136 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



quainted, and do suppose, as he says it is, "a fact/' 

 although I have not been able to get possession of 

 the plant. 



ROSA BOURBONIANA. 



THE BOURBOST HOSE. 



IT is about six years since we predicted that this 

 group of roses, in a few years, would be the most 

 popular of the whole family of the "Queen of 

 Flowers;" that prediction is now literally fulfilled, 

 in the great demand by all the admirers and culti- 

 vators of the rose, for the varieties of this family. 

 Our readers will allow that the taste thus created 

 within a few years is not to be wondered at, when 

 we have held up to their admiration the choice 

 bouquet of these flowers which we have now to 

 present. As this family has become so very popu- 

 lar, its history, no doubt, will prove interesting to 

 many, and is indeed worthy of some attention. 



The first of this rose is said to have been im- 

 ported from the Isle of Bourbon to France in 1S22, 

 and is there known in the catalogue of the French 

 growers as Rose de Ulle de Bourbon. It attracted 



