the other Chinese species. What would be most to be feared 
is, that its delicate constitution should be communicated to 
its offspring; but this might be avoided by mixing it with 
some very hardy species, and then using the variety so ob- 
tained as the subject of a second intermixture. There is so 
much beauty in the foliage, and such remarkable firmness, 
combined with delicacy, in the petals of R. sinica, as to 
make it highly deserving of a trial. 
