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Group XIX.— THE HYBRID MUSK AND OTHER HYBRIDS. 



These Roses are hardy, and, with the exception of "Clair," vigorous growers, 

 suited only for Climbers. " Madame d' Arblay " and " The Garland " partake of 

 the nature of the Musk Rose, although possessing but little of its peculiar odour : 

 they are prodigious growers, forming shoots fifteen feet long in one year, and of 

 great stoutness, throwing one hundred or more flowers in a single truss. 



1. Astrolabe; flowers bright rose, very double; form, compact. 



2. Bengale formidable ; flowers pale rose ; form, cupped. 



3. Clair ; flowers reddish crimson, single; form, cupped. 



4. Elegans rosea ; flowers bright red, produced in large clusters. 



5. Indica major; flowers pale blush. Habit robust and vigorous. 



0. Madame d' Arblay ; flowers delicate flesh, changing to white, of medium 

 (Wells' White) size, double ; form, cupped. Habit very robust and 

 vigorous. Raised by Mr. Wells of Redleaf. 



7. Queen ; flowers dark purplish crimson, large and semi-double ; form, cupped. 



8. Sir John Sebright; flowers light vivid crimson, small and semi-double. 



Showy. 



9. The Garland; flowers fawn-colour when in bud, opening nearly white, pro- 



duced in large trusses, of medium size, double ; form, expanded. 

 Raised by Mr. Wells of Redleaf. 

 10. Watts' Climbing Provence; flowers rose colour, very double. 

 Wells' White; see Madame D' Arblay. 



ROSA RVBirOLIA. 

 Group XX.— THE PRAIRIE ROSE. 



The Prairie, or Bramble-leaved Rose, is a North-American species, introduced 

 to England in 1830. We have since received several varieties from the same 

 country, raised, we believe, by Mr. Pierce of Washington, and Mr. Feast, also an 

 American gentleman. Mr. Pierce, in the Magazine of Horticulture, advocates 

 the use of the Prairie Rose for hedges or line fences; and remarks, that having 

 sown a lot of seeds in a wild state, for the purpose of obtaining stocks, he was 

 surprised to find among the offspring twelve fine varieties of double Roses. The 

 varieties of R. rubifolia appear Hybrids, partaking largely of the character of 

 R. multiflora; for while the Prairie Rose grows its flowers singly, these 

 varieties are remarkable for the large trusses of flowers they produce. Whether 



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