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the leaves, the arrangement, number, size, and color of the flowers, seed-vessels, etc. The varieties of roses, however, have so few distinct chara

n Victoria and Louis Philippe, Othello and Wilberforce, with many others. Any half-dozen English or French rose growers may give the name of their favorite Wellington or Napoleo

icient attention to their distinctive characters; these are subsequently changed to other classes, to the utter confusion of those who are really desirous of obtaining some knowledge of the respective varie

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it there! I can almost imagine Dame Nature laughing in her sleeve, when our philosophers are thus puzzled. Well, so it is, in a measure, with rose

be classed. It may often be difficult to ascertain whether a rose is a Damask, a Provence, or a Hybrid China; but there can be no difficulty in ascertaining whether it is dwarf or climbing, whether it blooms once or more

parate periods of bloom throughout

y, without any temporary cessat

ly once in the season, a

k and Hybrid Perpetuals, and for these we know no term so expressive as

o those included under the second genera

own by their luxuriant growth, and thick, large, lea

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s which are not tea-scented, and among the Noisettes are those which do not bloom in clusters; they are, moreover, so much alike in

class are known by thei

are distinguished by their very ri

distinguished by their peculi

ead we divide again

brid China, Hybrid Bourbon, White, and Damask Roses, many of which, under the old ar

l of which are ea

lude the Sweet-Brier, Hybrid S

otch

e again divided into all th

ove very single. Transplanting will often temporarily change the character of roses, and they often refuse to develop themselves perfectly under our hot sun, or in a poor soil. A second season is thus often required to test them fairly. We have seen the fine rose, La Reine, semi-double, and worthless at midsummer, while at other seasons, and perhaps in a different location, it is fully equal to its reputation. It is frequently the case, that roses imported from Europe, under glowing descriptions, prove worthless the first season, but fully sustain their character the second. We mention these things here, in order that th

l safe in selecting, without incurring t

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TANT

to designate this class of roses, there being no word in our own langua

he other roses in early summer, then cease for a while, then make a fresh season of bloom, and thus through the summer and autumn, differing entirely from the Bourbon an

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ctly hardy, and grow well in any climate without protection. These qualities render them very desirable, and they are fast driving out of cultivation the Garden Roses, which bloom but once, and during the rest of the season cumber the ground. There are, it is true, among the latter, some varieties, like Madame Plantier, Chénédole, Persian Yellow, and others, that

, fragrant, large and

agrant; very free in blooming, and exceedingl

list. Large; brilliant crimson; fine[Pg 33] form, and very fragra

ion and found to be desirable. Large, full, fine sha

ge and full, excellent for

l; lively rose, tinged with lila

. A vigorous grower. Its color is a light pink, no

nd dark crimson; large, fu

One of the largest roses; fine form; pink, shaded

eely in autumn, and producing fragrant flowers of a bright rose

full, of fine form; light

fine cherry red, of the style of

ite; moderate size, fin

color, deeper in the center; lar

nd full flower, the color of which is clear flesh, w

s class. Its color is a bright, changeable crimson, inclining

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ning to salmon in the bud; large, full, and glo

d with rose; free bloomer; size,

d with rose, changing to pure white

nged with fawn color; bud very fine; dw

bular form; carmine-crimson

shaded with crimson; free grower and bloomer. It

rse of the petals silvery; large, full

erfectly double, is surpassed by others. Its color is a scarlet crimson, with a soft velvety sheen, and a few thousand

ass. It is a good grower, very full bloomer, an

nd finely shaped. Its

owth is vigorous, its bloom is abundant, and its color is

constant blooming qualities. Its color is pale peach, wit

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alled. Others have now surpassed it. It is, however, still valuable

d double globular flower. Its co

e rosy carmine, its form is full, and it grows well and blooms abundant

carmine; very large, full, of good form;

