56 ROSES. [March 



Moss, perpetual white, blooming in clusters. 



unique de Provence, white. 



Negritina, pink, very compact, imbricated and double. 

 Nonpareil, rosy red, compact and perfectly double. 

 Oillet parfait, striped like a carnation. 

 Perlet des panaches, striped rose and white. 



red, see red Provins. 



white, see white Provins. 



Provins cabbage, see Cabbage Provins. 

 Queen of violets, violet colour, compact, cupped and very 

 double. 



Caroline, fine changeable red, cupped and double. 



Sweetbrier, single pink. 



celestial, blush, fine double flowered. 



Unique or white Provins, pure white, very large globular, 



and double, superb. 

 Unique striped, often is perfectly white, and merely a sporfc 



from the former. 



Village Maid, or Belle Rubine, striped. 

 Yellow Persian, the finest yellow rose grown. 



We mention these as fine; but, among several thousand 

 cultivated varieties of the garden rose, there must be many 

 of equal, if not surpassing beauty; of Rosa spinosissima, 

 there are about five hundred varieties; Roxa yallica, two 

 hundred; R. ccntifolia, one hundred and fifty; R. damascene, 

 above one hundred; R. alba, fifty; R. rubiginbsa, thirty; 

 and of various sorts above eleven hundred. In several indi- 

 vidual collections of Europe, there are cultivated above fifteen 

 hundred species, sub-species, and varieties. 



When planted, they are too frequently crowded indiscri- 

 minately among other shrubs, which prevents them having 

 the effect they would h.ive if planted singly or grouped. 

 They vary in size, in different sorts, from one to ten feet. 

 When planted in the latter method, they should be assimi- 

 lated in size of leaves and manner of growth, with the great- 

 est variation of flower; or, if planted in small patches, each 

 distinct in colour, will have a very picturesque effect. Another 

 desirable and fanciful method is to plant them in figures, 

 with edgings of wire, willow, or any other substitute, in 

 imitation of basket-work, which is called " baskets of roses ;" 

 the ground enclosed in the basket margin to be made convex, 

 which will present a greater surface to the eve ; the strong 



