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iliis is best done in the Spring. Propagation is easily 

 (fleeted from seeds, cuttings, and layers, by grafting, 

 budding, or inarching. The following are some of the 

 best of a great number of different varieties : 



Ii. caKfornicum, 8 ft. high, with rose purple flowers, 

 appearing in June. 



Ji. catawbiense, <> ft. high, with lilac purple flowers, 

 appearing in July. 



R. caucasicum, 1 ft. high, whose flowers are rose 

 with white centres, and appear in August. 



R. ci/idti/m, '2 ft. high, with pale reddish purple 

 flowers, appearing in May. 



R. JDahuricum, (> ft. high, with bright red flowers, 

 appearing in March. 



R. Farrerce, 3 ft. high, with pale lilac rose flowers, 

 appearing in March. 



R.ferrugineunii 1 ft. high, whose flowers are scarlet 

 with yellow spots, and appear in May, June, and July. 



A*. Fortune'), 12 ft., with pale rose flowers, appearing 

 in May. 



R. hirsutum, '2 ft., with pale red flowers, appearing 

 in May, June, and July. 



R. ponticum, 12 ft., with purple flowers, appearing 

 in May. 



A*. Rollisoni, 15 ft., with blood-red flowers, appearing 

 in April and May. 



