DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 149 



" One of these trees is on a stem a trifle more than two 

 feet in height, and it has been these two or three summers 

 past a picture of beauty. When in full bloom, the ends 

 of its shoots rest on the ground, and it then forms a per- 

 fect dome of roses : nothing in rose-culture can really be 

 more beautiful. It will be at once seen with what facility 

 such stout, short, old rose-stocks can be found in any 

 hedge. They may be planted in the kitchen-garden, bud- 

 ded with the above-mentioned sort, and, to give variety in 

 color, with some of the following lands, all varieties of 

 Rosa Sempervirens, Myrianthes, Jaunatre, Adelaide d'Or- 

 leans, and Spectabilis. Every bud will succeed, as no 

 roses grow more freely ; and, after remaining one season 

 from budding in their < nursery,' some nice places must be 

 found for them on the lawn, where, unpruned, unchecked, 

 they will, with all the freshness of unassisted Nature, annu- 

 ally delight the eye of the lover of flowers." * 



Rosa Multiflora. The parent of this family belongs 

 to Japan and China. With few exceptions, we cannot 

 recommend them to Northern cultivators for growth in 

 the open air, as they bear our winters but indifferently, 



* This will do for the Southern States. Unhappily, it will not do 

 in New England. 



