ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



ROSA ALPINA 



THE BOURSAULT ROSE. 



This tribe takes its name from the late Mons. 

 Boursanlt, a distinguished French amateur horti- 

 culturist. Thej are the hardiest of the climbing 

 roses — easily known by their long flexible shoots, 

 of a reddish-purple color, and, withstanding with 

 impunity the severest of our winters, flowering 

 profusely early in the season; they may well be 

 termed the harbingers of the rosary. They are 

 well adapted for covering arbors or concealing 

 'out-buildings, walls, or any other 'disagreeable 

 objects. They are also frequently cultivated for 

 stocks, whereupon to bud other roses of more 

 rare character, which purpose they will answer 

 very well ; though a plant thus formed renders its 

 durability uncertain, being ver}^ liable to siicl'er^ or 

 throw out shoots from the ground, thereby taking 

 away nourishment from the part of the plant 



