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roses now most completely cover the whole ground, 

 a space of thirty feet by twenty. At present they are in 

 full bloom, showing probably not less than ten thousand 

 roses in this -email space." 



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Rosa Sempervirens. This is a climbing rose of very 

 vigorous growth, a native of the middle and south of 

 Europe. The garden varieties originated from it bloom 

 in clusters of small and usually very double flowers, of 

 which the prevailing tints are light, varying from delicate 

 shades of rose and pink to a pure white. They are not 

 absolutely evergreen, but only partially so, retaining their 

 bright, glossy leaves till spring, provided they are planted 

 in shady and sheltered places, as under trees, or in the 

 angles of walls, but dropping them in open situations. In 

 England they have come into great favor as pillar-roses, 

 and for covering walls, banks, or unsightly objects in the 

 garden or on the pleasure-ground. Budded on tall stems 

 of the Dog Rose, they form pendulous standards of magni- 

 ficent proportions ; rivalling, in this respect, the Ayrshire. 

 Whether such standards would be equally successful in 



the Northern States, is, to say the least, doubtful. 

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