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teen feet in one summer ; the wood is remarkably coarse, thick, and 

 strong, covered with large black thorns ; the leaves are also very 

 large and finely shaped ; the flowers are produced in tremendous 

 large clusters, of the purest white, cupped, and nearly double. Wells's 

 Garland, also a most desirable Rose, somewhat resembling Wells's 

 White in character, only that it does not put forth such gigantic 

 shoots, but the blooms are produced even in larger clusters than 

 those of Wells's White. The flowers of the Garland are extremely 

 varied in colour, and have a remarkably pleasing appearance. On the 

 other hand, we have the little Rose Clair : although classed in the 

 same division with the two above-named gigantic ramblers, yet it 

 totally differs from them both in character and habit, inasmuch that 

 it is of much more humble and moderate growth ; the shoots are 

 small, and have a delicate appearance ; its flowers are single, but of 

 a vivid crimson. Astrolabe also differs from the very vigorous mem- 

 bers of this family ; the shoots are smaller, and leaves finer. I can 

 almost fancy I hear a Rose amateur or a young beginner exclaim, 

 why huddle together in the same party two Roses so very dissimilar 

 to each other in habit and growth as Wells's White and Rose Clair? 



Sweet Briars. {Rosa Rubiginosa.) This interesting little 

 family is so Avell known that it needs hardly explaining. The Scarlet, 

 also called La Belle distinguee, or La Petite Duchesse, departs 

 slightly from the character of the true Sweet Briar ; it has decidedly 

 been crossed by some variety of Rosa Gallica, its leaves being nearly 

 scentless. Its wood and leaves have a somewhat deeper tinge than 

 pertains to the Sweet Briar in general. 



It will be also necessary to observe that the leaves belonging to 

 some of the varieties classed in this division, although they have all 

 the appearance of the Sweet Briar, still the leaves are nearly scent- 

 less. 



Austrian Briar. (Rosea lutea.) This division is easily recog- 

 nized from the last named by its dark reddish, coppery shoots, black 

 thorns, and scentless leaves ; the habit of growth is also more com- 

 pact, the flowers inclining to copper and yellow. 



Rosa Harrisonii forms a desirable addition to this division ; its 

 flowers are large, and of the deepest golden yellow, and its growth is 

 of luxuriant and pleasing habit. 



Rosa Berberifolia Hardii. This Rose is evidently a hybrid 



