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. 



