REMARKS ON ROSES. 



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ing that before the publication of our Fruits, 

 no American work contained descriptions of 

 Peaches, Nectarines and Plums, in which 

 the shape of the leaf glands, the smoothness 

 or downy^ness were regularly given. Now 

 these points appeared to us most essential 

 in describing these fruits, which differ 

 much less in their general appearance than 

 do apples or pears. But it cost us two 

 years of study and observation in different 

 parts of the country, to arrive at the facts, 

 on these points alone, which are presented 

 in our work. 



In a fruit running into such an endless va- 



riety as the apple, it is very desirable that 

 something like a few precise and definite 

 points of character in foliage and growth, 

 should be arrived at. But without the aid of 

 an experimental garden, where all the varie- 

 ties could be collected and grown for compari- 

 son, on the same soil, this would be a work 

 of great labor and no little difficulty. Still 

 we trust it will yet be done, and the more 

 numerous growers of fruit become, who are 

 actuated by the intelligent and progressive 

 zeal of our correspondent, the more cer- 

 tainly and speedily will that desideratum 

 be attained. — Ed. 



REMARKS ON ROSES— No. II. 



BY DR. VALK, FLUSHING, L. I. 



Mr. Rivers, who is unquestionably as 

 yet the best author on the Rose, has very 

 usefully furnished the following excellent 

 lists as remarkable for peculiar properties : 



If the amateur desires six o(th.e most bril- 

 liant red Roses, we point out to him the fol- 

 lowing : — Vesta, an old variety ; Assemblage 

 des Beautes, Eblcmissante de Lequeur, Feu 

 Brilliante, Grand Capitaine, and Gloire de 

 Rosamene. Four of these are Gallicas, the 

 other two Bourbons ; and it may be worth 

 noticing here, that all the more vivid scarlet 

 Roses are only semi-double. 



For six of the sweetest or most fragrant 

 Roses, select Prince Albert, Crimson Per- 

 petual; the common Moss Rose, always ad- 

 mired ; the old Cabbage Rose, a favorite ; 

 the Crested Provence, and Riego, a sweet- 

 briar. We have here four families — two 

 Provence, one perpetual, one hybrid per- 

 petual, a moss and briar. No one will 

 question that fragrance is a decided pro- 

 perty in a Rose, and will always stand first 

 in the estimation of the public. 



If size be desirable, combined with other 

 qualities essential to the character of a first 

 rate flower, then we select La Reine, a hy- 

 brid perpetual ; William Jesse, the same ; 

 Smivenir de la Malmaison, a Bourbon ; 

 Calypso, classed with the Damasks, though 

 " partaking much of the character of a hybrid 

 China ;" Bre7inus and Chtnedole, hybrid 

 Chinas. These are fine noble flowers, and 

 the family distinctions of little or no conse- 

 quence, being very obscure except to those 

 versed in the minutiae of drawing hair-split 

 differences. It is certainly an act of con- 

 descension in Mr. Rivers to point out 

 these six largest Roses, as he has had to 

 single them from his own " select list" of 

 nearly 1,100 varieties. 



Six of the most vigorous growing, and 

 admirable for training, though used as 

 standards, are, Charles Duval, Chenedolc 

 (among the largest,) Elise Mercczur, Great 

 Western, a superb Rose ; Hortensia, and 

 Paul Perras. Five are hybrid Bourbons, 

 and one hybrid China. These grow rapidly, 



