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nal types are natives of the south of Europe, and probably 

 of Persia; to which country we owe its finest develop- 

 ment, tl^e well-known Persian Yellow. 



The Double Yellow Rose, Rosa Sulphurea, remarkable 

 for its beauty, and, in our climate, notorious for its intracta- 

 ble and uncertain character, is regarded by some botanists 

 as belonging to a group distinct from the preceding. The 

 Single Yellow, from which it must have sprung, has been 

 found wild in the north of India. 



The Sweet-brier, found wild in various parts of the 

 world, is too well known to need further notice. The 

 American variety differs distinctly from the European. 



The Scotch roses owe their origin to the dwarf wild 

 rose of Scotland. The Ayrshire is a family of climbing 

 roses, originating from the wild trailing rose, Rosa Arven- 

 sis, common in the British islands. The best of them are 

 said, however, to be hybrids between this rose and other 

 species. The Boursault roses are descendants of Rosa 

 Alpina, a native of the Alps ; and no family is more clearly 

 marked by distinctive features. The Sempervirens and 

 the Multiflora are, with us at least, less familiar. Both are 

 climbers, like the former ; the one originating from a wild 

 rose of Italy, the other from a wild rose of Japan. The 

 Banksia, with its smooth, shining leaves, and slender, green 



