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some the best. The flowers are of a deep rose color, with a 

 white stripe in the centre of each petal. They have a peculiar 

 globular, cap-shaped form. This variety is the most luxurious 

 grower of any of the class, making a surprising growth in rich 

 soil. The flowers of all the varieties are produced in clusters. 



Baltimore Belle. The flowers are a pale, waxy blush, 

 almost white, very double, in large clusters ; like the other, 

 perfectly hardy. 



Rosa superba has pale, delicate blush roses, in large clusters, 

 the flowers not so large as the Baltimore Belle. 



Perpetual Pink produces flowers in great profusion, which 

 continue in long succession ; rather small, but in large clusters, 

 varying from light-pink to purple. In addition to those de- 

 scribed, there are many other varieties equally desirable, and 

 new sorts are every year produced. This class of Roses lack 

 one important quality, that is, fragrance. 



Ayrshire Roses. This family of Roses are great ramblers, 

 producing a long, slender, luxuriant growth ; but, in a northern 

 climate, they cannot be relied on as being perfectly hardy, un- 

 less laid down and covered over. They produce very pretty 

 flowers, in clusters, mostly white. They are desirable for cov- 

 ering " 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 flowers." 



Some of the most desirable varieties are the Dundee Ram- 

 bler ; flowers in large clusters, white, edged with pink, and the 

 double blush. 



Hybrid China, Bourbons, fyc. Of this 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 Eng- 

 land States. In climbing Roses, length is an important feat- 

 ure ; and if these hybrids are left without protection, they 

 may lose a large portion of the new wood, unless laid down 



