CLIMBING ROSES, &C. 7Q 



is known by all these names, and I have imported 

 it four times, under different names ; it is a blush 

 white, and frequently exceedingly large and hand- 

 some, and is a pillar rose ; its very double delicate 

 flowers have a fine effect. 



Boursalt elegans, Purple Boursalt, Purple Noisette, &c., 

 flowers of a vivid purple crimson, with an occa- 

 sional stripe of white, nearly double, and an early 

 and profuse bloomer ; is an excellent rose for an 

 arbour. 



Boursalt Inermis, very large, bright pink, a little fragrant, 

 grows and blooms freely. 



Banksia alba, white, with pink centre, very small, but per- 

 fectly double, has an agreeable violet perfume, and 

 is a profuse bloomer, but is entirely too delicate to 

 withstand our winters. This and the following are 

 natives of China : 



Banksia lutea, yellow inclining to buff, in every other cha- 

 racter similar to the former. They are elegant 

 evergreens in the gardens of our southern states, 

 and are very highly esteemed ; frequently known 

 under the name of White Evergreen Multiflora, 

 and Yellow Evergreen Multiflora. 



Bourbon, bright rosy red, nearly double, and flowers pro- 

 fusely, and is a good pillar rose ; and although the 

 parent of the celebrated L'Isle de Bourbon Roses, 

 it only blooms in May or June. 



Bengalensis scandens, or Reuse de blanc, rose white, large 

 double flower, and of free growth. 



(r) Felicite de pe?petua. r j l ?oisettejtorabunda, Melard sem- 

 pervirens, Noisette compacta, Mademoiselle Eu- 

 phrasie, and perhaps many other high-sounding 

 names ; it is a beautiful cream white, with perfect 

 shaped flowers, and makes a lovely rock-work or 

 pillar rose; but is rather delicate for our severe 

 winters. 



Grevlllia, or seven sisters, is a very curious rose, flowered 

 the first time with us in June, 1830. It is of the 

 Multiflora variety, and is a native of China ; growth 

 free and luxuriant ; leaves large and deeply nerved ; 

 flowers in large clusters, almost every eye of the 

 wood of last year producing one cluster, having on 



