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most admired for its large rich buds and blossoms of a deep 

 rose color. 



The Boursalt roses are remarkable for their profusion of 

 flowers, and for their shining, reddish stems, with few 

 thorns. The common Purple or Crimson Boursalt is quite 

 a wonder of beauty in the latter part of May, when trained 

 on the wall of a cottage, being then literally covered with 

 blossoms ; and it is so hardy that scarcely a branch is ever 

 injured by the cold of winter. The Blush and the Elegans 

 are still richer and finer varieties of this class of roses, all 

 of which are well worthy of attention. 



We have to regret that the inclemency of our winters 

 will not permit us to cultivate the White European 

 Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) out of the garden, as even 

 there it requires a slight protection in winter. Below the 

 latitude of Philadelphia, however, it will probably succeed 

 well. In the southern states they have a most lovely plant, 

 the Carolina Jasmine (Geheminum), which hangs its 

 beautiful yellow flowers on the very tree tops, and the 

 woods there in spring are redolent with their perfume. 



The connoisseur in vines will not forget the curious 

 Periploca, which grows very rapidly to the height of 40 

 or 50 feet, and bears numerous branches of very curious 

 brown or purple flowers in summer; or the Double- 

 blossoming Brambles, both pink and white, which often 

 make shoots of 20 or 30 feet long in a season, and bear 

 pretty clusters of double flowers in June. All these fine 

 climbers, and several others to be found in the catalogues, 

 may, in the hands of a person of taste, be made to 

 contribute in a wonderful degree to the variety, elegance, 

 and beauty of a country residence ; and to neglect to 

 introduce them would be to refuse the aid of some of the 



