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be expected, and these would partake largely of 

 the character of the Sweet Briar. 



THE AUSTRIAN BRIAR. 



(EOS A LUTE A.) 



The Austrian Briar, a native of the South of 

 Europe, is found on the hills of the North of 

 Italy, producing copper or red, as well as yellow 

 flowers ; but, strange to say, though the flowers 

 are invariably single, yet they never produce seed. 

 In this country also it is with extreme difficulty, 

 and only by fertilising its flowers, that seed can be 

 perfected : if the flowers are examined they will 

 all be found deficient in pollen, which accounts 

 for this universal barrenness. A Double Copper 

 Austrian Briar is yet a desideratum. 



The Copper or Ked Austrian, the Capucine of 

 the French, is a most singular rose ; the inside of 

 each petal is of a bright copper red, the outside 

 inclining to sulphur : this*- rose is most impatient 

 of a smoky atmosphere, and will not put forth a 

 single bloom within ten or twelve miles of Lon- 

 don. The Double Yellow, or Williams's Double 

 Yellow Sweet Briar, is a pretty double rose, 

 raised from the Single Yellow Austrian by Mr. 

 Williams, of Pitmaston, a few years since : this 

 blooms more freely than the original species, and 

 is a most desirable variety. Kosa Harrisonii is 



