134 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 
Rosa muUiflora. Height 15 feet. Forms a roundish dense shrub when 
growTi alone. It vdW climb on trees or other shrubs. It has clusters of small 
white flowers with yellow stamens, a delicious spicy fragrance, and small red 
or orange fruits. It is very spiny, and makes an impenetrable thicket. 
Rosa nitida. Height 2 feet. Called our most beautiful native rose. 
Short stems, covered wdth bright red prickles. Always dwarf. The flowers 
are darker than the other natives. Useful for steep banks, or in the front of a 
bed of other roses. 
Rosa rubiginosa. The Sweetbrier. This should be planted singly, wdth 
other tall roses such as multiflora or setigera, as its foHage is not very good 
although the variety is indispensable because of the fragrance of the new shoots. 
The Lord Penzance Hybrids of the Sweetbrier are charming plants with 
exquisite salmon, pink and coppery single blossoms. These, too, should be 
planted sparingly in every rose thicket. 
Rosa ruhrifolia (R. ferruginea) . Height 6 to 7 feet. Is useful because of 
the reddish tinge of its foliage. It is not a strong grower, and should be planted 
with other roses. The flowers are small, wdth a delicate sort of beauty and an 
unusual pink color. The haws are good. 
Rosa rugosa. Height 6 feet. A trifle exotic in appearance because of its 
rough, dark green, shiny foliage. Stems are thickly covered with gray prickles. 
Flowers large, single, in some seedlings an ugly shade of rose, followed by large 
orange or red haws. The hybrids of this rose are better in flower and foliage 
and look less exotic, particularly Mme Georges Bruant and Arnoldiana. 
Rosa setigera. The Prairie rose. Height 4 to 6 feet. Large single flowers 
in clusters, opening one at a time. Gracefully arching branches. The foliage is 
good, and turns dark bronzy red in the fall. It can be planted with other roses, 
or in masses by itself back of lower roses, such as nitida or even Wichuraiana. 
Rosa Wichuraiana. Trailing over the ground and growing shoots perhaps 
10 to 1 2 feet long. This, unhappily called the " Memorial rose, " has the flower 
and habit of a sublimated dewberry. Its green spiny stems with spiny leaves 
sprawl over the ground and are happier so than when on a support. The 
flowers are pure white with a large circle of yellow stamens and are followed by 
interesting fruit. It will grow over banks, over rocks, hang down on stone walls 
and persists even in the grass. The hybrids of this rose are numerous and 
include many of upright growth, such as W. C. Egan and Lady Duncan, which 
can be planted singly among other roses, though it must not be forgotten that 
these roses when in bloom have as yet a somewhat strange look in wild places 
and are likely to give an over-dressed appearance, especially when used too 
generously (as they have been along railroad embankments). Notable 
among these hybrids are Sargent, called one of the handsomest roses that has 
been raised in the United States. Jennie Dawson is probably the best white. 
The wild rosarian, as he might be called, will be interested in trying some 
of the oriental roses recently established in the Arnold Arboretum. Some of 