e it in nearly all respects, save color, which is a pur

ry delicate and beautiful tint of colo

obular; carmine-rose; fragrant; free b

iful in the bud; bright rose; free, especially

orm; deep carmine; very fragrant; remarkab

ght rose; very large and full, form p

edling of Jules Margottin; b

lobular, full, and well formed. An American varie

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ith full, fine form, and bright che

washed with satin-rose; very large, ful

the largest yet produced; deep rose;

deep crimson, with a violet shade; highly fragrant;

red; fragrant; old, but valued for

sh color, richly shaded with bri

Its color is a velvety deep crimson mar

full, of perfect form; and a true perpetual floweri

se; large, semi-globular; frag

ngle White.-Most charming ro

bright rosy carmi

large, showy, free growing rose;

ort from Baroness Rothschi

TANT

s flowers are large, blush colored, and rather flat. It is an abundant[Pg 37] and constant bl

TANT

re white; buds and flowers produced in cluste

arge and full flower. It is an abundant bloome

bloomer. It is globular, finely

l, and of finely cupped form; flowers freely. One

t opening, but changing to pure white; large

orous grower, double,

and a good grower. Its color i

while not so "mossy" as some others, its ever-blooming character and m

BON

South. In it, however, are varieties like Hermosa, Souvenir de Malmaison, and others, which are scarcely surpassed in any class. The Bourbon Rose has also qualities which make many varieties favorites. These qualities are

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y, who received it in 1819 from Bréon, director of the Royal gardens in the Isle of Bourb

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M. Perichon, a planter in the island, found in one of these hedges a young plant, differing very much from the others in its shoots and foliage. This he transplanted into his gar

e Bengal, that we give it a separate place in our garden classification. To the French we owe nearly all the varieties of this class which have been produced from the original se

eing sometimes light blush, and at other

us grower; its col

ant cherry red; lar

; purplish crimson; fragrant; a moderate

, and no rose blooms more abundantly, either forced or in the open ground. Its color is delicate rose.[Pg 40] The

ose, tinged with sil

e rose, almost white; la

riety, slightly tinged with buff. It is cupped, very fragrant, large

on. Few recent roses have been so highly praise

and of very perfect form, very double, with thick, velvety petals; they are of the largest size, often four to five inches in diameter, and their color delicate blu

IN

dance of bloom, it is largely cultivated by bouquet venders. It is cupped, beautifully formed, and of a rich, brilliant crimso

ant bloomer; its color is

d bud, of a light crimson, inclining to blush. It commences blooming among the earliest, and, if the old seed-vessels are picked off

ceding, in everything but the color

e; double, fine in bud, and o

full; free flowering; promising as a

uble; a pretty miniature rose,

large and double, beautifully cupped, and of a brillian

y other class that are superior to it. Its growth is luxuriant, and its superb cupped, wa

ra.-Green

SET

ering roses. It blooms freely through the season, is tolerably hardy, a

, reverse of petals coppery; la

hardiest. Its color is white, wi

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e. One of the hardiest, and with a large

e pink shading; moderat

a climber, as in rich soils and favorable locations it will make shoots of fifteen feet in a season. When budde

Its color is yellow, deepening at the center to a rich, golden yellow. It is,

from any other rose known, being a bright salmon, almost saffron. It blo

ight lemon. When half opened, the buds are superb. Like Chromatella (and Lamarque, the parent of both), its growth is very luxuriant. River

ine rose, of large, ful

RO

roses. Its flowers are cupped, very

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ccasional white streak on the inner petal;

p rosy-carmine; lar

ery double, and fragrant. Its color is rose, shaded with

y best of the tea-scented varieties. Its form is c

h very double and perfect flo

rt, with beautiful saffron y

osy flesh color; fine fragrance; moderate grower. Esteemed by th

ows very freely, and gives its globular, pure whi

ary yellow; fine and strik

tinged with pale straw color. A grand

t is sometimes a shy bloomer when young, but is well adapted for forcing

and fine form. Its color is

Pg 44] to pure white; very large and full, openin

f a dark rose color, and

and makes a good climber. Its foliage is luxuriant, and its flowers are large and double;

