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shades of colour from blush to deep rose, blooming 

 with us from the end of June to the end of July, be- 

 ing a period of the year when there are few others in 

 a flowering state, thereby filling up a space between 

 the first and second blooming of the Noisette, Tea, 

 and Bourbon families. The foliag^e is rouorh, large, 

 and generally of a dark green; the wood is strong 

 and flexible, and for rapidity of growth has no equal. 

 I have no doubt that in good soil it would reach one 

 hundred feet in a very few years. It is admirably 

 adapted for covering rock work, old buildings, or 

 any object requiring to be hid ; it also delights in a 

 procumbent position, and can be used for covering 

 naked spaces of rough ground, or even to make a 

 flowery carpet of every shade of colour. For the fol- 

 lowing varieties we are indebted to Mr. Samuel Feast, 

 Nurseryman, Baltimore, who raised them from seeds 

 of the native Prairie Eose. There is not a rose fan- 

 cier but will thank him for opening a field for the 

 hybridizer, in which the rose is to be cultivated to 

 admiration, and blooming six months of the year, 

 throughout every state of the Union. These roses 

 will form parents to be impregnated with the more 

 fragrant blooming sorts, such as Bourbon, Tea, Bengal 

 and Noisette. We may therefore expect from them 

 a progeny perfectly hardy, and blooming at least three 

 or four times during the season. In general, rose 



