52 PARSOXS ON THE ROSE. 



by Eastern poets. It is also found in India, where it is 

 probably the species used for making attar. In this lati- 

 tude it is quite hardy, and we have a plant of the old 

 White Musk in our grounds, that has braved the severity 

 of more than twenty winters. It has made in one season 

 shoots more than six feet long, and in our Southern 

 States, more than double the growth would probably be 

 obtained. The blossoms appear in clusters, and commenc- 

 ing later than any other rose, continue abundant through- 

 out the season. The Old White Cluster has been widely 

 distributed throughout the country, and is deservedly a 

 favorite. The best two varieties, however, are the fol- 

 lowing : 



Eponine* — A cupped and very double variety, with the 

 peculiar musk fragrance. It is pure white, and a very 

 pretty rose. 



Princess of Nassau. — A luxuriant growing and very 

 fragrant variety, and would make a good pillar rose. It 

 blooms in large clusters of cupped flowers, changing from 

 yellow to cream color as they open. 



ROSES THAT BLOOM ONLY ONCE IN THE SEASON. 



GARDEN EOSES. 



For want of a better, Ave use this term to designate all 

 those roses that bloom only once in the season, and that 

 strongly resemble each other in habit and flower. It in- 

 cludes those classes called, by rose-growers, French, Prov- 

 ence, Hybrid Provence, Hybrid China, Hybrid Bourbon, 

 White and Damask Roses. 



On a preceding page, we have given our opinion re- 

 specting classification, but we wish it to be fully under- 

 stood, that we do not deny the existence of clearly dis- 

 tinctive characters in the true French, Provence, Damask, 

 etc., but simply assert that the lines of difibrence between 



