30 f THE ROSE. 
same freedom from the pruning-knife; the 
knife should only be applied to cut out en- 
tirely shoots that require thinning. There 
have been several pretty varieties of this 
group sent out, but Félicité Perpétuelle is 
perhaps the best representative, and the only 
one we would commend for cultivation. 
Hybrid Climbing Roses (Rosa Hybrida Scan- 
dens).—This class takes in those sorts for 
which it is difficult to find a group where 
they can be appropriately placed; it gathers 
in waifs and is a kind of orphan asylum, a 
place of refuge for the abandoned and un- 
known. No varietiesin this group are of any 
great value; the old sorts, Mme. d’Arblay 
and the Garland, once the best known, are 
now almost forgotten. Those which are 
most grown are Fortune’s Double Yellow, re- 
cently sent out under the name Beauty of 
Glazenwood, and La Saumonée. 
The Many-Flowered Rose (Rosa Multifiora), 
five to seven leaflets, is a native of Japan, in- 
troduced into England by Thunberg in 1804. 
It flowers in clusters, and continues for some 
time in bloom; the flowers are double, small, 
and of ‘no great beauty. The shoots have 
comparatively few thorns, which come in 
pairs. De la Grifferaie is in England con- 
sidered valuable as a stock on which to work 
