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ter having a sweet perfume, as though it had just 

 returned from a visit to the violet — should be in 

 every collection of mural Roses. The plants 

 should be on their own roots, and those roots 

 should be well protected during the winter months. 

 It cannot be warranted perfectly hardy, but witJi 

 careful iniilchiiig there is scarcely one frost in a 

 lifetime which will kill it. It may be injured even 

 to the ground, but it will come up again with 

 wondrous rapidity. 



Under favorable circumstances, the growth of 

 this Rose is most luxuriant. A French v/riter on 

 Roses tells us of a tree at Toulon which covered a 

 wall 75 feet in breadth and 15 to 18 in height, 

 and which had fifty thousand flowers in simul- 

 taneous bloom ; and specimens may be seen in our 

 own gardens and conservatories which repress any 

 unbelief in those who have not seen the lovely luxu- 

 riance with which it grows in sunnier climes. 

 There is neither height nor width of masonry 

 which it cannot surmount and cover ; and when 

 you see it, as I have seen it, intermixed with 

 Bougainvillea spectabilis, and with the branches of 

 the Judas-tree, and blending its golden glories 

 with their crimson and roseate sheen, you get 

 some idea what the writer means who talks about 

 being " drunk with beauty." The trees should be 



