DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 147 



reddish-pink. FORTUNE'S YELLOW is a native of China 

 and Japan, and is sometimes included in this class. It is of 

 a bright fawn-color, with a tinge of copper ; beautiful under 

 shelter, but will not bear a winter exposure in the North- 

 ern States. It is of comparatively recent introduction. 

 RAMPANTE blooms profusely in clusters of pure white. 

 FLORA is of a bright rose ; LEOPOLDINE D'ORLEANS, white, 

 tinged with rose ; and SPECTABILIS, rosy-lilac. 



While some of this race are perfectly hardy, others will 

 require protection against a Northern winter. The ease 

 of their culture, their rapid growth, and their admirable 

 effect where masses of flowers and verdure are desired, 

 will commend them all to favor in the Middle and South- 

 ern States. 



"I know of no rose idea," says Mr. Rivers, "prettier 

 than that of a wilderness of evergreen roses, the varieties 

 planted promiscuously, and suffered to cover the surface 

 of the ground with their entangled shoots. To effect this, 

 the ground should be dug, manured, and thoroughly 

 cleaned from perennial weeds, such as couch-grass, &c., 

 and the plants planted from three to five feet asunder. If 

 the soil be rich, the latter distance will do. They must be 

 hoed amongst, and kept clean from weeds after planting, 

 till the branches meet : they will then soon form a beautiful 

 mass of foliage and flowers, covering the soil too densely 



