CHAP, XLII. ROSA CER. ROSA. 795 
This design, which is to a scale of 40 ft. to 1 in., is calculated to include the whole of Mr. Rivers’s 
collection, one plant of a sort ; or two of those which are small in size, or tender, as the miniature 
China roses, and the musk rose, The climbers are proposed to be trained!against pyramids formed 
of four iron rods. joined by horizontal wires ; two sorts being placed at opposite angles of the pyra- 
1. Provence, or Cabbage, 
Roses, R. centifodlia, 
25 sorts. Two pyra- 
mids, 
2. Rdsa indica odorata, 
or Tea-scented China 
Roses, 21 sorts. Three 
pyramids, 
3. Musk Roses, 10 sorts. 
No pyramid. 
4. Hybrid China Roses, 
89 sorts. Three py- 
ramids. 
5. Roésa alba, and its va- 
rieties, 25 sorts. One 
pyramid, 
6. Select Roses of uncer- 
tain origin, 25 sorts. 
One pyramid. _ .; 
7. Noisette Roses, 66 sorts. 
Three pyramids, 
















8. Rosa tndica, or China 
Roses, 70 sorts. Three 
pyramids. 
9. Scotch Roses, 27 sorts. 
One pyramid. 
10. Résa gdilica, or Pro- 
vins, or French Roses, 
99 sorts. Three pyra- 
mids. 
ll. L’Ile de Bourbon Roses, 
Rosa indica var., 38 
sorts. One pyramid. 
12. Damask Roses, R. da- 
mascéna, 19 sorts. 
No pyramid. 
13. Sweet Briars, 17 sorts. 
One pyramid. 
14. Miniature China 
Roses, 16 sorts. No 
pyramid, 








































































mid, so that each sort may 
cover two sides. The py- 
ramids may be 18in. on 
the side at the bottom, and 
15ft. high ; and they should 
be fixed on stoue base= 
ments rising at least 6in. 
above the surface of the 
soil. The pyramids are 
proposed to be distributed 
through the beds in such 
a manner as to afford a 
salutary degree of shade to 
the dwarfs. The dwarfs 
may be arranged in the 
following order; which is 
founded on the principle 
of adapting the number 
of sorts in each of Mr. 
Rivers’s groups, to the 
sizes of the different beds. 
























15. Rosa bracteata and mi- 
crophGlla, and their 
varieties, 10 sorts. No 
pyramid. 
16. Perpetual, or autum- 
nal, Roses, 5 sorts, 
Three pyramids, 
17. Moss Roses, 24 sorts, 
Two pyramids. 
In all, 17 groups of 
dwarfs, and 27 pyramids 
for climbers. Two sorts of 
climbing roses are proposed 
to be planted against each 
pyramid ; which will thus 
include the whole of 
Mr. Rivers’s collection, 
amounting to 54 sorts, 
