130 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



&c., but is known with us under the two former 

 names only. Triomph de Gand approaches the 

 former, but the colours are not so varied, and the 

 plant is more robust in habit. Vinella is a very 

 old dark crimson rose, remarkable for its blooming 

 perfectly, only when the weather is very hot ; it 

 stands erect, when many others fade under the op- 

 pressive sun of the months of July and August. 

 Washington, was one of our first American seed- 

 ling roses, grown by the old house of D. and C. 

 Landreth; it is yet a distinct variety in both 

 flowers and foliage ; the former are crimson, with 

 white at the bottom of the petals, and frequently 

 striped much more distinctly than Don Carlos; the 

 foliage is a pale peculiar green, with red nerves ; it 

 grows and blooms freely. 



This tribe of the rose family is yet susceptible of 

 great improvement; we want some of pale rose 

 and blush colours, with a few of dark rich crimson. 

 For the former, we strongly urge the impregnating 

 of Meillez with Bosanquet and Queen of Lorn- 

 hardy; and Roi des Cramoises with Marjolin; 

 the offspring of these will doubtless give some 

 choice sorts. We have plants of one and two years 

 growth from many of the finest Bengals, but they 

 have* i not yet arrived to such perfection of growth 

 and inflorescence as to enable us to decide upon 

 their respective merits. It now requires a very 



