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Eglantine. Sweetbrier Rose. (Ancient.) It was the writer’s great privilege 
to accompany the late Francis Lester on many walks through his garden—admiring 
investigating, sniffing—for his was a keen nose for good smells. Something about 
the apple-scented Eglantine, its age and tradition, its “Old English,” as it appears 
at garden gate and round and about the simple Lester cottage, reminds me most of 
those walks, and is of deep and fragrant memory. But its charm is better told you 
by the old writers, to whom we will give, perhaps, more space than we should, hoping 
that you, too, may have pleasant memories of the Sweetbrier rose, and will enjoy 
reading their mellow words— 
From “PLANTING AND RuRAL ORNAMENT,” London, 1796. ‘“Sweetbrier— 
The leaves constitute the value of this plant; for they are possessed of so grateful an 
odour, as to claim admittance for this sort into the first class of aromatic plants; 
the odoriferous particles they emit are sweet and inoffensive; and they bestow them 
in such profusion, especially in evenings or after a shower, as to perfume the circum- 
ambient air to a considerable distance. For this reason, plenty of Sweetbriers should 
be planted near much-frequented walks; or if the borders of these are designed for 
more elegant flowering shrubs or plants, they may be stationed at a distance, out of 
view, and then they will secretly liberally bestow their sweets, to the refreshment 
of all. For nosegays, also, there is nothing more proper than sprigs of the Sweet brier, 
when divested of its prickles; for they will not only have a good look as a fine green 
in the center of a posey, but will improve its odour, let the other flowers of which it 
is composed be what they will.” 
And from the “so-quotable” Dean Hole, in a “Book AsouT Roses,” England, 
1869, “So may the Sweetbrier, with no flowers to speak of, remind many a gaudy 
neighbor that fine feathers do not constitute a perfect bird, and that men have 
other senses as well as that of sight, to please... but the Eglantine to me, when 
I passed through ‘The Sweet Garden, as it is called, just after a soft May shower, 
had the sweetest scent of them all.” 1.50 
Elie Beauvillain. Cli. Tea. (1887.) <A pearly buff-pink full rose, of 
great charm, blooming in clusters from 2-10—far too good not to be included in 
any collection of old-fashioned roses. Supply limited this season. Lis 
Excelsa. Rambler (1909.) Flowers over a long Spring period only—great 
masses of double, cup-shaped blooms in a striking blend of Tyrian rose and magenta 
tones—the effect brilliant, almost dazzling. The catalogue writer seeking descrip- 
tive comparisons, gives up on this one—nothing quite like it. 1.50 
Felberg’s Rosa Druschki. The good Frau married to Farbenkonigin 
(what’s in a name) produced a beautiful soft-pink with all the excellent bloom and 
plant characteristics which have made Druschki famous for nearly fifty years. 
Charming! EAD 
F. J. Grootendorst. H. Rugosa. (1918.) This and its companion the 
Pink Grootendorst, listed later, should be in every rose garden, where more variety 
than a mere bevy of hybrid tea beauties is desired. Plant is vigorous, disease proof, 
easily kept within bounds, and has the characteristic handsome rugose foliage. 
Blooms are in clusters, bright red in some locations, crimson in others, its unique 
feature being the serrated edges which almost exactly resemble a carnation; in cons- 
tant and profuse bloom. You will like it. 1.35 
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