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in the greatest perfection as standards, but they 

 will require removing to a warm shed in winter. 

 Grafted on short stems and grown in large pots, 

 they bloom freely, and form pretty objects, as 

 they produce their myriads of elegant flowers the 

 greater part of summer : they require but little 

 pruning ; thinning out the crowded spray and 

 leaving the shoots nearly their full length is all 

 that is necessary. 



CLDIBIXO EOSES. 



Division III. 



THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



(rosa SEMPERVIRENS.) 



The original of this beautiful family is the Rosa 

 sempervirens, the climbing Wild Rose of Italy, 

 with small single white flowers and foliage nearly 

 evergreen. Monsieur Jacques, the chief gardener 

 at the Chateau de Xeuilly, had the pleasure of 

 originating most of the varieties now in cultiva- 

 tion ; two or three he named after the daughters 

 of his royal master King Louis-Philippe : Ade- 

 laide d'Orleans is one of these, and a very pretty 

 and excellent rose it is, with dark shining green 

 foliage, and beautifully-shaded pale rose-coloured 

 flowers ; in the ' Floricultural Cabinet ' for Sep- 

 tember, 1837, a figure of it is given, which is as 



