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and covered over. Rivers' 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, stands per- 

 fectly 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 gives a 

 succession of fine bright crimson-scarlet flowers, but rather 

 tender. 



Brennus, Hybrid China, has large bright scarlet-crim- 

 son flowers. 



Blanchfleur. Hybrid China. Pure white ; of a very 

 double and compact form, and an abundant bloomer ; about six 

 feet high. 



Madame d'Arbly. Hybrid climber, of great luxuriance, 

 flowers white, in exuberant clusters ; too tender for the North. 



La Tourterelle, or Dove Rose, Hybrid China, a very 

 luxuriant grower, but succeeds well as a dwarf Rose, when 

 pruned down. The flowers are large, cup-shaped, of a pur- 

 plish-lilac or dove color. 



Phillipar, Noisette, or Bourbon, admired for its profu- 

 sion, and peculiar rosy-lilac hue of the flowers, blooming with- 

 out intermission from June to November. 



Of the Hybrid Perpetual Roses, suitable for training, are 

 Madame Laffay, blooming three or four times in the season, 

 with bright rosy flowers ; Prince Albert, already named, with 

 large flowers, of a rich crimson color and perfect shape ; and 

 Youland d'Arragon, with fine, deep flowers. There are some 

 of this class that can be made to grow in rich grounds five to 

 six feet high. 



In planting climbing Roses, they should always be cut down 



