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mean smaller than this; the flower is of a dark 

 blush or rose colour, and about three inches in 

 diameter ; it grows very strong, frequently making 

 shoots five feet long in one season in rich sandy 

 soil ; it is one of the best, for forcing, and thousands 

 of it are sold in the Philadelphia market at from 

 six to one hundred cents per plant. Plants two 

 feet high are grown from small cuttings forced, and 

 sold within twelve months. Such has been the 

 rapidity of rose culture about this city, that fifteen 

 years ago there were not one thousand rose plants 

 in its vicinity, and now there are, at the lowest cal- 

 culation, thirty-five to forty thousand disposed of 

 in the course of a single year. Indica Jllba is the 

 very popular White, Daily Rose first imported to 

 this country in 1828, and now spread through every 

 town, village, and garden of the Union. It is very 

 much like the old White Tea Rose, though the 

 petals are not so thick and waxy as that variety; 

 the plant grows more freely and blooms more pro- 

 fusely; it is also well adapted for early forcing. 

 Icterose is a new creamy- white with yellow centre ; 

 a very double variety, blooming and growing freely, 

 and has much the appearance of being a variety of 

 the Tea, though it has not much of its fragrance. 

 Jacksonia,* is another American, grown from 



* In compliment to President Jackson. 