ight satiny rose color; f

when in bud. Its color is rose, tippe

. Its remarkably free blooming qualities make it a

olden yellow ro

-scented rose, globular, and very fra

y formed, and of a

yellow; very beautiful in bud; large

slightly tinted with yellowish whi

e, and free blooming;

hing deeper than Safrano, and mor

-Large, full, fine form; bri

ather fragrant; vigorous, with fine foliage; regarded as th

in form; white, with a faint tinge of yellow; free, a

etals, often suffused with rose; free, and highly e

d and veined with li

grown under glass, it is one of t

f great value; fragrant; free b

ron at center; excellent fragrance; very vigorous grower, and is much used to trai

r; the foliage is very dark and glaucous, and the five to seven leaflets are strongly serrated. This variety, both in this country and in Euro

ct, well formed; bright red; fragran

ty; very large flower; blooming freely;

] form, double; cerise red; rather fragrant; very v

hite, with yellow center

deep fawn color. When open, its form is poor, and its color a much lighter fawn. These fawn-colored ro

rower, with flowers o

bricated flowers, when open, much resemble in form those of Souvenir de Malmaison. Its color is a delicate salmon, shaded with rose, and its general character highly

milar to that variety in form and substance but of a deep

The flowers are large, full, and of great substance, produced in ext

rose, clouded with flesh color,

y.-Coppery rose c

.-A fine yellow, an

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ble; very fragrant. A most valuable v

g roses of different shades of crimson. No. 1 being the brightest, and No. 3 the dar

cts on a lawn, either singly, or in groups from three to a dozen. Where the height of the pillars can be gently graduated to the highest in the center, the effect will be very fine. Many of the luxuriant growing varieti

LYANTH

in panicled clusters. In the hands of the French cultivators, it has produced what promises to be a distinct and popular class, of which the following are

re white; lasts a long while in perfection; moderately fragrant. Jean Sisley wr

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almon-pink; highly fragrant; moderate or dwarf;

in clusters of thirty or forty

, only an inch in diameter;

centres; small and full, very beautiful;

s Pays Bas.-Pure white,

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great substance; it is rarely attacked by insects. The rose-colored, or white single flowers, about three inches across, are borne in large clusters, and have a most delightful fragrance. They continue in bloom for a long time, and are succeeded by large fruits (heps) of a bright-red color, which m

l avoid any confusion as to botanical names. Whether a species so very distinct as this will yield itself to the efforts of the hybridizer remains to be seen, but it offers a most tempting subject. Could the vigorous, almost leathery foliage, thorough hardiness and powerful fragrance of this be combined with the handsome form and

as the year 1100, of our era, the court-ladies prepared a favorite perfume from its pet

TNEY

nce like the perfume of an apricot, succeed each other without interruption till the first frosts, while the leaves remain till the very latest. Although as hardy as the hardiest of the China Roses, it would be better in this latitude to give it the same protection as recommended for the C

tiful. It has stood the last three winters uninjured in our grounds, without protection, and is a very beautiful and desirable variety. It is classe

can sometimes be seen, which, however, give a graceful appearance. Its flowers ar

HYLLA

er till frost, and have a striking appearance; they are very double, with a calyx of which the small, bristling sepals give the opening bud the appearance of a small chestnut. The plant is

pped flowers, of a blush and often

K R

is latitude it is quite hardy, and we have a plant of the old White Musk in our grounds, that has braved the severity of more than twenty winters. It has made in one season shoots more than six feet long, and in our Southern States, more than double the growth would probably be

ty, with the peculiar musk fragrance. I

and would make a good pillar rose. It blooms in large clusters of

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on, and that strongly resemble each other in habit and flower. It includes those classes called, by

