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each should stand upon its own merits, and not on the charac- 

 teristics of an imaginary class. 



" 3. Musk, known by its rather rougher foliage. 



" 4. Macartney, known by its very rich, glossy foliage, almost 

 evergreen. 



"5. Microphylla, easily distinguished by its peculiar foliage 

 and straggling habit. 



" The third general head we divide into five classes : 



" 1. Garden Roses. This includes all the present French, 

 Provence, Hybrid Provence, Hybrid China, Hybrid Bourbon, 

 White, and Damask Roses, many of which, under the old 

 arrangement, differ more from others in their own class than 

 from many in another class. 



" 2. Moss Roses, all of which are easily distinguished. 



" 3. Brier Roses, which will include the Sweet Brier, Hy- 

 brid Sweet Brier, and Austrian Brier. 



" 4. The Scotch Rose. 



" 5. Climbing Rose ; which are again divided into all the 

 distinctive subdivisions." 



ROSES THAT BLOOM DURING THE WHOLE SEASON. 



Remontant Roses. " The term Remontant," says Mr. Par- 

 sons, " signifying, literally, to grow again, we have chosen to 

 designate this class of Roses, there being no word in our lan- 

 guage equally expressive. They were formerly called Damask 

 and Hybrid Perpetuals, but are distinguished by their peculiar- 

 ity of distinct and separate periods of bloom. They bloom with 

 the other roses in early summer, then cease for a while, then 

 make a fresh bloom, and thus through the summer and autumn, 

 differing entirely from the Bourbon and Bengal Roses, which 

 grow and bloom continually through the summer." This class 

 of Roses require longer time to establish themselves from layers 

 than any others, as they are not often fit to detach from the old 

 plant till the second year. Budding is resorted to for extensive 

 propagation with this class. Some of the varieties, when 



