ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 15 



Avith flowers only semidouble ; the colour is pretty, 

 and its profusion, at a distance, make up for deficiency 

 of petals. The species Rosa Alpina is a native of 

 the Alps, where its scrubby habit has little affinity to 

 the rampant growers now described. They should 

 have, wherever planted, plenty of space allotted for 

 them ; for after being one or two years established, 

 they will make shoots ten or twelve feet long. In 

 pruning, the oldest wood should be cut out, merely 

 to keep the branches from being too crowded : the 

 tlowers are produced from the wood of the preceding- 

 year. They will grow freely in any soil or situation, 

 and will bear with impunity the severest winters of. 

 the northern states. 



ROSA SEMPERVIRENS. 



THE EVERGREEN ROSE. 



This rose and its varieties, although very popular 

 in France and England, lose much of the character 

 implied by the name when cultivated in this part 

 of the United States, where they become deciduous, 

 losing their foliage on the approach of severe frost. 

 But in the more favoured southern climes, they retain 



