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in height from six inches (one of these would fit in a 

 teacup) to six feet ; well may it be called the "Queen 

 of the garden," its reign is perpetual its claim un- 

 contested ; it has possession of every part of the 

 globe, from the " Indus to the Pole." We have our 

 own peculiar Rose in this country, the Rosa hibernica, 

 which, though it possesses the valuable properties of 

 scent and durability of flower, has not been improved 

 by our florists more shame to them. The Scotch 

 have obtained two hundred varieties of their Rose, 

 (Rosa spinosissima,) which grows wild also on our 

 hills and coasts. These varieties (some of them 

 very beautiful) have been obtained by transplanting 

 some of them with the ordinary sorts, with which 

 they have hybridized, and from the seeds all these 

 varieties have sprung up. Some of the lately-intro- 

 duced varieties partake of the nature of the ever- 

 blossoming Rose, (the Chinese, or Rosa sinensis,) 

 being Hybrids from it, and flowering at several 

 seasons. 



ROCK ROSE, (OR CISTUS.) 



" Fair Cista, rival of the rosy dawn." 



The Cistus has great and beautiful varieties ; its 

 flowers are very fugacious, but happily, constant in 

 succession ; it is properly a half-hardy shrub, and 

 requires a warm aspect. 



MAGNOLIA, 



"Lets the delicious secret out, 

 To eVry breeze that roams about." 



The American Magnolia is superb, and must have 

 a sunny position. The Magnolia glauca exhales 



