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well ; and one instance is mentioned by Loudon, where it 

 was budded on the China rose at the height of 10 feet 

 from the ground, in which case it was found to flower 

 abundantly. 



The following remarks are also extracted from his Ma- 

 gazine : The Double Yellow Rose flowers better on an 

 east or west, or even a north wall, than on one exposed to 

 the south ; it should never be pruned further than cutting 

 out the dead and irregular, shoots, and thinning out the blos- 

 som buds ; it has flowered under such treatment for several 

 years on the south and west ends of a house. It flowers as 

 freely budded on the Rosa indica, as Rosa odorata does on 

 the Common Blush Rose. Another writer recommends a 

 northern aspect in preference to a southern one, and men- 

 tions one that bloomed very freely on an east or north-east 

 wall, and others that had produced abundance of flowers 

 when planted on a very dry chalky soil. The Single Yel- 

 low, and Red and Yellow Austrian, bloom freely in almost 

 any soil, and with little or no care. There are various other 

 yellow roses, viz. the Single and Double Yellow Scotch, the 

 Yellow Tea Scented, the Yellow Multiflora, &c. 



Black Roses. The desideratum of a black rose has long 

 been a subject of comment, but does not in fact exist. Those 

 so denominated are of an exceedingly deep purple colour, 

 with some shades of black intermingled. Of these some are 

 darker than others, and they vary in point of size, form, and 

 in being more or less double, &c. The author has imported 

 from every country those which are there considered the 

 darkest or blackest, which have all produced flowers, he 

 is consequently able to give his opinions with accuracy. The 

 darkest of these is the La Belle Africaine next are the Im- 

 perial, the Sable, the Black Mogul, and the Gloriosa Superba 

 Noir then follow the other twelve varieties enumerated 

 in the catalogue, including the Tuscany, which was a few 

 years since the darkest then known, and is still considered as 

 one of the most beautiful roses. 



Tn'co/owr, or Belle Alliance.- This is a most singular and 

 beautiful rose ; there is no other that at all approaches it in 

 appearance. When first expanded, the petals are a fine red, 

 striped with white, the colour afterwards changes to shades 

 of lilac, united with the red and white, at which period it is 

 most interesting. It was obtained from a very skilful 

 Florist in the interior of Holland, and by him more highly 

 prized than any other rose in his collection. 



Sivcetbriar, or Eglantine. This delightful species of the 

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