14 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



most requires it; of course, all suckers or shoots 

 below the bud or graft must be displaced. It was 

 introduced in 1829-30. The following sorts are 

 most worthy of notice : 



Jlmadis or Elegans are the same; of rapid 

 growth, makes a most magnificent pyramid of 

 rich purple ^crimson; the flowers are produced in 

 clusters,, are perfectly double, and of considerable 

 Duration, ".tvtite .Boiirsaulf, Blush, Bengal Flo- 

 rida, Rose de Lisle, the same rose, known under 

 all these, and even some other names ; the flowers 

 are very large, of a blush colour, with a deep pink 

 centre, pendulous, and very showy, but occasion- 

 ally do not open well. Gracilis, is of slender 

 growth, with bright pink flowers, not fully double, 

 but very profuse. Inermis, has large bright pink 

 flowers, in great profusion; grows rapidly, and is 

 rendered the more desirable by having a little fra- 

 grance, of which, with this exception, this group 

 are entirely destitute. Purpurea, purple crimson 

 flowers, little more than half double ; it is the most 

 common of the tribe, and has been extensively 

 cultivated and sold under the name of Purple 

 Noisette, Maheka, Michigan &c., and is cultivated 

 and sold from the flat boats on the Ohio and Mis- 

 sissippi rivers under all these and several other 

 names ; compared with the preceding sorts, it is 

 not worth culture. Red or Pink is the oldest 



