62 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



HYBRID CHINESE ROSES. 



UNTIL within a few years this division of the 

 rose was entirely unknown. It has originated from 

 seeds of the Bengal, Tea, and Bourbon roses, im- 

 pregnated with pollen from the Provins, Darnask, 

 Centifolia, and other sorts that bloom only once in 

 the season. The progeny is greatly improved in 

 growth, foliage, colour, and form of flowers, but 

 deficient in the ever blooming tendency of one of 

 the parents; this deficiency is, however, amply 

 made up by the great beauty of the flower, its 

 habit and diversity of brilliant colours ; they pre- 

 sent a combination of the grand and beautiful, 

 which must be seen to be fully realized; for pillars 

 and trellising they are not surpassed ; the wood of 

 many of them is very luxuriant, growing six to 

 ten feet in a season ; the foliage, too, is always 

 agreeable, being generally of a rich glossy green. 

 Others of them are dwarf and very compact in 

 their habits ; in fact they offer every shade of colour 

 (none yellow, I believe,) from white to almost 

 black; every variety of growth from one foot 

 upward. Some of them seed abundantly, and 

 there is no end to the variety that may be pro- 



