6Q ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



The greatest difficulty will be in choosing the 

 best. If the French growers would only extir- 

 pate from their seed-beds every plant that did not 

 produce flowers of perfect distinction and sym- 

 metry, our perplexity would be greatly diminished ; 

 but instead of retaining only such, they introduce 

 to our notice some distinguished title with a rose 

 not worth the name. The group is also being 

 demolished, and ranking under ^^ Ilyhride de Ben- 

 gale^ Hyhride de Noisette^ Hyhride dUle de Bourhon^'' 

 departing from the foundation of all these, which 

 is Rosa Indica^ or the Chinese Rose. To give a 

 full description of the sorts ranking in the above 

 characters would occupy more of these pages than 

 is allotted for this group, and we will content our- 

 selves with naming the best. A Fleurs Blanches^ 

 Blancliefleui\ or White Climhing Globe Unique^ pure 

 white, as its name indicates, is a very free grower, 

 flowers perfectly doubl-e and abundant. Beauty 

 Bouquet, very similar to the former, but not of 

 such rapid growth ; the flower is also purer and 

 more compact. Becquet is a fine variety, with 

 bright rosy-purple flowers, perfectly double and 

 cup formed. Belle Parahhe is one of the most 

 magnificent roses for a pillar, making long flexible 

 shoots, very luxuriant rich green foliage ; the 

 flowers are very large, finely formed, of a violet 



