38 ROSES THAT BLOOM IN Jt'NE. 



rlcultural world. He 333^3 that " in or about the year 

 1793 he introduced to his nursery, fi-om a hill in the 

 neighborhood, seeds saved from this rose, which pro- 

 duced semi-double flowers, and by continuing a selec- 

 tion of seeds, and thus raising new plants every year, 

 they in 1803 had eight good double varieties to dis- 

 pose of; being white, yellow, shades of blush, red and 

 marble ; from these the stock was increased, and hun- 

 dreds of varieties obtained which have been diffused 

 over all Europe." Several of them are cultivated in 

 this country. We may safely assert that this patri- 

 arch of horticulture was the first to grow roses from 

 seed on a grand scale half a century ago. He died 

 in the autumn of 1845, and is interred in Philadelphia 

 Cemetery. He lived in the enjoyment of all his fac- 

 ulties, retaininsr at an advanced ac;e much of his for- 

 mer originalit}' of mind, and to him I am indebted 

 for the communication of many practical facts, the 

 results of his long and valuable experience. The 

 original varieties of this rose are not esteemed by am- 

 ateurs in this country. In my twenty-two years prac- 

 tice as an American Nurseryman I have not sold fifty 

 plants of it ; but recent hybrids have given som.e of 

 them a tendency to bloom three or four times during 

 the season, causing them to be more admired, which 

 will be noticed under the head of peiyztual Roses. 

 In pruning, treat it as described for the Yellow Rose. 



