134 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



low stature, never exceeding six or seven inches in 

 height, grown by Mr. Boll, of New York. And last 

 and least, we copy from the third volume of Hovey's 

 Magazine of Horticulture an account of the Prince 

 of Dwarfs, which originated at Mr. Feast's, of Balti- 

 more. — "When three years old, the Master Burk had 

 fine full blown and very double flowers; and the 

 half of a common hen's egg-shell would have cov- 

 ered the whole bush without touching it. This 1 saw 

 and assert to be a fact. It is now seven or eight years 

 old, flowers regularly every year, afl*ording wood for 

 propagation, and has never yet attained two inches in 

 height, nor its whole top exceeding one, or one and a 

 half inch in diameter ; the rose is about the size of a 

 buck-shot." The article was written by a gentleman 

 of high standing, with whom I am personally acquain- 

 ted, and do suppose, as he says, it is " a fact," al- 

 though I have not been able to get possession of the 

 plant. 



KOSA BOURBONIANA. 



THE BOURBON ROSE. 



It is about twelve years since we. predicted that 

 this group of roses, in a few years, would be the most 



