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to one hundred, forming a conical corymb of about 

 sixteen inches in diameter, the whole plant appear- 

 ing in the distance like a pagoda of snow inter- 

 spersed with foliage of the brightest green ; the 

 growth is very rapid, making ten to twelve feet in 

 a season. Madame d* Jlrblay , or Wells' White 

 Climber, has been highly extolled ; in growth it is 

 the giant of climbers, for strength and rapidity ex- 

 celling any that I have seen; the foliage is also 

 very strong, partaking, in that respect, of the 

 Bourbon family. Its flowers are pure white, like 

 the preceding, and produced in very large bunches. 

 It is of a very hardy nature, and will withstand 

 severe cold without being the least affected. For 

 covering arches, arbours, or such erections, it has 

 no equal : there is no doubt of its also being an 

 excellent variety to propagate for stocks whereon 

 to bud or graft the finer sorts of Bengal, Tea, or 

 Bourbon Roses, having no appearance of being 

 liable to sucker from the root. 



Ruse Blanche, or Bengalensis Scandens, is ap- 

 parently a hybrid between some of the Semper- 

 virens and Tea family; its very large flowers, 

 about three and a half inches in diameter, perfectly 

 double, of a waxy blush colour delicately suffused 

 with white, are objects of great attraction, and 

 admired wherever seen ; it is moreover a very 

 early rose. Whoever has visited the celebrated 



