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Rosa Alpina, an elegant, shrub, with red solitary flowers, furnishing 

 manj' varieties in cultivation ; the Rosa spinulifolia, having pale pink 

 flowers of moderate size, with thorny leaflets that exhale a scent of tur- 

 pentine. It is remarkable that two mountain roses, the Swiss spinuli- 

 folia, and the Scottish Rosa involuta, should be thus alike characterized 

 by the smell of turpentine. There remains to be cited among Alpine 

 Roses, the Rosa rubrifolia, of which the red -tinted stems and leaves, as 

 well as the pretty little blossoms of a deep crimson, form an agreeable 

 variety to the verdure of the surrounding foliage. 



" In the eastern and southern countries of Europe, Rose-trees abound ; 

 of which a considerable number remain to be examined and classed. 

 The Crimea, for instance, is not acknowledged to afford a single species, 

 though travellers describe the country as very productive in roses. In 

 Greece and Sicily we find the Rosa glutinosa, of wliich the leaflets pro- 

 duce a viscous matter: the flowers being small, solitary, and of a pale 

 red. Italy and Spain has several distinct species ; among others, the 

 Rosa Polliniana, with fine, large, purple flowers, growing in clusters 

 of two or three, and found in the neighbourhood of Verona. The Rosa 

 moschata and Rosa Hispanica flourish in Spain ; the flowers, of a light 

 pink colour, appear in May. The Rosa sempervirens, common iri the 

 Balearic Islands, grows spontaneously throughout the south of Europe 

 and in Barbary. Its foliage of glossy green, is intermingled with a 

 profusion of small, white, highly scented flowers. 



" For France, nineteen species are claimed by the Flora of De Can- 

 dolle. In the southern provinces is found the Rosa eglanteria, whose 

 golden petals are sometimes varied into a rich orange. • The Rosa 

 spinosissima grows in the sandy plains of the southern provinces, having 

 white flowers tipped with yellow, wliich have furnished many beautiful 

 varieties. In the forests of Auvergne and the departments of the 

 Vosges, we find the Rosa cinnamomea, wliich derives its name from 

 the colour of its branches ; the flowers being small, red, and solitary. 

 The Rosa parvifolia, or Champagne Rose, a beautiful miniature shrub, 

 adorns the fertile valleys in the neighbourhood of Dijon, with its very 

 double, but small, solitary, crimson blossoms. The Rosa Gallica is one 

 wliich has afforded varieties of every hue ; more especially the kind 

 known as Provins Roses, white, pink, or crimson. In the eastern Pyre- 

 nees, grows the Rosa moschata, a beautiful variety of which is known 

 in our gardens as the Nutmeg Rose. The Rosa alba is found in the 

 hedges and thickets of various departments ; as well as the Rosa canina, 

 or eglantine, the stock of which, straight, elegant, and vigorous, is so 

 valuable for grafting." 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



Horticultural Society, held in the Chiswick Gardens, 

 June 7th. — This was the second exhibition held there this season, and 

 the plants, &c, shown were of the most superb character; there were, 

 of course, various degrees of excellence in them, but we did not see a 

 poor specimen in the whole. 



