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Briers, most of the Mosses, and all climbing varieties that 

 are hardy in the latitude of New York. 



Second. The Hybrid Perpetuals, or Remontants. This 

 class is of comparatively recent origin, and was obtained 

 by hybridizing the Provence and Damask varieties with 

 the Ever-blooming or China. They possess the rough foli- 

 age and spiny stems of the former, with, to some extent, 

 the intermittent blooming qualities of the latter. This is 

 by far the most interesting class of Roses, and embraces 

 many hundred varieties, ranging through all the interme- 

 diate shadings from purest white to darkest crimson. 

 They combine the hardy, robust habit of the Provence 

 with its unsurpassed odor, but unfortunately they do not 

 possess the ever-blooming qualities of the China. The term 

 "perpetual," therefore, is a complete misnomer, for un- 

 less the flowers are cut off as they develop, and the plant 

 kept growing freely, but little bloom is ever given, except 

 in the regular season of Rose flowering, (here in June), 

 and again to some extent in the fall. They, like the pre- 

 ceding class, are all hardy in the vicinity of New York. 



Third. The Monthly or Ever-blooming class, which is 

 clearly distinguished from both the preceding by its more 

 delicate and shining leaves and stems. It comprises at 

 least four sub-classes, namely, the Noisette, Tea, Bengal, 

 and Bourbon. The Noisettes are all of rampant growth, 

 usually flowering in clusters, and in the Southern States, 

 where they are uninjured by winter, are, perhaps, the 

 most valuable of all Roses ; a good type of this class is 

 seen in the Lamarque (white.) The Tea varieties are 

 characterized by slender growth, great delicacy of color- 

 ing, and the rich tea fragrance from which the class 

 derives its name. Safrano (orange yellow) may be 

 taken as a type of these. The Bengal class is not quite 

 so numerous or varied in color, but is now so inter, 

 mixed with the Bourbon and Tea, that it is difficult 





