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of Trianon, are not purchasable ; but are given away to respectable applicants 

 or exchanged for other plants with eminent nurserymen, by whom they are 

 propagated and dispersed. In this way the Rosa Hardii tjerberifolia, obtained 

 this year by the accidental impregnation of that remarkable plant, the Rosa 

 simplicifolia, or R. monopiiylla [Lowea berberifolia Lindl.'] by R. microphylla 

 growing near it, has fallen into the hands of Cels, by whom it will be shortly 

 placed in circulation. 



" This especial dedication of the Luxembourg Gardens to the cultivation of 

 roses has done much towards their multiplication in France; while the 

 Jardin des Plantes, under the able care of Neumann, as well as several pro- 

 vincial botanical gardens, have taken part in the cause. At Nantes, for 

 instance, was produced, a few years ago, from the accidental impregnation of a 

 Macartney rose by a Rosa indica odorata, the beautiful R. Maria Leonida, 

 now in general favour, which flowers in great perfection till the commence- 

 ment of winter ; while, among the Paris nurserymen remarkable as rose- 

 growers. Noisette has given his name to a most beautiful and prolific variety, 

 obtained in the first instance at Charleston, in the United States, by his 

 brother, Philip Noisette. Having amassed a considerable fortune, the Noi- 

 settes no longer continue to raise roses from seed; and this branch of culti- 

 vation is engrossed at Paris by Laffay, a most enthusiastic and intelligent 

 gardener, and Vibert, who has written some valuable treatises on the culture 

 of roses. Cels and Sisley-Vandael export largely to England; the latter 

 excelling in the production of the Base The, or scented China rose. Calvert 

 and Prevost of Rouen also dcspr.tch large collections to England ; and Sedy 

 and Plenty, at Lyons, have obtained many curious varieties. Boursault's 

 celebrated collection has fallen to decay ; while that of one of the first growers 

 who attained much distinction, Descemet of St. Denis, was cut up by the 

 Enghsh troops in ISl-i; when the horticulturist, unable to obtain indemnifi- 

 cation from government, proceeded to Russia, and reestablished himself with 

 honour and success. [He has the management of the government garden at 

 Nikitka, in the Crimea.] 



" In the royal rosary at Versailles, standards may be seen which have at- 

 tained 18 ft. in height, grafted with twenty different varieties of rose. The 

 same branch of rose culture is practised with great success at Brussels and 

 Diisseldorf. In the imperial gardens at Monza, near Milan, thirty-nine va- 

 rieties of China rose have been obtained by the [late] celebrated Villaresi ; and 

 Genoa, Marseilles, and Avignon have added to the number. At Lyons, mucli 

 attention has been devoted to the culture of roses ; and, among other rarities 

 now flourishing in their gardens, they have that beautiful miniature, the Law- 

 rencean rose (which in England attains a height of between 2 in. and G in.), 

 in bushes 6 ft. high, retaining all its original specific characters of inflorescence. 



" The numerous varieties of our native Scotch rose are in high estimation 

 on the Continent, as well as many others obtained in England; such as the 

 R. Smithii, a double yellow rose, obtained by the gardener of Lady Liverpool ; 

 the George IV., obtained by Rivers, jun.; the Stanvvell perpetual, an acci- 

 dental hybrid, found in Mr. Lee's garden at Stanwell ; and many varieties of moss 

 roses, the greater number of which beautiful family were obtained in England. 

 The China or Bengal rose, sent to the Botanic Garden at Kew about the year 

 1780, from Canton, by a botanist named Ker, did not reach France till the 

 year 1800. The Rosa Banksiae, and that singular rose, R. microphylla, both 

 natives of China, also reached the Continent by means of the botanists of 

 England. 



" There is not a more perplexing or more amusing branch of fiorticulture, 

 than that of sowing with a view to the production of new varieties. Every 

 season affords valuable acquisitions; and, at the annual epoch of flowering, the 

 excitement of the enthusiastic rose-grower is at its height. Lafliiy, for instance, 

 has this season obtained a vigorous and very thorny variety of Rosa Banksiae; 

 which, should it fulfil his expectations, by producing, next summer, flowers of 

 a vivid pink, will afford a highly valuable addition to the Banksian tribe. 



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