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a pale blush, and very mediocre at that ; foliage 

 similar to the old Microphylla. Rubra Yariegata 

 does not merit the variegated distinction ; the 

 circumference of the flower is merely shaded. 

 These all have the peculiar prickly flower-bud. 

 Purpurea is of a purple-crimson color, very large, 

 with the growth and habit of all the former, except 

 the calyx being destitute of the prickles so charac- 

 teristic in the others. Violacea has also a smooth 

 calyx ; the flowers of a violet-purple color, quite 

 double. The plant is of upright growth, and 

 quite luxuriant. The following varieties are all 

 hybridized with other sorts, and do not form hand- 

 some plants for bushes or standards, but are well 

 adapted for training to poles, columns, or trellising. 

 Alba Odorata^ or the Double White Microphylla^ 

 grows very luxuriantly, frequently making shoots 

 eight or ten feet long in one season ; and in warm 

 soils, where the season extends from March to 

 December, they will no doubt grow twenty feet. 

 The flowers are very large and double, of a 

 yellowish- white, very fragrant, and look beautiful 

 among the dark green foliage ; as a white climb- 

 ing rose, for pillars, verandas, and arbors, it lias 

 no equal, and should have an appropriate spot in 

 every garden or cemetery. Hybrida is also a 

 strong grower, with double flowers of a rosy 



