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ill some instances rivaled the original. ^^Iba is a 

 blush white, in every character similar to the fol- 

 lowing, except in colour. Multifloj-a is the name 

 of the oldest cultivated sort. The flowers are per- 

 fectly double, cupped shape, produced in clusters 

 of a pretty pink colour, about an inch in diameter. 

 When first brought into notice about Philadelphia, 

 it is said that twenty dollars were frequently given 

 for a single plant. Floriculture has now more 

 patronage, and thousands of admirers, so that the 

 grower can afford to put every article at a very low 

 rate; indeed many roses, and even the one in ques- 

 tion,, can be purchased for as many cents, so that 

 for this trifle every garden in the land may have 

 a rose. Grevillia or Seven Sisters, was at one 

 period greatly esteemed and admired for its variety 

 of character ; although its singularity is still the 

 same, yet its former admirers have transferred their 

 encomiums to other more beautiful sorts. It is a 

 fine grower, producing its flowers in large clusters, 

 no two of which are alike j opening of every 

 shade, from pure white to deep purple. Indeed 

 this rose has no compeer ; it produces its flowers 

 single, semidouble, and double, and in such variety 

 of shade and colour, that there are rarely two alike, 

 An east or northeast situation suits it best ; other* 

 wise the effect of its variety is greatlv diminished 



