194 FLOWER-GARDEN CLIMBING ROSES. [APRIL. 



No. 16. R. scarlet multiflora^ is darker in colour than 

 No. 14, but is not properly a scarlet flower. , 



No. 17. R. purple multiflora. We suspect that there 

 is some confusion in this plant being confounded either 

 with Scarlet multiflora or with Grevillii. Plants import- 

 ed as such have proved to be the latter. 



No. 1 8. R. Grevlllii, is a very curious rose, flowered 

 the first time with us in June 1830. It is of the variety 

 of No. 1 4, and of China origin ; growth free and luxu- 

 riant ; leaves large and deeply nerved ; flowers in large 

 clusters, almost every eye of the wood of last year pro- 

 ducing one cluster, having on it from eight to twenty 

 roses, according to the state of the plant, each rose 

 expanding differently in colour or shade. Many suppose 

 that they expand all of the same colour, and change 

 afterwards. This is not the case. We have seen them 

 white, pink, red, purple, and various other shades when 

 the bloom expanded; and on two clusters we have ob- 

 served twenty-two distinct shades of colour. In fact, 

 it is a complete nondescript, having roses, single, semi- 

 double, and double, large and small, and every colour 

 between white and purple, forming, in every garden 

 where it is planted, a wonder of the vegetable world. 

 It is very hardy ; an eastern aspect will answer it best, 

 preserving the flowers from the direct rays of the sun, 

 which will keep the colours purer. We readily recom- 

 mend it to every lover of Flora. 



No. 19. R. arvensis scandens multiplex ^ or double Ayr- 

 shire. We imported this rose last year, as being a very 

 double blush, sweet-scented variety. It is highly 