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tioned Rivers as the most skillful and correct of rose-growers; and yet, in classing Lady Fitzgerald and Madame Hardy among the Damasks, he says that neither of them are pure Damask; and the Duke of Cambridge, which at first he thought a Hybrid China, he now places as a Damask; other similar instances are frequent. Many roses, moreover, are classed as hybrids which are not truly such. We are quite inclined to think that a large number of the varieties supposed to hav

he will find it less embarrassing to make a selec

cribe here only a few distinct varieties, with c

he Remontants, and being certain to bloom only once in the season,

its very luxuriant growth makes it a good pillar rose. Its flower is cupped, large, double, and fragrant, and its co

,[Pg 55] and vigorous habit of growth, with lar

symmetrical, and finely cupped. Its color a delicate, wax-like

al in this class, being of a pale lemon or straw color. I

he most desirable of this class. Its flowers are of a dark crimson, and its young

has a large cupped flower,

finely shaped flower. Its color is pu

ne of the very best of the white summer roses. Its foliage is so marked in its richness and beauty that any one can

ne of the darke

. Its form is compact, and its color a very light blush, nearly whi

distinct, and compact flower. Its color

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S R

ul mossy covering of its calyx. This mossy appearance has been deemed by some a mere lusus natur?, and by others the work of an insect similar to that which produces the bédéguar, or rose-gall. The former opinion, however, prevails; and this freak of nature cultivators have succeeded in fixing and perpetuating in a gr

sy-pink, free bloomin

as a good form, bright red c

Flowers of a dar

olor is pale flesh, changing to pure white, a

lly cultivated in gardens. It grows well, blooms freely, is well

that rose; but when in bud, it is more properly a Moss, although its calyx is not covered with a fine moss, but has more of a crested appearance. In a rich soil this fringe-like crest most beautifully clasps and surmounts

t crimson, tin

deeper in the center, lar

rge and handsome flower, wi

n and purple shaded,

ght red, large an

ered with small double crimson flowers, beautifully mossed. It is of

iage. The buds are large and well mossed, and it is beau

of vigorous growth. Its flo

is has large and full flow

is was described among

habit. Its flowers are small, w

a good pillar rose. Its regularly formed flowers, of a bright pink or rose, are produced in clusters, and open w

ed flowers are of a deep crimson purple, marbled and spotted with red. Although not quite double when fully open, they are very beautifu

described among the Remo

-Pure white, l

le

e, beautiful, large an

be given them in the autumn, to be washed down about their roots by the winter rains. They do not generally require or bear so much pruning as other roses, but their bloom may sometimes be prolonged by shortening part of the shoots close, and only the tips of the r

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ng perfectly hardy, they are desirable for beds or borders, in which, with proper arrangement of colors, they show beautifully, sometimes two weeks before other roses open, producing flowers

y pretty and brilliant dar

nd distinct variety, o

of luxuriant growth. Its flowers are pure

R RO

Brier. The Sweet-Brier is found in various parts of this country and in Europe, and is distinguished by the peculiar delightful fragrance of its lea

sing together[Pg 60] these and the Austrian Briers, respecting which there is much confusion. The true Austrian Rose is a native of the South of Europe, and is a clearly distinct rose; but some have been called Austrian which have scarcely any of the characters of the or

se, very double and fragrant, of a

climate. The inside of the flower is of a coppery-red, and the outside in

h, almost adapted for a pillar. Its form is cupp

the warm, dry climate of Florence and Genoa. The plant grows with luxuriance and produces plenty of flower-buds, which, with proper culture, would probably open in our warm climate, which is very similar to that of Florence and Genoa. Its small foliage and slender, thorny wood, place it fair

