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The twenty-firft fort is the double Cinnamon Rofe ; 



this is one of the fmalleft flowers, and the earlieft of 



all the kinds. The ftalks rife about four feet high, are 



covered with a purplifh fmooth bark, and have no 



fpines, but at the joints immediately under the 



leaves, where they are placed by pairs -, they are 



Jhorc and crooked. The leaves are compofed of 



three pair of oval lobes terminated by an odd one j 



they are hairy on their under fide, and are fawed on 



their edges; the leaves of the empalemcnt of the 

 .. flower are narrow and entire ; the flower is fmall, 



double, and has a fcent like Cinnamon, from whence 

 ■ 1 ■ ' it had the title of Cinnamon Rofe. , 

 .. -The twenty-fecond fort is called the Mofs Provence 



Rofe, from the refemblance which the flowers of this 

 ;•; have tothofe of the common Provence Rofe, yet it is 



undoubtedly a diftinft fpecies ; for although the ftalks 

 : and fhoots of this are very like thofeof the common, 



yet the plants are difficult to propagate, which the 



common fort is not. This very rarely fends up fuckers 

 ^ from the root, and when tlie branc{ics are layed down, 

 . they are long before they put out roots, fo that this 



fort has been frequently propagated by budding it 



upon ftocks of other forts of Rofes, but the plants fo 

 . raifed are not fo durable as thofe which are propa- 

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The ftalks and branches of this fort are clofely armed I The Ihrubs will grow to be ten or twelve feet high. 



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great quantity of flowers in Auguft and Sepicinbci^ 

 which were as fair as thofe produced in June. The 

 Monthly Rofe is the beft fort for this purpofe, there 

 bein^ no other fort which will flower both earlv and 

 late fo well as this. 



The next fort of Rofe which flowers in the open air, 

 is the Cinnamon, which is immediately followed bv 

 the Damaik Rofe, then the Bluili,' York, and, 

 Lancafter come ; after which, the Provence, Dutch, 

 Hundred-leaved, White, and mofl: other forts of 

 Rofes follow ; and the lateft forts are the Virginia 

 and Mufl< Rofes, which, if planted in a fliady fltua- 

 tion, feldom flower until September ; and, if the au- 

 tumn proves mild, will continue often till the mid- 

 dle of Oftober. 



The plants of the two forts of Mufk Rofes, fhould 

 be placed againft a wall, pale, or other build- 

 ing, that their branches may be fupporred, other- 

 wife they are fo flender and weak as to trail upon the 

 ground. - Thefe plants fnould not be pruned until 

 fpring, becaufe their branches are fomewhat tender ; 

 fo that when they are cut in winter, they often die 

 after the knife ; thefe produce their flowers at the 

 extremity of the fame year*s fhoots in large bunches, 

 fo that their branches vau&. not be fhortened in the 

 fummer, left therebv the flowers fliould be cut off. 





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.with brown fpines :; the foot-ftalks of the flowers and 

 ;the empalements are covered with long hair-like 

 Mofs ; the flowers are of an elegant crimfon colour,' 

 and have a moft agreeable odour. - • ; ■ • ^(i:^.h ; 

 Moft of the forts of Rofes arc of foreign growth," and 

 have been at various times introduced into the Eng- 

 lifh gardens, but they are generally natives of northern 

 countries, or grow upon the cold mountains in" the 

 warmer parts of Europe, fo they are very hardy in 

 refpeft to cold, but love an open free air, efpecially 

 the Yellow Rofe, the Auftrian Rofe, and the Monthly 

 Rofe. The two former will not flower in a warm 

 i; foil and fituation, nor near the fmoke of London, and 

 the Monthly Rofe will flower much better ih a free 

 open air, than within the reach of the fmoke of 

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and muft not be checked in their growth, if you in- 

 tend they fliould flower well, fo that they fliould be 

 placed where they may be allowed room. 

 The loweft flirub of all the forts here mentioned is 

 the Scotch Rofe, which rarely grows above a foot 

 high, fo that this muft be placed among other fhrubs 



of the Tame growth, wKicn ftiould have a moift foil 

 and a Ihady fituation. ■ The Red Rofe, and the Rofa 

 Mundi, commonly grow from three to four feet high, 

 but feldom exceed that; "but the Damafk, Provence, 

 and Frankfort Rofes grow to the height of feven or 

 eight feet 5 fo that in planting them, great care fliould 

 be taken to place their feveral kinds, according to 

 their various growth, amongft other flirubs, that they 

 may appear beautiful to the eye. 

