BRIAR ROSES 
AUSTRIAN BRIARS 
Harrison’s Yellow. Flowers of medium size and semi-double ; color 
golden yellow. A very free bloomer. 
Persian Yellow. Austrian Rose. Perfectly hardy; flowers double and 
full, deep golden yellow in color; blooms very freely in June. The finest 
hardy yellow Rose grown. This Rose requires careful pruning. Remove the 
weakly wood altogether, and shorten only a few inches the shoots left for 
flowering. If pruned close it will not bloom, as the flowers are produced 
from the terminal shoots of the old wood. (See plate on page 121.) 
SWEETBRIARS 
Rosa rtibiginosa. A charming shrub Rose of dense growth, fragrant 
foliage, bright pink flowers in June, followed by large orange-red and scarlet 
fruits. Should be in every shrubbery border. 
Amy Robsart. 
an abundant 
free. 
Anne of Geierstein. Dark crim¬ 
son ; foliage large, a good grower, 
with graceful branching habit. 
Brenda. Maiden’s blush, or peach. 
Flora Mclvor. Pure white, blushed 
with rose. 
Lady Penzance. Beautiful soft tint 
of copper ; very free-flowering. 
Lord Penzance. Soft shade of fawn 
or ecru, passing to a lovely emerald- 
yellow. 
Meg Merrilies. Gorgeous crimson, 
very free-flowering; one of the best. 
Minna. Large, pure white, open¬ 
ing with a tint of palest blush. 
ROSA RUBIGINOSA HYBRIDS (PENZANCE BRIARS) 
Lovely deep rose; 
bloomer; robust and 
BUSH ROSES 
Rosa Carolina. Swamp Rose. A bushy Rose with dull green foliage and 
showy pink flowers from June until the close of September, followed by bright 
crimson fruits. 
R. lucida. One of the best Roses for shrubberies. Its shining green foli¬ 
age and bright pink flowers in June and July make it one of the showiest, and 
with its reddish bark and bright red fruits it is equally attractive in the winter 
months. 
R. microphylla. A spreading shrub, bearing pale pink flowers in June 
and July. 
R. multiflora. A vigorous grower, forming a good round specimen bush. 
An excellent form for shrubbery borders, and useful for hedges. The foliage 
!S attractive, and its single white blossoms in June literally cover the plant; 
when planted in masses makes a bank of snowy white. 
R. rubrifolia. Red-leaved Rose. A compact, upright grower, with pur¬ 
plish branches and reddish foliage. In June it bears pink flowers, and these 
are followed by scarlet fruits. The red foliage is very effective when planted 
with other shrubbery. 
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