148 ROSES TH^T BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



they produce an abundance of flowers from June to 

 November J* they open a field of pleasure to the 

 northern grower and amateur, which had hitherto 

 been reserved only to the rose fanciers of more 

 favoured climes. They are equally as hardy as the 

 common garden rose ; and by careftd cultivation, 

 good soil, frequent waterings in dry weather, de- 

 priving them of all faded flower-stems, they will 

 show flowers the whole season till destroyed by frost. 

 Their general habit is robust and vigorous to a re- 

 markable degree; their flowers large, perfect, fragrant, 

 and of almost every colour. We cannot give any 

 idea of the beauty they may attain to in the southern 

 states, where the soil is so genial to their culture, but 

 they cannot fail to grow and flower to the satisfaction 

 of the most fastidious taste. We cannot fully depend 

 upon the very flattering, if not extravagant, descrip- 



* The high expectations formed of this new division of the 

 Rose have not, and will not be fully realized; they are defi- 

 cient in a general and constant inflorescence, even with the 

 richest culture and best of practice. Cutting back exuberant 

 shoots in early summer does not always give bloom late in the 

 season. We say without fear that one-half of the varieties 

 will not give a bloom in September and October, and those 

 that do flower are far from being profuse. They require to 

 have more of the best of the Bourbon Roses in their compo- 

 sition to suit the choice amateur. 



