134 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



ROSA LAWRENCIANA. 



THE MINIATURE HOSE. 



THESE diminutive rases, were first introduced 

 from China, where the greatest efforts of horticul- 

 ture are directed towards dwarfing every tree, 

 shrub, or plant. In this instance, however, it is no 

 peculiar mode of treatment that has stunted the 

 growth of the plant, or diminished the size of the 

 flowers ; but these roses have been the produce of 

 seeds saved from the smallest flowers of the kind, 

 year after year, till they now have become the 

 fairies of the tribe. In France they cultivate about 

 a dozen varieties of these Lilliputians, varying in 

 colour from nearly white to dark crimson. In this 

 country, where almost every flower must be a 

 Goliah, before it is admired, this family has been 

 nearly lost sight of. Indeed, they are entirely 

 buried, when planted among those gorgeous flow- 

 ers we have already attempted faintly to describe. 

 It is therefore necessary, in cultivating the minia- 

 ture rose, to grow them in a spot by themselves ; 

 for this purpose a slightly elevated position is the 

 best, the ground having been prepared in the same 

 manner as directed for Bengals or Teas. The fol- 



