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searched for this rose near the ruins of Psestum, 

 and other parts of Italy, but no species or variety 

 has been found at all approaching to it in cha- 

 racter. Our very old Damask Rose, the Red 

 Monthly, not the comparatively new rose, ' Rose 

 a Quatre Saisons' of the French, but the Red 

 Monthly rose of our oldest writers on gardening, 

 is probably the rose which was cultivated so ex- 

 tensively in Egypt and in Rome for its quality of 

 flowering in autumn. I have frequently observed 

 the stools* of this variety, when pruned late in 

 spring, not only to flower in June and Sep- 

 tember, but also in the latter month to put forth 

 branches, which in October were covered with 

 flower buds. Now these, owing to our cold rains 

 in November, never come to perfection ; but in the 

 warm climates of Egypt and Italy, they would 

 doubtless bloom abundantly even as late as No- 

 vember. Modern gardening has made rapid 

 strides in rose culture : our varieties of autumnal 

 roses are already almost innumerable ; and among 

 them are the most fragrant and beautiful roses 

 known. 



THE PERPETUAL MOSS ROSE. 



A NEW race of moss roses has within these few 

 years sprung up, and likely to be very interesting. 

 They are not abundant autumnal bloomers, but 



* These are old plants used for layering, and are cut down 

 closely every season. 



