14< ROSES THAT BLOOM IX JUNE. 



the plant which most requires it ; of course, all suck- 

 ers or shoots below the bud or graft must be dis- 

 placed. It was introduced in 1829-30. The fol- 

 lowing sorts are most worthy of notice. 



Amadis or Elegans are the same ; of rapid growth, 

 makes a most magnificent pyramid of rich purple 

 crimson ; the flowers are produced in clusters, are 

 perfectly double, and of considerable duration. White 

 Boursault^ Blush, Bengal Florida, Rose de Lisle, the 

 same rose, known under all these, and even some 

 other names ; the flowers are very large, of a blush 

 colour, with a deep pink centre, pendulous, and 

 very showy, but occasionally do not open well. 

 Gracilis^ is of slender growth, with bright pink 

 flowers, not fully double, but very profuse. Inermis^ 

 has large bright pink flower?, in great profusion ; 

 «:rows rapidly, and is rendered the more desirable by 

 having a little fragrance, of which, with this excep- 

 tion, this group are entirely destitute. Purpurea^ 

 purple crimson flowers, little more than half double ; 

 it is the most common of the tribe, and has been 

 extensively cultivated and sold under the name of 

 Purple Noisette, Maheka^ Michigan^ Sec, and is 

 cultivated and sold from the flat boats on the Ohio 

 and Mississippi rivers under all these and sevenii 

 other names; compared with the preceding sorts, it 'm 

 not worth culture. Red or Pink is the oldest variety, 



