80 CLIMBING ROSES, &C. 



it from eight to twenty roses, according to the state 

 of the plant, each rose expanding differently in 

 colour or shade. Many suppose that they expand 

 all of the same colour, and change afterward. This 

 is not the case. We have seen them white, pink, 

 red, purple, and various other shades when the 

 bloom expanded ; and on two clusters we have ob- 

 served twenty-two distinct shades of colour. In 

 fact, it is a complete nondescript, having roses 

 single, semi-double, and double, large and small, 

 and every colour hetween white and purple, form- 

 ing, in every garden where it is planted, a wonder 

 of the vegetable world. 



(r) Lepoldine de Orleans, beautiful hlush, very compact 

 and profuse in bloom, and is a very celebrated rose. 



Multiflora, beautiful pink, very compact and double; it is 

 rather tender for this latitude. Celebrated as being 

 the first climbing rose that was planted in or about 

 Philadelphia, and was so much admired, that 

 twenty dollars were frequently given for a single 

 plant. 



Multiflora alba, similar to the former, but lighter in colour, 

 though not a pure white. 



Graulhie, pure white, cup form in large clusters, very 

 double, a strong grower and free bloomer. 



Multiflora Laure de Voust, changeable pale blush, pink or 

 white, very compact, of the most perfect form, and 

 a profuse bloomer, of rampant growth, and more 

 hardy than the two preceding ; it is one of the most 

 . beautiful and elegant of climbing roses, with rather 

 large flowers and luxuriant foliage. 



(r) Princess Maria and Princess Louise are unquestionably 

 the same, a beautiful pale rose of exquisite form and 

 beautifully cupped petals. 



Prairie Rose, a few elegant sorts have been grown from this 

 single flowered native rose ; all are of rapid growth 

 and partaking of the parent in blooming later than 

 roses generally that flower only once in the season ; 

 they are admirably adapted for covering arbours, 

 rock-work, or out-buildings of any kind, being of 

 the most hardy nature and standing the severest of 

 our winters even in the most northern states. 



