26 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



muddy white — when grown in the open air, a bronzy 

 salmon like Noisette, Jaune Desprez, flow'ers nearly 

 single, foliage like La Pactole, with the growth of the 

 Ayrshire rose. ^Istrolabe, Elegans, Hybrida, and some 

 others of this class, are not w^orth attention; all these 

 bloom only once in the season, but are of considerable 

 duration, say six weeks in cold seasons, but if in severe 

 heat, their time of inflorescence will not exceed one 

 month. The pruning and training recommended fov 

 Rosa Sempervirens will suit these. They are all fra- 

 grant, and a rosary connot be complete without them. 

 To grow them in perfection, they require rich ground 

 on a dry bottom; in such a situation, after being well- 

 established, they will make shoots twenty feet long in 

 one season. 



ROSA R U B I F O L I A . 



THE PRAIRIE ROSE. 



This native is destined to convey to every hall, 

 cottage, and wigwam of the Union, the Rose, the 

 acknowledged queen of flowers. Its constitution is 

 such that it \\\l\ bear without injury the icy breezes 

 of the St. Lawrence, or the melting vapours of the 

 Mississippi. It was in 1837 that we first saw a dou- 

 ble variety of this rose, although such as has been 

 cultivated in Ohio and Kentucky for many years. 

 The flowers are produced in large clusters of various 



