96 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



twenty feet by eight of a fence that faces north, 

 where it is influenced by the morning and evening 

 sun ; but the sun from November to March, never 

 touches the plant, confirming the opinion that in 

 winter the sun does more injury to delicate roses than 

 the cold. This plant does much better on its own 

 roots than when budded or grafted. LandretJi's Car- 

 mine or Carmine Cluster^ is of a very distinct car- 

 mine colour, quite double, flowering profusely from 

 July to late in the season ; its first buds do not open 

 well, but it is well adapted for a southern climate ; it 

 was grown from seed by the Messrs. Landreth twenty 

 years ago. Le Paciole, T/e Pactole^ The Chrysan- 

 thimeflora^ and JVew Yellow Tea ; this distinct variety 

 is distinguished by all these names ; the flowers are 

 of pale sulphur yellow, changing to a yellowish- white, 

 as soon as they are exposed to the full rays of the 

 sun ; the plant is of a dwarf habit, and will make 

 shoots two feet long, surmounted by twenty to forty 

 flowers; it is no doubt a seedling between the Yellow 

 Tea and Lamarque. Lee, Monstrosa, Ccelestis, Gran- 

 diflora, Triomphe des J\^oisettes^ and Carassnna , this 

 plant is shamefully circulated under all these names, 

 and gives additional proof that names are more nu- 

 merous than varieties; it it a good old rose, of a blush 

 colour, producing its flowers in large thin clusters, and 

 opening very well in warm dry weather, but in moist 



