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the circumference of the flower is merely shaded. 

 These all have the peculiar prickly flower bud. Pur' 

 fmrea is of a purple-crimson colour, very large, wnth 

 the growth and habit of all the former, except the 

 calyx being destitute of the prickles so characteristic 

 in the others. Violacta has also a smooth calyx j the 

 flowers of a violet-purple colour, quite double. The 

 plant is of upright growth, and quite luxuriant. The 

 following varieties are all hybridized with other sorts, 

 and do not form handsome plants for bushes or stand- 

 ards, but are well adapted for training to poles, co* 

 lumns, or trellising. Alba Odorata or the Double 

 White MicrophyUa^ grows very luxuriantly, frequently 

 making shoots eight or ten feet long in one season ; 

 and in warm soils, w^here the season extends from 

 March to December, they will no doubt grow twenty 

 feet. The flowers are very large and double, of a 

 yellowish-white, very fragrant, and look beautiful 

 among the dark green foliage; as a white climbing 

 Rose for pillars, verandas and arbours, it has no 

 equal, and should have an appropriate spot in every 

 garden or cemetery. Hijbrida is also a strong grower, 

 with double flow^ers of a rosy purple colour. Luxem- 

 bourg appears to be a hybrid from some of the 

 Noisettes, of w^hose character it greatly partakes ; 

 the floweis are in clusters of a dull purple, very 

 double, and a little fragrant. Maria Leonide has 



