FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 133 
the lawn, and planted with such sophisticated things as Hydrangea paniculata 
grandiflora they will either succumb or smother the hydrangea. Viburnum, 
barberry, sumac, witch-hazel, hazelnut and other shrubs of the fields they will 
endure and live peaceably with, and sometimes a specimen or two of Forsythia 
is not amiss. 
Along the coast, whether rocky or sandy, Rosa lucida is probably the best. 
Under these hard conditions it may be only a few inches high, but it will bloom, 
hold the falling leaves and the drifting sand, and gradually by its mere presence 
ameliorate the conditions. On the rocks also it may be dwarfed, but it will still 
bloom and prevent washing of soil. 
In wet meadows, Rosa Carolina will probably be best, growing tall and 
strong, and showing its head above the elder, the blackberry and the viburnums. 
The plants can be used in any naturalesque landscape, even close to the house 
or the terrace walls, if the intention be to bring the naturalesque landscape 
to the boundaries of the kept grounds, thus making it appear that a site nat- 
urally adapted for the house was utilized. 
Their season of bloom stretches over a long period, and if native and 
foreign roses are used together the plantation will have color in spots for si.x 
weeks or so. This mixture of varieties has great advantages for the roses, for 
they seem to help each other, the good foliage of one hiding the thinness of its 
neighbor's dress. Such a combination of varieties prevents overdoing the 
rose color which in too large masses is always tiresome in the landscape. 
There are fifty varieties of roses described in the 1900 edition of Bailey's 
"Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," some of them probably being of little 
value. Among the most useful for general landscape planting are the following: 
Rosa hlanda. Height 2 to 4 feet. The earliest to bloom of the native 
species, and the handsomest 'n winter. The branches are smooth, shiny and 
deep red. 
Rosa Carolina. Height i to 8 feet. Prefers swampy and wet ground. 
Rosa cinnamomea. Height 3 to 4 feet. The common Cinnamon rose of 
old gardens. Like the lilac, it outlasts many houses, and is frequently found 
around old cellars growing in the grass. The flower is small, semi-double, pink, 
fragrant. It increases by stolons and can be used with our native wild roses or 
with other shrubs. 
Rosa damascena. Height 3 to 4 feet. The old Damask rose. It is rather 
pleasing with other roses or in the shrubbery where its foliage is not much seen. 
Rather large, double, fragrant flower. 
Rosa humilis. Height 6 inches 6 feet. The common wild rose of the in- 
terior, and the least interesting of the native roses. 
Rosa lucida. Height 4 feet. The common rose of the northeastern coast. 
Pale pink flowers; thick-lustrous leaves, reddish stems and plentiful spines. 
Rosa lucida alba. Height 4 feet. White-flowered form of the above; has 
greenish branches. 
