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rose family is well calculated to train against the sides of 

 houses, or up the pillars of the piazza, or to intermingle with 

 the vines which entwine bowers, Etc. There are a number 

 of varieties, the most common is the Single Red, which is 

 found frequently growing in wild luxuriance by the sides of 

 roads, hedges, See. ; the next is the Single Biush, imported 

 from Europe ; after which follow the more rare varieties, 

 viz. the Semidouble Red, the Double Red, Double Blush, 

 Double Marbled, Double White, the Evergreen, and the 

 Chinese White. Some of these are as large as a middle 

 siztd rose, and two inches in diameter. After training these 

 in the situation they are to occupy, the branches may be in- 

 oculated with numerous other kinds of roses at a consider- 

 able height from the ground, which will render them parti- 

 cularly interesting. 



CHINESE ROSES AND HYBRIDS. 



Rosa odoratd) orTea Scented Rose. This exquisite variety 

 of the rose is now becoming widely disseminated in our coun- 

 try. The flowers are double, and of very large size when ex* 

 panded, of a fine and delicate blush red, and possess a most de- 

 lightful odour, resembling that of fine tea. It produces its 

 flowers throughout the year most profusely* I have found it 

 more difficult than any other China rose to strike root from cut- 

 tings. It budded on the White IVJusk Rose, it is said to flourish 

 exceedingly well. A fine purple variety has been latterly in* 

 troduced to our gardens of a similar delightful fragrance. 

 There is also a variety with single flowers, and another with 

 double yellow flowers, which are yet rare* The Centifolia 

 odorata, or Sweet Hundred Leaved, is more double than the 

 foregoing, but its fragrance is not so strong. Knight's Ani- 

 mating is another very sweet scented variety. 



Chamfineys* Blush Cluster. This is a double rose of 

 small size, of a delicate blush colour, and the flowers are 

 produced in numerous clusters. It was originated from the 

 seed of the White Cluster Musk, (probably impregnated by 

 accident with the pollen of the Blush China,) by my esteemed 

 friend, the late John Champneys, Esq. ot Charleston, South- 

 Carolina, and from it have originated all the race of roses 

 termed Noisette,which should therefore be placed as subvarie- 

 ties of the Champneys. All the roses of this class are particu- 

 larly beautiful, as their small and delicate flowers, produced 

 in large clusters during the autumnal season, form a splendid 

 additional appendage to the garden at that period when it 



