112 REMARKS ON THE PECULIARITIES OF ROSES, ETC. 



Rosa alpina. The Boursault Rose. — This class owes its origin 

 to the Rosa alpina, the single red rose of the Alpine mountains. 

 The shoots are long, having few spines, and of a red colour. They 

 grow rapid, are very hardy, and do well as climbers or pillar roses. 

 The flowers are produced in immense clusters. They require but 

 little pruning. 



Rosa multiflora. Many flowered Rose. — A native of Japan ; 

 and from the original one introduced into this country, crossed by 

 other kinds, some beautiful hybrids have been obtained. The class 

 is rather tender, and requires in this country to be trained against a 

 wall, or otherwise to be protected. In warm countries some of the 

 class will form pillars thirty feet in height. They require but little 

 pruning, and that to be done in March. If cut in short, they make 

 strong shoots, which rarely bloom. 



Rosa Banksia. The Banksian Rose. — This class is tender, re- 

 quire a wall, and a warm and dry situation, and where the flowers, 

 which are produced early in spring, can be screened. They require 

 to retain all the small twiggy shoots, and the luxuriant to be cut 

 away in autumn. 



Rosa lutea. The Austrian Briar Rose. — The original rose 

 of this class was found growing on the hills of the north of Italy. 

 The shoots, when ripe, are of a yellowish brown, prickly. The 

 plants require a moist soil and dry pure air, with a moderate supply 

 of manure, also but little pruning, they bloom very freely. The fine 

 and brilliant yellow of some render them very showy. 



Rosa sulphurea. The Double Yellow Rose. — It requires a 

 warm situation, rich soil, and a free and airy exposure. At Genoa 

 and Florence it blooms vigorously, under such circumstances, in vast 

 profusion. 



Rosa Indica odorata. The Tea-scented Chinese Rose. — 

 The original plant was sent from China. The seed vessel is large, 

 leaves large, and shining flowers globular and fragrant. The roses of 

 this class are tender, requiring a dry situation, a raised bed, rich 

 loamy soil, and to be in a sheltered place. The best method is to 

 raise a succession of plants every year, as they strike so freely from 

 young slips inserted in white sand, and having one year old plants in 

 pots turn them into the open ground in April, such will make a fine 

 display through the summer. 



(7u be continued, with a Descriptive List of ten of the best of each class.) 



