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are white. Rosa Grevillia, a running rose, also from China, 

 the flowers of various colors. Rosa rubifolia, Easpberry-leaved 

 Rose, from our Northern frontiers, and extending over the 

 Western country ; although a single flowering rose, it produces 

 large bunches of flowers, which are differently colored on the 

 same bunch, exactly like the former China kind, and is another 

 instance of the similarity of the native Chinese plants to those 

 of our country. 



Rosa canina, fl. pleno, English double Dog Rose, is a very 

 pretty little double rose, and will run to a great height. Rosa 

 JBanksii, Lady Banks's double white China running Rose ; it 

 runs up and spreads much: it may be easily known from 

 others of the running roses, by its being entirely destitute of 

 prickles. Rosa Noisette, and Champney's, are said to have been 

 raised from China seed in Carolina ; they are not strictly run- 

 ning roses, but as they grow tall are fine ornaments for the 

 shrubbery, flowering during the whole of the summer and 

 autumn, in large clusters. The Madeira Rose, or double white 

 cluster, musk, flowers throughout the summer and autumn 

 months, and is therefore well adapted for the shrubbery. Rosa 

 Cherokensis, called the Nondescript, or Georgia Rose; the 

 flowers are very large, being white, with yellow centre. This 

 is a running rose, growing very high around trees, etc. 



Rosa rubiginosa, or Sweetbrier, is too well known to need 

 description. 



PROPAGATION OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



Flowering shrubs are variously propagated by slips, cut- 

 tings, layers, suckers, buds, or scions; and these may be thus 

 defined : 



1. Slips are simply small branches, slipped down from the 

 side of a large branch, or from the main stem. These should 



