have used it on the terraces of Cheshunt College 
and elsewhere. 'N. Fellenberg' and 'Armosa,' crimson and blush, the 
former slightly stronger in growth than the Chinas, make good hedges 
of this height. 
The Austrian Briars with the last year's shoots trained out make pretty 
narrow hedges. The double yellow Scotch is one of the most beautiful, 
and its large single white ally ' Altaica,' from Central Asia, should be 
charming in this form. The only fault of these spiny Koses is that^ 
though welcome as coming so early, they soon pass away, and are 
somewhat rusty through the rest of the autumn. 
Now as to making these hedges, most of the Eoses named have stift' 
upstanding wood, so only need a helping or steadying hand to hold them- 
selves erect. We give this by driving in light Larch or Cedar or Ash stakes 
of the various heights and stretching wires horizontally about 2 ft. apart, 
to which to tie the shoots. In making a 4-ft. hedge out-standing 
supports only are at first needed, to be replaced with longer stakes and 
additional wires as the Eoses get up. 
I need hardly point out that Eoses which have to yield annually such 
masses of flowers should have year by year a rich dressing of manure to 
help them make new flower-bearing wood. 
The priming rule as to all hedges is to cut out all three-year-old wood 
and to lay in, slightly shortened, the best of the two-year and the strong 
one-year shoots. The Dijon and dwarf hedges may be spurred in. 
Pillar Eoses. 
I think the eame good qualities which go to make a good hedge Eose 
are those desirable in pillars and column Eoses — good foliage, free flower, 
and, if possible, successive flowering habit. 
Only some of the best are amongst the summer Eoses : the same sorts 
which fifty years ago were the best in the garden are amongst the ones 
now used. The old Hybrid Chinas, ' Mad. Plantier,' ' Coupe d'Hobo,' 
' Vivid,' and ' Blairii No. 2 ' make first-rate 8 ft. to 12 ft. pillars. 
