58 HOSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



form colours, and we find that in strong and ricli soils 

 much of the diversity is lost. It is therefore advisable 

 to keep them in moderate soils inclining to a sandy 

 nature, and their characters will be brightened and 

 rendered more permanent, refreshing the soil every 

 alternate year with manure or rich compost. The 

 following sorts seed freely, and can be impregnated 

 wi'h any other sort that fancy may dictate, selecting 

 those that have regularly formed flowers without be- 

 ing crowded with petals, Andie Thouin, Arethusa, 

 Bicolor, YiJlnge Maid, and Tricolor Superba. Seeds 

 from these v.ill produce every imaginable variety, 

 from blush to crimson. 



ROSA ALBA. 



WHITE GARDEN ROSE. 



The white rose of the gardens has been cultivated 

 from time immemorial. Although the original single 

 white or blush has seldom been seen in cultivation, 

 yet the double is very frequent, keeping ward at the 

 door of the cottage, or towering by the window case- 

 ments of our oldest homesteads. It is often called 

 the white climbing rose, it must have been intro- 

 duced by our pilgrim fathers — a fit emblem of their 



