134 J^eio variety of the Michigan Rose. 



summer; the smaller bulbs doing better by this treatment than 

 by potting; giving an opportunity to the florist to use his en- 

 tire stock of bulbs, and in selecting the stronger for the cul- 

 ture of the succeeding winter. J. L. R. 

 Feb. 17, 1842. 



Art. IV. Some notice of a new variety of the Michigan 

 Rose, (Rosa rubifolia.) By An Amateur. 



Three years ago, I received from Mr. Samuel Feast, of 

 Baltimore, a small lot of roses. One of them was a seed- 

 ling of our superb native, i^osa rubifolia, (the Detroit or 

 Michigan rose.) The terms in which Mr. Feast mentioned 

 it, were not such as to excite very high expectations; being, 

 however, a variety of a species that I greatly admired, it was 

 planted in a good situation, and its period of flowering looked 

 forward to with some anxiety. 



The first year it did nothing — gave no indications of excel- 

 lence. But by the second spring, it had become well estab- 

 lished, and then it fully vindicated its parentage — it indeed 

 proved to be a variety of surpassing beauty. 



It is distinguished, like its parent, for luxuriance of growth, 

 and, like it, produces its flowers in large clusters. The 

 flower is very double, and of an exquisite form, being per- 

 fectly symmetrical and deeply cupped, with petals of a camel- 

 lia-like appearance. Its color is a fine pink, with slight vari- 

 ations of brilliancy in the flowers of the same cluster; and it 

 possesses the property most unusual in a rose, of retaining its 

 beauty unafi'ected by our scorching suns, for several days. 



I have bloomed some of the best varieties of the Ayrshire, 

 and several other fine running roses; but though they are very 

 beautiful, this seedling is superior to any of them. Mr. 

 Feast calls it the Beauty of the Prairies. 



I have recently learned that Mr. Feast has been so fortunate 

 as to raise four other beautiful varieties of the same species, 

 the names and characters being as follows: — 



Baltimore Belle, with blush centre, flowering in large 

 clusters. 



