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very double and prettily cupped. Rampant, as 

 its name implies, is a most vigorous and rampant 

 grower, and a very pretty pure white rose. This 

 will cover a wall or building with nearly as much 

 rapidity as the common Ayrshire. Rose Foncee 

 has very dark shining green foliage, and varies in 

 the colour of its flowers ; for this season (1837) 

 they have not, by any means, been either a bright 

 or deep rose-colour, though in 1836 they were 

 very distinct and in character. Scandens is a 

 hybrid Sempervirens, having much of the Ayr- 

 shire habit, and making shoots of an immense 

 length in one season. Its flowers are of a delicate 

 buff when they first open, but they soon change 

 to a pale flesh-colour. Alice Grey is the poetical 

 name given to this rose by some nurserymen. 

 Spectabile, or Rose Ayez of some catalogues, is a 

 fine and distinct climbing rose, with bright rosy 

 lilac flowers, and curiously incised petals ; a most 

 vigorous-growing and desirable variety. Triomphe 

 de Bolwyller, or Sempervirens Odorata, is a 

 hybrid between the Rosa Sempervirens and the 

 Tea-scented China Rose, and decidedly the finest 

 climbing rose known ; its large globular flowers 

 are very fragrant, and much like Noisette La- 

 marque, differing slightly in colour. This rose 

 often blooms in the autumn, and that pleasing 

 quality makes it still more desirable. 



The varieties of Rosa Sempervirens are of the 

 easiest culture, as they seem to flourish in all soils 



