80 CLIMBING ROSES, ETC. [April 



during winter, and are evergreens for screening disagree- 

 able objects or covering arbours. The best of the united 

 groups are 



(r)* Ayrshire tea-scented, or Rosa Ruga, delicate blush, 

 flowers very compact and perfectly double; it is a 

 free-grower and an excellent pillar-rose, with a delight- 

 ful fragrance. There are several others of the Ayr- 

 shire Rose, under very tempting names, such as Double 

 Crimson, Mottled, Eclipse, Ayrshire, Queen, Elegans, 

 &c. These may do for those who wish a multiplicity 

 of names ; but will not take with our floral public, 

 who wish every plant to have some merit as well as a 

 name to recommend it. 



Boursalt, white, Rose de Lisle, Boursalt Florida, Calypso, 

 Pompone Florida, and Bengal Florida, &c, for it is 

 known by all these names, and I have imported it 

 four times, under different names; it is a blush white, 

 and frequently exceedingly large and handsome, and 

 is a pillar rose ; its very double delicate flowers have 

 a fine effect. 



Boursalt elegans, Purple Boursalt, Purple Noisette, &c, 

 flowers of a vivid purple crimson, with an occasional 

 stripe of white, nearly double, and an early and pro- 

 fuse bloomer ; is an excellent rose for an arbour. 



Inermis, very large, bright pink, a little fragrant, 



grows and blooms freely. 



Banksia alba, white, with pink centre, very small, but per- 

 fectly double ; has an agreeable violet perfume, and is 

 a profuse bloomer, but is entirely too delicate to with- 

 stand our winters. This and the following are natives 

 of China : 



lutea, yellow, inclining to buff, in every other cha- 

 racter similar to the former. They are elegant ever- 

 greens in the gardens of our Southern States, and are 

 very highly esteemed ; frequently known under the 

 name of White Evergreen Multifiora, and Yellow Ever- 

 green Multiflora. 



(r)Felicite de perpetua, Noisette florabunda, Abelard sem- 

 pervirens, Noisette compacta, Mademoiselle Etqihrasie, 



* Those marked thus (r) will do admirably for rock-work 



