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yellow, or striped variety, would be a great acqui- 

 sition. We would therefore urge upon cultivators 

 and amateurs the propriety of sowing every seed, 

 never despairing of the results, till the object is 

 accomplished. Lovers of the rose in the more 

 northern states will find this family entirely too 

 tender for out-door culture, unless surrounded with 

 a quantity of dry leaves. They will not prosper if 

 lifted every year from the ground and put away, as 

 directed for Tea and Bengal roses ; but where a 

 green-house, or even dry cellarage, is accessible, 

 they will grow magnificently in large pots and 

 tubs, making a superb ornamental plant for placing 

 in summer in any conspicuous situation. 



ROSA MOSCHATA. 



THE MUSK SCENTED HOSE. 



THE Musk Cluster rose is an old inhabitant of 

 our gardens. Botanists consider it a distinct species, 

 and have named it from the peculiar and agreeable 

 odour it exhales in the evening, and in the cool 

 autumnal months, which is the season that it 

 flowers most abundantly, in large clusters, of a 

 yellowish-white colour. There are single, semi- 



