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this department of rose culture ; the persevering 

 efforts of the French cultivators have been so very 

 successful within the last ten years, that we do 

 not at all despair of seeing a yellow Moss, a yellow 

 Provins Kose, or even striped roses, combining 

 every shade from white to black, and there is no 

 reason why there should not be produced a per- 

 petual blooming, climbing Moss Rose of any color 

 at present known in the family of the rose. A 

 few years ago, we did not anticipate such a rose as 

 the yellow Persian, and we have no doubt of there 

 yet being Perpetual blooming Yellow Poses of as 

 bright a color. 



The seeds will be ripe about the first of Novem- 

 ber, and can be retained in the capsule or fruit 

 till the time of sowing, taking the precaution to 

 bury them in sand, where they will be safe from 

 the depredations of mice, who are very fond of 

 them. Early in the spring, choose a sheltered 

 spot in the garden, free from the shade or drip of 

 trees ; enrich and break up the soil very fine, make 

 the surface quite smooth, take the hips from their 

 winter-quarters, break up the fruit, and sow the 

 seeds thinly and evenly on the soil ; take the back 

 of the spade, or a board, and press the seed level 

 with the ground, then cover them with about one- 

 fourth to one-half of an inch with sand; if sand 



