170 EOSES THAT BL00:M THE WHOLE SEASON. 



Recent importations, denominated Microjohylla, can 

 barely be recognized as sucli. The popularity of 

 the old variety has given circulation to many of 

 the inferior new ones, which, after having been 

 seen in bloom, are frequently thrown aside as 

 worthless. They are generally hardy, in dry soils 

 giving a succession of flowers throughout the 

 season. They are adapted for training against 

 fences, or low out-buildings, or they may be formed 

 into handsome bushes of any shape ; but a hedge 

 of them is the heau ideal of the flower-garden, 

 which all may enjoy in any latitude south of this. 

 The following sorts are worthy of all requisite 

 culture, and will grow freely in any rich soil, 

 avoiding low wet situations. Carnecf, or Bosea, is 

 the old variety known as the Microphylla Rose ; 

 its character is unique, with small, neat, dark-green 

 foliage. The flowers are large and very double, 

 of a rose color, produced at the extremity of the 

 young shoots, in twos or threes, according to the 

 strength of the plant ; the calyx (the green cup 

 round the base of the flower) is thick and prickly ; 

 hence it is called the " Burr Rose." Coccinea^ and 

 the beautiful dark variety Ruhra^ are in every 

 particular the same, except the latter being darker 

 in color. Xew ^Vhite Micro2')TnjUa would be a very 

 desirable variety, but the present subject is only 



