194 ROSA DEVONIENSIS. 



We applied to Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. for all particulars 

 relative to the Rose, as to the best mode of treatment, &c., but not 

 having received them in due time, we reserve a more extended article 

 on the Rose till our next Number. 



A correspondent having recently requested some descriptive re- 

 marks explanatory of the different divisions of Roses as they appear 

 in the catalogues of Messrs. Wood and Son, of Woodlands Nursery, 

 Maresfield, Sussex, we applied to them to favour our correspondent, 

 and the following having been sent us, we subjoin. 



REMARKS ON THE DIVISIONS OF ROSES. 



BY CHARLES WOOD, WOODLANDS, MARESFIELD. 



In compliance with the request of an old subscriber, I have ventured 

 to subjoin a few remarks descriptive and explanatory of some of the 

 different divisions of Roses as they appear in the catalogue, and 

 which I hope will meet the wishes of your correspondent ; although 

 I fear it is almost impossible to convey (by letter) explanations suffi- 

 ciently descriptive of the various classes, to enable an amateur to 

 recognize at once to what family any particular Rose may belong ; a 

 conversant knowledge of the classes can only be acquired by a con- 

 stant and ^persevering attention to the various habits and properties 

 of the Roses themselves. 



I will commence by a few remarks on the six divisions of climbing 

 Roses, flowering but once in the season (viz.), June and July. 



1. — Evergreen Rose. (Rosa Sempervirens.) This splendid 

 division is particularly remarkable for luxuriance of growth, the shoots 

 being thickly set with deep dark green glossy foliage; the flowers 

 are individuallv small, but well formed, and very double, and are 

 produced in very large graceful clusters. 



2. — Ayrshire Roses. (Rosa Arvensis.) The Roses belonging 

 to this section are easily distinguished from the above (as well as 

 from all other climbing Roses) by their long flexible shoots ; and 

 although they grow with the greatest rapidity, still the wood being 

 very fine and small with light green leaves, which gives them a most 

 graceful delicate appearance, much resembling the common Rosa 

 Arvensis of our woods and hedges, of which family.they are merely 

 hybrids ; the flowers are globular, produced in large clusters, and 

 are nearly all white or pale flesh colour, and exceedingly fragrant. 



