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same freedom from the prtming-knife ; the 

 knife should only be applied to cut out en- 

 tirely shoots that require thinning. There 

 have been several pretty varieties of this 

 group sent out, but Felicite Perpetuelle is 

 perhaps the best representative, and the only 

 one we would commend for cultivation. 



Hybrid Climbing Roses (Rosa Hybrida Scan- 

 dens). This class takes in those sorts for 

 which it is difficult to find a group where 

 they can be appropriately placed ; it gathers 

 in waifs and is a kind of orphan asylum, a 

 place of refuge for the abandoned and un- 

 known. No varieties in this group are of any 

 great value; the old sorts, Mme. d'Arblay 

 and the Garland, once the best known, are 

 now almost forgotten. Those which are 

 most grown are Fortune's Double Yellow, re- 

 cently sent out under the name Beauty of 

 Glazenwood, and La Saumonee. 



The Many-Flowered Rose (Rosa Multiflord), 

 five to seven leaflets, is a native of Japan, in- 

 troduced into England by Thunberg in 1804. 

 It flowers in clusters, and continues for some 

 time in bloom ; the flowers are double, small, 

 and of no great beauty. The shoots have 

 comparatively few thorns, which come in 

 pairs. De la Grifferaie is in England con- 

 sidered valuable as a stock on which to work 



