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in beauty. It thrives admirably in a cool greenhouse, 

 climbing with a rampant growth over the rafters, and giv- 

 ing forth a profusion of flowers through the greater part 

 of the winter. Unlike all the other roses described in 

 this book, it is a species in its original, undeveloped 

 state, and, as such, offers a tempting subject for the art 

 of the hybridist. 



Rosa Microphytta. This is an introduction within 

 the present century from the Himalaya Mountains, and is 

 rather a curiosity than an ornament. The leaves are very 

 small and very numerous; and, by a curious freak of 

 Nature, all the spines seem gathered together on the calyx, 

 or outer covering of the flower-buds. The original vari- 

 ety, MICROPHYLLA RuBBA, is perhaps the best. Among 

 others may be named CABNEA, COCCINEA, ROSEA, and 

 PURPUREA. 



There is a rose, commonly sold under the name of 

 MICBOPHYLLA RUGOSA, which is very desirable from the 

 abundance of its autumnal bloom, and from its hardy 

 nature ; a point in which it differs from the true Micro 



