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THE BANKSIAN ROSE. 
(Rosa Banksia). 
The White Banksian was introduced from China 
in 1807, and named in honour of Lady Banks. The 
Yellow Banksian Rose was introduced in 1827. 
They are rather tender sub-evergreen Roses, very 
vigorous in growth, with small and beautiful shining 
leaves. Their time of flowering is May; owing to 
this, and a somewhat tender habit, they can only be 
crown successfully against a south wall. The time 
to prune them is just after they have flowered, say 
in June; all gross shoots should be taken out, 
retaining all the small twiggy branches, for it is 
upon the points of these that the flowers are 
produced. A warm dry soil suits them best. 
Alba, or White (1807): white, flowers small and very double, 
produced in large clusters, deliciously fragrant, having somewhat of 
the violet scent ; vig. 
Fortuniana (1850): white, large and very sweet. Introduced 
from China, by Mr. Fortune, in 1850 ; wig. 
LIutea, or Yellow (1827): bright yellow, small, double and very 
pretty; flowers produced in clusters, in great abundance ; wig. 
Besides the above groups of climbing Roses, 
there are the hybrid climbing, two varieties only of 
which may be considered worthy of culture, viz., 
The Garland, white and pale llac, and Madame 
d’Arblay, a pure white Rose of the most vigorous 
growth. Sir John Sebright, a hybrid Musk Rose, 
is also worthy of culture; flowers light crimson, 
small but showy. The Prairie Roses (Rosa rubifolia), 
of which there are some twenty varieties, are only of 
secondary merit ; Queen of the Prairies is perhaps 
the best, and the only one at all worthy of notice. 