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all shoots, and only leaving the biggest, cutting off the tops of them also, as far as they are small. Then in the spring, when the buds for leaves come forth, rub off the smallest of them, leaving only some few of the biggest, which, by reason of the strength of the stock, affordeth more nourishment than any other, and the agreeable nature of the single yellow rose, from whence it is immediately nourished, the shoots will be strong and able to bear out the flowers, if they be not too many, which may be prevented by nipping off the smallest buds for flowers. The tree should stand something shadowed, and not too much in the heat of the sun, and in a standard by itself, rather than under a wall." That which follows is from a book called Systema Horticultur?, dated 1

ican origin, and is perhaps the best ha

that rose. It grows freely, blooms abundantly, and its small double flowers possess a richness of color unequalled by any other rose. No garden should be without it. It

rant foliage, and large double flowers of a bright ros

ot bear much pruning, and require mere

IRE R

w in soil where others would scarcely vegetate. Hence they are valuable for covering naked sand-banks, or bare spots of earth, and their roots would be of ma

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uch situations, and among them were planted some half dozen plants of the Double Ayrshire Rose, raised in this neighborhood about ten years ago. These roses now most comp

r twelve feet high, the branches quickly reach the ground, and protecting the stem from t

hire Roses. Its color is white, often edged with pink, and

rous climber, with a pretty flower

IAN R

eir corymbs of pure white or deep yellow flowers. We recollect seeing, at the Botanic Garden at Naples, a very large plant of the Banksian Rose, the main stem being six inches in diameter, and branching off into a dozen others, fifty feet or more long. In the Sout

Banks. It is a beautiful little rose about half an inch in diameter, blooming abund

rs; these are produced in great abundance, and give a pleasant per

ers of much larger size than the preceding varieties. Its want of the

ty, with yellow flowers of larger size

ly the heavier branches cut out, leaving those which are full flower-bearing twigs, which should not be shorten

AULT

oth bark renders them desirable for stocks to bud upon, and a fine rose of this class, covering a trellis and budd

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its pendulous clusters of la

large, double,

REEN

. When thus planted, the large weeds should be pulled up until the plant fairly covers the ground, when no more attention will be needed. They are well adapted for training up columns, and we know of few things more beautiful than a temple formed of numerous columns, with Evergreen Roses growing luxuriantly upon them and festooned gracefully between. Nothing, indeed, can be more gracefully beautiful than festoons, wherever they can be made. They constitute the chief beauty of the vi

of the class; when properly cultivated,[Pg 66] it produces an abundanc

s abundant and glossy dark-green foliage contrast

lass. Its flowers are perfectly shape

or its tendency to bloom in the autumn. Its flowers are very large, double, fragrant, and globular, and their color is a blush or c

CLIMBIN

ch do not belong to any

rose color. The very rapid growth of this rose makes it excellent for covering old buildings. We recollect being shown, at the Bartram garden of Ph

rdy, and with strong, Bourbon-like foliage. It blooms in large c

on flowers, a color which is n

ivers. Its flowers are produced in large clusters, are v

t, creamy-white flowers, changing to blush after expansion. When in full bloom, the

FLORA

somewhat tender in this climate. We have known them to endure safely several win

rofusion. A large plant will not unfrequently show more than a thousand flowers, all bloom

may be grown as a bush with proper pruning. It is hardier than others

arger flowers and handsomer foliage than any of the other Multiflora Roses, and blooms in immense cluste

may be grown as a bush. Its clusters are large, and the flowers change a

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RAIRI

y nature, braving equally well the frosts of Canada or the heat of Louisiana. The leaves are large, rather rough, and of a rich dark-green. They grow with unexampled rapidity, exceeding in this respect any of the climbing roses, and would cover old bui

ct shape. They are of a deep rose color, with a white stripe in the centre of each petal. This rose is truly superb, and, for our cold winters and hot sun, an unequalled climber. It

icacy and beauty of its flower and its tendency to bloom in the autumn. It produces abundant cluster

adame Laffay. It is said to combine the vigorous growth of the one with the rich color and deli

uble, of a de

ge white flowers, and al

gton.-A rosy li

s in this class, but the precedi