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flowering', and no garden should be without a few of the 

 best varieties. When planted in a clump, the eftect of their 

 profuse bloom is peculiarly showy. A seedling- raised by 

 Mr. Harrison, of New York, a few years since, is said to be 

 a splendid variety : it is of a brilliant deep yellow, and per- 

 fectly double. 



There is a class of roses, denominated hybrids, having- 

 been raised principally between the China rose (R. indica) 

 and the R. giillica. They are exceedingly beautiful, and 

 include among them some of the most splendid Roses known ; 

 one of these is Rivers' George IV. They are most of them 

 hardy enough to live through the cold winters of this cli- 

 mate, without material injury. They are of quick and vigo- 

 rous growth, and healthy appearance ; and will grow in al- 

 most any soil, unfavorable to other roses. 



The Rosa moschdta, of which the old double white of our 

 gardens is a variety, and some other hardy species, I should 

 be glad to name, but I must defer it till some other oppor- 

 tunity. The time is now at hand for budding roses, and 

 should your readers improve the opportimity, I hope they 

 will be somewhat assisted with these few observations. 



Yours, An Amateur. 



Cambridge, July lOth, 1835. 



Art. IV. On the Cultivation of the Daphne odora. By Mr. J. W. 

 Russell, Superinteiident at Mount Auburn. 



Gentlemen, 



Having had frequent solicitations from you and others, to 

 give the results of my practice on the cultivation of the 

 Daphne indica, frequently called, and perhaps more gener- 

 ally known, by the correct and appropriate name of Daphne 

 odora, I cheerfully comply with your request, which, if you 

 think, after a perusal, it is worthy a page in your Magazine, 

 you are welcome to give it an insertion. The season of the 

 year that this delightful plant puts forth its flowers, adds 

 much to its value f through the months of November and 

 December, it will be found in full bloom in almost every 

 green-house ; indeed, no collection can be called complete, if 

 deficient of the daphne ; and when a few well grown plants 

 are tastefully arranged in different parts of the house, the 



