54 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



hi their time of blooming. This practice is often 

 resorted to in Europe, which greatly retards their 

 bloom in cool or moist climates ; but with us the 

 results are not so decisive, yet they are quite per- 

 ceptible. Many of the sorts sucker freely ; in such 

 cases the superfluous ones should be removed in 

 the spring, and planted where wanted, or destroyed. 



VARIETIES OF ROSA GALLICA. 



STRIPED, SPOTTED, AJfD MARBLED. 



To Rosa Gallica we are indebted for nearly all 

 these curiously spotted, mottled, and striped roses 

 recently brought into cultivation. The very old 

 Swarf Rosa Mundi is a pure Gallica, and is fre- 

 quently confounded with the true York and Lan- 

 caster Rose, which is a pure damask, and a strong 

 grower; the former is the type of what we are 

 about to describe, and although many have been 

 imported by us under this class, I must acknow- 

 ledge that there are few distinct enough with other 

 perfect characters to merit the attention of the rose 

 growing amateur ; all parti-colouring in the rose is 

 greatly defaced by exposure to the full rays of the 

 sun in a day of June ; it is necessary, therefore, to 



