ROSES THAT BLOOM U JUTs^E. 



ROSA ALPINA 



THS BOURSArLT ROSE. 



This tribe takes its name from the late Mons. 

 Boursault, a distinguished French amateur horti- 

 culturist. They are the hardiest of the climbing 

 roses — easily known by their long flexible shoots, 

 of a reddish-purple colour, and withstanding with 

 impunity the severest of our winters, flowering pro- 

 fusely early in the season ; they may well be termed 

 the harbingers of the rosary. They are well adapt- 

 ed for covering arbours or concealing outbuildings, 

 walls, or any other disagreeable objects. They are 

 also frequently cultivated for stocks, whereon to bud 

 other roses of more rare character, which purpose 

 they will answer very well ; though a plant thus 

 formed renders its durability uncertain, being very 

 liable to sucker, or throw out shoots from the ground, 

 thereby taking away nourishment from the part of 



