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can surpass that emanating from a bush of Sweet 

 Briar in the dewy evenings of June ? It pleases 

 not the eye, for the single Sweet Briar bears 

 flowers, in comparison with other roses, quite in- 

 conspicuous ; but it gratifies in a high degree by 

 its delicious perfume, and gives to the mind most 

 agreeable associations, for it is so often (at least 

 in Hertfordshire) the inhabitant of the pretty 

 English cottage-garden such a garden as one 

 sees nowhere but in England. The Single Sweet 

 Briar is a native plant, growing in dry and chalky 

 soils in some of the southern counties; from it 

 the following varieties, with some others, have 

 been originated, more or less hybridised. The 

 Cluster Sweet Briar, with semi-double rosy lilac 

 flowers. The Celestial, a beautiful little rose, 

 with flowers very double and fragrant, of the 

 palest flesh-colour, approaching to white. Hes- 

 soise, or Petite Hessoise, is a pretty French 

 hybrid, with bright rose-coloured flowers, and 

 leaves not so fragrant as some others. The Mon- 

 strous Sweet Briar is a very old variety, with 

 large and very double flowers, distinct and good. 

 Maiden's Blush and Manning's Blush are both 

 double and pretty, with fragrant leaves like the 

 original. Eose Angle Sweet Briar is a new va- 

 riety, raised from seed by Mr. Martin, of Eose 

 Angle, near Dundee : this produces large and 

 very double flowers, of a bright rose-colour ; its 

 foliage is also very fragrant. The Splendid Sweet 

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