124? ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



flowers of a shaded rose colour j the plant also 

 grows free and strong. Hortensia^ a very distinct 

 old variety, perfect in form, full size, a strong 

 grower, blooms profusely, of a blush pink colour. 

 Indica is the common variety, and generally known 

 as the Daily Rose, from its frequency in blooming, 

 and not from its blooming every day, as some sup- 

 pose ; it is the type of the family. When we say 

 large, we mean larger than this rose (Daily), and 

 when small, we mean smaller than this. The flower 

 is of a dark blush or rose colour, and about three 

 inches in diameter. It grows very strong, frequently 

 making shoots five feet long in one season in rich 

 sandy soil 5 it is one of the best for forcing, and thou- 

 sands of it are sold in the Philadelphia market at 

 from six to fifty cents per plant. Plants two feet 

 high are grown from small cuttings forced, and sold 

 within twelve months. Such has been the rapidity 

 of rose culture about this city, that twenty-five years 

 ago there were not one thousand rose plants in its 

 vicinity, and now there are, at the lowest calculation, 

 fifty thousand disposed of in the course of a single 

 year. Indica j9lba is the very popular White Daily 

 Rose, first, imported to this country in 1828, and now 

 spread through every town, village, and garden of the 

 Union. It is very much like the old White Tea Kose. 

 Though the petals are not so thick and waxy as that 



