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short period have become so extensive and varied 

 in colour and character that the parentage of many 

 is difficult to point out. But unfortunately there 

 are those that pass for perpetual, which, with all 

 our art we cannot cause to produce even a second 

 blooming in the season, except by demolishing all 

 the buds they form in June to make them flower 

 in September. Many of them have another fea- 

 ture of obstinacy, and this is, that in rooting by 

 layers, they nearly all, take two years to form root- 

 lets ; we have, in consequence, either to graft or bud 

 them on other roses at any desired height. Seve- 

 ral of them were brought into notice before the 

 famous Bourbon Roses, and were looked upon as 

 the ne plus ultra of the Rosary. The perfection 

 and beauty of many of their flowers cannot even 

 yet be outvied, and their stiffness of habit is not 

 unpleasant when properly placed. The best form 

 to grow them is on standards, from six inches to 

 four feet high. They are perfectly hardy in all 

 latitudes where the Damask Rose will grow. In 

 bleak situations, where the thermometer falls fre- 

 quently below zero, the stems are greatly benefited 

 by a covering of straw or matting. The rods that 

 support standards should be put on the south side 

 of the plant ; the strong sun is thereby warded off 

 the stem, which is beneficial, both in summer and 

 winter. What we have said in regard to the rich 



