84 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



climbing to an enormous extent, and large plants', 

 completely covered with thousands of its very 

 double and perfect flowers, having a fine appear- 

 ance. The Single White is also grown in Italy ; 

 from this I have this season (1837) raised several 

 hundreds of seedlings ; the seed I received from 

 Signor Crivelli, of Como, an Italian Rose amateur,, 

 very much devoted to gardening ; all the varieties 

 of this family are interesting, as they differ sa 

 much from other roses. Alba, or the Double 

 White, is rather a misnomer, for it is not pure 

 white, but rather a pale flesh-colour, pretty and 

 distinct. Crivellii is a new variety, and one of 

 the prettiest; its flowers are of a brilliant and 

 changeable red, very unique ; it is a free grower,, 

 and well deserves attention. Elegant is a most 

 beautiful little rose, changing from blush to nearly 

 pure white : it is a little hybridised, and con- 

 sequently more hardy than the true Rosa multi- 

 flora. Fragrans is a most robust growing variety* 

 but it has not yet bloomed in this country. Scarlet 

 Grevillia or Russelliana is a hybrid, differing much 

 in character from the other varieties of this family; 

 it is more hardy, but does not climb so freely; 

 still it is a beautiful and distinct rose: its large 

 clusters of shaded crimson flowers have a fine 

 effect on a pillar. Grevillia, or the Seven Sisters* 

 Rose, is a vigorous climber, blooming in large 

 clusters, which show a curious diversity of colours; 

 for, soon after expansion, the flowers change from 