 The Yellow Rofe, as alfo the Auftrian Rofe, are both 

 The ufual time of thefe fhrubs producing their I natives of America ; thefe were originally brought 



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flowers is from the middle, or latter end of May, till 



the middle of July. ... 



But in order to continue thefe beauties longer than 



they are naturally difpofed to laft, it is proper to plant 



fome of the Monthly Rofes near a warm wall, which 



will occafion their budding at leaft three weeks or a 



month before thofe in the open air ; and, if you give 



them the help of a glafs before them, it will bring 



their flowers much forwarder, efpecially where dung 



is placed to the back fide of the wall (as is pradtifed I fcent, and are of fhort duration, they do not merit 



from Canada by the French ; the other varieties, 

 which are now in the gardens, of thefe forts, have 

 been accidentally obtained, and are prcferved by bud- 

 ding th^m on the other forts. The Ihrubs of thefe 

 Rofes feldom fhoot fo ftrong as moft of the other 

 forts, efpecially in the fight land near London, where 

 they feldom produce their flowers. Thefe are efteemed 

 for their colour, being very different from all the 

 other forts of Rofes ; but as their flowers have no 



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^ in raifing early fruits ;) by this method I have feen 

 fair Rofes of this kind blown in February, and they 

 may be brought much fooner againft hot walls or in 

 ftoves, where people are curious this way. :. r 



You may alfo cut oflT the tops of fuch fhoots which 

 have been produced the fame fpring early in May, from 

 fome of thefe forts of Rofes which are planted in the 

 open air, and upon a ftrong foil ; this will caufe them 

 to make new fhoots, which will flower late in autumn, 

 as will alfo the late removing the plants in fpring, pro- 

 vided they do not fuffer by drought, as I have feveral 

 times experienced ; but particularly in the year 1 71 8, 

 when I had occafion to remove a large parcel of 

 thefe plants in May, juft as they were beginning to 

 flower •, in doing of which I cut off' all the flower- 

 buds, and, after having opened a trench where they 

 were to be planted, I poured a large quantitjr of wa- 

 ter, fo as to render the ground like a pap ; then I 

 took up the plants, and placed them therein as foon 

 as pofllble, that their roots might not drj- ; and, af- 

 ter planting them, I watered the ground well again, 

 and covered the furface over with mulch to prevent 

 the drying ; after this I repeated watering the plants 

 all over two or three times a week, in the evening, 

 until they had taken root. In three weeks or a month 



after, the plants fhot out again, and produced a 



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the price they are generally fold at. - 

 The Frankfort Rofe is of little value, except for a 

 ftock to bud the more tender forts of Rofes upon, for 

 the flowers feldom open fair, and have no fcent; but 

 it being a vigorous fliooter, renders it proper for 

 ftocks to bud the Yellow and Auftrian Rofes, which 

 will render them ftronger than upon their own ftocks ; 

 but the Yellow Rofes feldom blow fair within eight 

 or ten miles of London, though in the northern parts 

 of Great-Britain they flower extremely well. This 

 fort muft have a northern expofure, for if it is planted 

 too warm, it will not flower. ' ■ : > 



The Damafk and Monthly Rofe feldom flower well in 

 fmall confined gardens, nor in the fmoke of London, 

 therefore are not proper to plant in fuch places, tho' 

 they frequently grow very vigoroufly there. Thefe 

 always begin to fhoot the firft of any of the forts in 

 the fpring, therefore frequently fuffer from frofts in 

 April, which often deftroys all their flowers. 

 All the forts of Rofes may be propagated either from 

 fuckers, layers, or by budding them upon ftocks of 

 other forts of Rofes ; which latter method is only prac- 

 tifed for fome peculiar forts, which do not grow very 

 vigorous upon their own ftocks, and fend forth 

 fuckers very fparingly, or where a perfon is willing 

 to have more forts than one upon the fame plant ; 



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