CHAP. XLII. 



.ROSA CE^. RO SA. 



795 



This design, which is to a scale of 40ft. to 1 in., is calculated to include the whole of Mr. Rivers's 

 collection, one plant of a sort ; or two of those which are small in size, or tender, as the miniature 

 China roses, and the musk rose. The climbers are proposed to be trained'against pyramids formed 

 of four iron rods, joined by horizontal wires ; two sorts being placed at opposite angles of the pyra- 

 mid, so that each sort may 



i cover two sides. The py- 



ramids may be 18 in. on 

 the side at the bottom, and 

 15ft. high ; and they should 

 be fixed 



ments rising at least 6 in. 

 above the surface of the 

 soil. The pyramids are 

 proposed to be distributed 

 through the beds in such 

 a manner as to afford a 

 salutary degree of shade to 

 the dwarfs. The dwarfs 

 may be arranged in the 

 following order; which is 

 founded on the principle 

 of adapting the number 

 of sorts in each of Mr. 

 Rivers's groups, to the 

 sizes of the ditterentbeds. 



1. Provence, or Cabbage, 



Roses, R. centifdlia, 

 25 sorts. Two pyra- 

 mids. 



2. Rosa tndica odorata, 



or Tea-scented China 

 Roses, 21 sorts. Three 

 pyramids. 



3. Musk Roses, 10 sorts. 



No pyramid. 



4. Hybrid China Roses, 



89 sorts. Three py- 

 ramids. 



5. Rosa alba, and Us va- 



rieties, 25 sorts. One 

 pyramid. 



6. Select Roses of uncer- 



tain origin, 25 sorts. 

 One pyramid. .; 



7. Noisette Roses, 66 sorts. 



Three pyramids. 



8. Rdsa indica, or China 



Roses, 70 sorts. Three 

 pyramids. 



9. Scotch Roses, 27 sorts. 



One pyramid. 



10. Rosa gdllica, or Pro- 



vins, or French Roses, 

 99 sorts. Three pyra- 

 mids. 



11. L" lie de Bourbon Roses, 



7i('.s;i fndica var., 38 

 sorts. One pyramid. 



12. Damask Roses, R. da- 



mascena, 19 sorts. 

 No pyramid. 



13. Sweet Briars, 17 sorts. 



One pyramid. 



14. Miniature China 



Roses, 16 sorts. No 

 pyramid. 



525 



15. Rdsfl bracteata and mi- 



crophijlla, and their 

 varieties, 10 sorts. No 

 pyramid. 



16. Perpetual, or autum- 



nal, Roses, 5 sorts. 

 Three pyramids. 



17. Moss Roses, 24 sorts. 



Two pyramids. 



In all, 17 groups of 

 dwarfs, and 27 pyramids 

 for climbers. Two sorts of 

 climbing roses are proposed 

 to be planted against each 

 pyramid ; which will thus 

 include the whole of 

 Mr - R'vers's collection, 

 amounting to 54 sort*. 



