Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . red feetround. It forms a great fountain-like mass, coveredwith myriads of its small white flowers, whose scent iscarried a considerable distance. Directly the flower isover it throws up rods of young growth eighteen totwenty feet long; as they mature they arch over, andnext year their many short lateral shoots will besmothered with bloom. Two other Roses of free growth are also greatfavourites—Madame Alfred Carrike, with long-stalkedloose white flowers, and Emilie Plantier. I have themon an east fence, where t
Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . red feetround. It forms a great fountain-like mass, coveredwith myriads of its small white flowers, whose scent iscarried a considerable distance. Directly the flower isover it throws up rods of young growth eighteen totwenty feet long; as they mature they arch over, andnext year their many short lateral shoots will besmothered with bloom. Two other Roses of free growth are also greatfavourites—Madame Alfred Carrike, with long-stalkedloose white flowers, and Emilie Plantier. I have themon an east fence, where they yield a large quantity ofbloom for cutting; indeed, they have been so useful inthis way that I have planted several more, but thistime for training down to an oak trellis, like the onethat supports the row of Bouquet dOr, in order to bringthe flowers within easier reach. Now we look for the bloom of the Burnet Rose(Bosa spinosissima), a lovely native plant, and its gardenvarieties, the Scotch Briars. The wild plant is widelydistributed in England, though somewhat local. It. Double White Scotch Briar. JUNE 81 grows on moors in Scotland, and on Beachy Head inSussex, and near Tenby in South Wales, favouringwild places within smell of the sea. The rather duskyfoliage sets off the. lemon-white of the wild, and theclear white, pink, rose, and pale yellow of the doublegarden kinds. The hips are large and handsome,black and glossy, and the whole plant in late autumnassumes a fine bronze colouring between ashy blackand dusky red. Other small old garden Roses arecoming into bloom. One of the most desirable, andvery frequent in this district, is Bosa hicida, with redstems, highly-polished leaves, and single, fragrant flowersof pure rosy-pink colour. The leaves turn a brilliantyellow in autumn, and after they have fallen the bushesare still bright with the coloured stems and the largeclusters of bright-red hips. It is the St. Marks Roseof Venice, where it is usually in flower on St.
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