151 ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 



Standard of Marengo^ very rich deep velvety-crimson, 

 quite a showy flower of medium size. Sydonie^ rich 

 rosy- pink, -fading to the extremity of the petals ; 

 plant of dense foliage. Youlande d\'lrragon^ pale 

 rosy blush, very distinct, quite desirable in the family 

 among so many of a uniform rosy-red colour ; it 

 blooms profusely, m.akes shoots four to six ie<^i long, 

 and will form a fine pillar plant. These varieties 

 have all flowered under our observation, and are great 

 acquisitions to the lover of the rose. From these de- 

 scriptions, it will be observed that this group is yet 

 deficient in flowers of a pale or white colour, which 

 for the present is certainly a defect. Blanche was 

 sent to us by \'ibert as a white variety of this class, 

 which we found on its culture to h^elong to the Per- 

 petuals ; so that we are yet without a white flower in 

 ti.is very interesting division of the rose. With the 

 great facilities for propagating, and the many hands 

 applied to it, no rose can be, for an}^ length of time, 

 a rarity about Philadelphia. But no doubt there will 

 be many discrepancies when tested by an eye that 

 gives merit precedence over rarity. 



This very magnificent class of the rose family can- 

 not be too extensively cultivated ; many of them are 

 U'i^ bloomers j but to have them in full perfection, 

 they should be deprived of a great portion of their 

 first blooming buds, and have a few of their shoots 



