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thorns; the branches spreading. There is a plant 

 of it that has been in the garden of the late Henry 

 Pratt, Esq., near this city, for perhaps thirty 

 years, and has never been kno^vn to produce a 

 perfect flower. It is said that tlie gardens of 

 Florence, Leghorn, and other parts of Tuscany, 

 produce this rose in perfection, which proves that 

 it requires a dry rich soil and an even temperature 

 to bring it to perfection. 



Persian Yellow is a rose of very recent intro- 

 duction, of the most brilliant golden color, quite 

 double, large firm petals, cup-form, a strong 

 grower, blooming profusely, casting all other yel- 

 low roses entirely in the shade, requiring the same 

 treatment as the Harrisonii, and blooming as early 

 and equally as profuse. 



Harrisonii, Hogg^s Yellow, Yellow Sweet Brier. — 

 This very pretty yellow rose was grown by a Mr. 

 Harrison, near jSTew York, about twenty years 

 ago, and is evidently a seedling from the Yellow 

 Austrian ; its growth, after being Avell established, 

 is quite luxuriant, often making shoots six feet 

 long in one season. The wood is of a dark red- 

 dish-brown color, with strong straight thorns, the 

 foliage small, of a dark rich green; the flowers 

 open of a globular form, and appear like as man}^ 

 golden balls; Avhen open, they are about two inches 

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