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effect. Tlie varieties of this rose are very few, but the 

 best two are the following : 



Alba odorata. — A vigorous growing rose, with very- 

 rich and beautiful foliage. Its fragrant flowers are cream- 

 colored, and, when in bud, are very beautiful. It has 

 stood the last three winters uninjured in our grounds, 

 without protection, and is a very beautiful and desirable 

 variety. It is classed by Rivers as a Microphylla, but it 

 so little resembles that rose, and is so decidedly Macart- 

 ney in its character, that we place it with the latter. 



Maria Leonida* — A very beautiful, but not entirely 

 double variety, as its stamens can sometimes be seen, 

 which, however, give a graceful appearance. Its flowers 

 are finely cupped, and pure white, with a tinge of blush 

 at the base of the petals. 



MICROPHYLLA ROSES. 



This species, originally from the Himalayan Mountains, 

 was first brought to Europe in 1823. Its foliage is small 

 and singular, and its growth is very robust. Its flowers 

 bloom from midsummer till frost, and have a striking ap- 

 pearance ; they are very double, with a calyx of which 

 the small, bristling sepals give the opening bud the ap- 

 pearance of a small chestnut. The plant is hardy, and 

 has endured the winter in our grounds for the past twenty 

 years without protection, losing only a portion of the tops 

 of its shoots. Of the several varieties, one of the best is 



Rubra) which has very double and cupped flowers, of 

 a blush and often rose color, with a deep red centre. 



MUSK ROSES. 



The Musk Rose grows naturally in Persia and other 

 Eastern countries, where it attains the height of a small 

 tree, and is doubtless the rose which has been celebrated 



