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class of Roses lack one important quality, that is, fragrance. 



Ayrshire Roses. This family of Roses are great ram- 

 blers, producing a long, slender, luxuriant growth ; but, 

 in a northern climate, they cannot be relied on as being 

 perfectly hardy, unless laid down and covered over. They 

 produce very pretty flowers, in clusters, mostly white. 

 They are desirable for covering " unsightly places, old 

 buildings and decayed trees." " The Ayrshire Roses are 

 also valuable for weeping trees. When budded on some 

 stock eight or ten feet high, the branches quickly reach 

 the ground, and protecting the stem by their close foliage; 

 present a weeping tree of great beauty, loaded with flow- 

 ers." 



One of the most desirable varieties is the Dundee 

 Rambler; flowers in large clusters, white, edged with 

 pink, and the double blush. 



Hybrid China, Bourbons, etc. Of tliis class there are 

 many varieties, suitable for pillars, or poles, but which it 

 will be the safest course to be careful of in the winter, in 

 the New England States. In climbing Roses, length is 

 an important feature; and. if these hybrids are left 

 without protection, they may lose a large portion of the 

 new wood, unless laid down and covered cover. Rivers's 

 George the Fourth is a Hybrid China ; grows about ten 

 feet high ; flowers large, of a very rich crimson color. 

 This is also a fine dwarf Rose, when pruned down, and, 

 like most of the Hybrid China Roses, stands perfectly 

 well in the open ground, but the tops are always winter- 

 killed here. 



Belle Theresa. Hybrid China. A rampant grower, 

 with rich dark purple-crimson flowers, in clusters, under 

 medium size. 



Fulgens. Hybrid China, has beautiful bright scarlet- 

 cupped flowers. 



Gloire de Rosemene. Bourbon. This fine Rose inves 



