100 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



touches the plant, confirming the opinion that, in 

 Avinter, the sun does more injury to delicate roses 

 than the cold. This plant does much better on its 

 own roots than when budded or grafted. Lan- 

 dretKs Carmine^ or Carmine Cluster, is of a very dis- 

 tinct carmine color, quite double, flowering pro- 

 fusely from July to late in the season ; its first 

 buds do not open well, but it is well adapted for 

 a southern climate ; it was grown from seed by the 

 Messrs. Landreth, thirty years ago. Le Pactole, 

 The Pactole, The Chrysanthimeflora, and New Yellow 

 Tea ; this distinct variety is distinguished by all 

 these names; the flowers are of pale sulphur 

 yellow, changing to a yellowish-white, as soon as 

 they are exposed to the full rays of the sun ; the 

 plant is of a dwarf habit, and will make shoots 

 two feet long, surmounted by twenty to forty 

 flowers; it is no doubt a seedling between the 

 Yellow Tea and Lamarque. Zee, Monstrosa, CcelesiiSj 

 Grandiflora, Triora]}he des Noisettes, and Carassana^ 

 known under all these names, and gives additional 

 proof that names are more numerous than varie- 

 ties ; it is a good old rose, of a blush color, pro- 

 ducing its flowers in large, thin clusters, and open- 

 ing very well in warm, dry weather, but in moist 

 seasons it does not expand freely, and may be 

 called hard-headed ; it is a strong grower, and is 



