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show as some other classes, the moss which envelops them im- 

 parts a touch of graceful beauty belonging to no other flower. 



SCOTCH ROSES. 



These roses are all derived from a dwarf rose found growing 

 wild in Scotland and in the north of England. They are distin- 

 guished by their small leaves, abundant bloom and delicate hab- 

 it. Being perfectly hardy, they are desirable for beds or borders, 

 in which, with proper arrangement of colors, they show beauti- 

 fully, sometimes two weeks before other roses open, and produ- 

 cing flowers all along the stem. Rose growers describe, on their 

 catalogues, two or three hundred varieties, but of them all, scarce- 

 ly forty or fifty are distinct ; of these the best three are the fol- 

 lowing : 



Countess of Glasgow is a very pretty and brilliant dark 

 rose, blooming abundantly. 



Q,ueen of May is a fine and distinct variety, of a bright pink 

 color. 



William the Fourth is an excellent variety, of luxuriant 

 growth. Its flowers are pure white, and among the largest of the 

 class. 



BRIAR ROSES. 



These roses are distinguished by their small, rough foliage 

 and briar habit. They include the Sweet-Briar, the Hybrid 

 Sweet-Briar, and the Austrian Briar. The Sweet-Briar is found 

 in various parts of this country and in Europe, and is distin- 

 guished by the peculiar dehghtful fragrance of its leaves. Its 

 simple little flower, found among the hedges, has been long a fa- 

 vorite, and, under the name of Eglantine, has been often the 

 theme of poets. 



The Hybrid Sweet-Briar is allied to the preceding, but ha.^ 

 larger foliage and is of more robust growth. Many roses have 

 been placed in this class and among the Sweet-Briars that have 

 none of the peculiar scent of the Sweet-Briars ; and hence, again, 

 the necessity of classing together these and the Austrian Briars, 



