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budding ; they will make room and take care 
of themselves, working out their own des- 
tiny. Pretty effects are produced by plant- 
ing them on a rocky bank ; the long pen- 
dulous branches, drooping clear to the path, 
will then appear like fountains of Roses. 
The picture shown at top of page of the 
Wild Prairie Rose {Rosa setigera) gives us 
a good idea of this style. Other effective 
ways are to plant the climbing sorts where 
they can ramble through and over sturdy 
Wild Roses in 
Untrained Gardens 
If there is any place 
in which Wild Roses may 
be enjoyed, it is in the 
Wild Garden. The pic- 
turesque freedom of their 
luxuriant growth, scram- 
bling, climbing and 
drooping over bushes, 
rocks and hillsides, indi- 
cates their apparent de- 
light in resuming their 
old free life, where they 
give rich returns in beau- 
tiful flowers, sweet per- 
fume and glossy red 
fruits. All they require 
is to be planted ; no 
coddling, no pruning, no 
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bushes and thickets, where 
they will form veritable 
hedges of Roses, or against 
old stumps and low, open 
trees which they will fes- 
toon with blossoms. The 
AI e m o r i a 1 Rose ( Rosa 
PRichuraiana) is beauti- 
fully adapted for covering 
banks, upturned tree 
roots, piles of boulders, 
etc. There are numerous 
varieties of Wild Roses to 
choose from, not only 
our own natives, but 
those of other countries, 
among which we should 
not forget the Sweetbrier, 
which forms a sturdy 
shrub with fragrant foli- 
age, perfuming the air 
after a warm rain. 
