20 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



Horticultural expeditions at present engaged in 

 exploring that hitherto sealed country. 



ROSA MULTIFLORA. 



THK MULTIFLORA HOSE 



Is a native of Japan, and is consequently more 

 hardy than the preceding family. Its name is as 

 familiar to the ear as that of the rose itself. It was 

 among the first that ever had any celebrity in this 

 vicinity, and I have no doubt of its having been 

 cultivated in this country thirty years ago. In dry 

 soils it is tolerably hardy, and south of this per- 

 fectly so. The flowers are produced in such pro- 

 fusion that it has often received the cognomen of 

 wreath-rose. The treatment and pruning may be 

 the same as recommended for Rosa Sempervirens. 

 Several varieties have been produced from it, which 

 in some instances rivalled the original. JLlba is a 

 blush white, in every character similar to the fol- 

 lowing, except in colour. Multiflora is the name 

 of the oldest cultivated sort. The flowers are per- 

 fectly double, cupped shape, produced in clusters of 

 a pretty pink colour, about an inch in diameter. 

 When first brought into notice about Philadelphia, 



