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varieties may be mentioned P. discolor and F. Riccartonia ; 

 and particularly F. corymbiflora, perhaps the finest of all. 

 Many roses are also well adapted for walls r such as the 

 varieties of Noisette, Boursault, and the different species 

 from China. 



A separate compartment, called the Rosary, is generally 

 devoted to the cultivation of roses. It is often of an oval 

 form, with concentric beds, and narrow intervening walks 

 of grass or gravel, but it may assume any configuration 

 which is suited to display this favorite plant. Of the thou 

 sand varieties of roses which exist in the English nurseries, 

 we pretend not to give any selection. It may, however, be 

 remarked, that in planting the Rosary,, care should be taken 

 to classify the sorts according to the sizes and affinities,, 

 otherwise the effect will be much impaired. The sorts are 

 generally classed as Damasks, Perpetuals, French Roses,. 

 Chinese Roses, Scotch, Celestials, and Moss Roses. A 

 variety of double-flowering Sweet Briers have been recently 

 added to their number, uniting the beauty of the double 

 rose and the fragrance of the brier. The climbing sorts 

 may be advantageously introduced, being trained to pillar- 

 like trellises. In the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh 

 they are trained to living posts,, consisting of straight pop 

 lars, closely pollarded, so as to show only a few leaves at 

 top. The Banksian Rose is one of the finest clinabers, but 

 has this peculiarity, that the flowers are produced only on 

 shoots of one year s growth ; the pruning must therefore- 

 take place at midsummer, so as to allow time for the de 

 velopment of new shoots; if done in the autumn there can 

 be no roses next season. In Scotland it is suited only for 

 the conservatory. When the Rosary is extensive, it is ju 

 dicious to intersperse some of the most showy hollyhocks; 

 for thus the beauty of the quarter is maintained in the later 



