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was increased, and hundreds of varieties obtained 

 which have been diffused over all Europe." Seve- 

 ral of them are cultivated in this country. We 

 may safely assert that this patriarch of horticulture 

 was the first to grow roses from seed on a grand 

 scale half a century ago. He still lives in the 

 enjoyment of all his faculties, retaining at his ad- 

 vanced age much of his former originality of mind, 

 and to him I am indebted for the communication of 

 many practical facts, the result of his long and 

 valuable experience. The original varieties of this 

 rose are not esteemed by amateurs in this country. 

 In my fifteen years practice as an American nurse- 

 ryman I have not sold fifty plants of it ; but recent 

 hybrids have given some of them a tendency to 

 bloom three or four times during the season, 

 causing them to be more admired, which will be 

 noticed under the head of Perpetual Roses. In 

 pruning, treat it as described for the Yellow Rose. 



ROSA CENTIFOLIA. 



THE PROVINS, OR CABBAGE ROSE. 



THIS very celebrated and justly popular rose has 

 been an inhabitant of English gardens for nearly 



