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ate them ; and though they form very pleasing clumps when 

 growing wild, it is not certain that they could be made so beautiful 

 even for that purpose alone as selected cultivated sorts. What are 

 known as the Scotch roses are valuable only for the extreme earli- 

 ness of their flowers. Their growth is slender, stiff, and very thorny, 

 and they send up innumerable suckers. The flowers are small, 

 semi-double, and numerous. 



Division II. — Hybrid Perpetual Roses which Bloom More 

 THAN Once each Season. 



This division embraces classes of roses that differ widely in 

 many respects. Some flower but twice, others are in almost con- 

 stant bloom till late in autumn. Some are quite hardy, others half- 

 hardy, others, among the Noisette, China, and tea roses, are tender 

 house-plants, though many of these may be wintered out with care- 

 ful protection. The China and tea roses are the original perpetuals, 

 and all the other classes have been created by hybridizing with one 

 or another of the numerous species of June roses, and " breeding 

 in-and-in " with these crosses to produce all the varieties now in 

 cultivation. All are hybrid perpetuals ; but those which show 

 some resemblance to the families with which they are crossed are 

 separated into classes as follows : 



Class I. Perpetual Moss Roses. — The name signifies their 

 character. The following are good sorts, but are not so mossy as 

 the parent species, blooming in June : 



1. Alfred de Dalmas, light blush, in clusters ; blooms freely. 



2. Eugenie Giiinoiseau, deep cherry ; large, and quite mossy. 



3. Madame Edward Orj, rosy carmine, large ; not vigorous. 



4. Pompone., dark crimson ; blooms freely in autumn. 



5. Perpetual White, white; large clusters of buds and flowers. 



6. Salet, bright rose ; quite mossy ; a free grower and bloomer. 



Class II. Hybrid Perpetuals or Remontants. — Though all 

 the roses of this division are really hybrid perpetuals, our nursery- 



