ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 61 



ROSA ALBA. 



WHITE GARDEN ROSE. 



The white rose of the gardens has been cultivat- 

 ed from time immemorial Although the original 

 single white or blush has seldom been seen in cul- 

 tivation, yet the double is very frequent, keeping 

 ward at the door of the cottage, or towering by 

 the window casements of our oldest homesteads. 

 It is often called the white climbing rose. It must 

 have been introduced by our pilgrim fathers — a 

 fit emblem of their purity, and a smiling memorial 

 of the land of their nativity. It is rather remark- 

 able that, among the many new varieties of the 

 rose, there are so few whites. Those I will intro- 

 duce under this head, belong perhaps more pro- 

 perly to the Damask or Gallica species ; yet I am 

 convinced they will be more in place at the head 

 of this article than in any other division. Glohe 

 Hipj White Globe, or Boule de Neige of the French, 

 is an Eno^lish rose, raised from seeds of the com- 

 mon white, a very pure white, fully double, and 

 of a globular form. A few years ago, it was con- 

 sidered " not to be surpassed ;" but that prediction, 

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