272 GARDEN CLASSIFICATION. 



respecting which there is much confusion. The true Austrian 

 Rose is a native of the South of Europe, and is a clearly distinct 

 rose, but some have been called Austrian which have scarcely any 

 of the characters of the original rose. All three, however, are 

 Briars, that is, they produce their flowers on short joints all along 

 the stem, and have the peculiar rough briery leaves. We there- 

 fore place them all together, attaching as before the name of the 

 old class. The best of those described at the end of the work are 

 the following : 



Celestial, S. B., is a small cupped rose, very double and fra- 

 grant, of a pale flesh-color and very pretty. 



Copper Austrian, A. B., is a very singular looking rose, 

 blooming well in this climate. The inside of the flower is of a 

 coppery-red, and the outside inclining to pale yellow or sulphur. 

 It is desirable for its singularity. 



Double Margined Hip, H. S. B., is a Hybrid Sweet-Briar of 

 luxuriant growth, almost adapted for a pillar. Its form is cupped, 

 and its color creamy- white, shaded with pink. 



Double Yellow Provence is the best of the two varieties 

 which compose the species called Sulphurea. We have never 

 seen its flowers, and English writers all speak of the great diffi- 

 culty of making it bloom. Rivers recommends to bud it on strong 

 stocks, and says that it blooms most profusely in the warm, dry 

 climate of Florence and Genoa. The plant grows with luxuri- 

 ance and produces plenty of flower-buds, which, with proper cul- 

 ture, would probably open in our warm climate, which is very 

 similar to that of Florence and Genoa. Its small foliage and 

 slender, thorny wood, place it fairly among the Briars. Its flower 

 is so good that it is well worth the trouble of repeated experiment 

 to obtain a good bloom. It has long been admired and exercised 

 the skill of rose growers, as proved by the following passages 

 from some old works, which give instructions for its proper cul- 

 ture : 



" Whereas all other roses are best natural, this is best inocu- 

 lated upon another stock. Others thrive and bear best in the 

 sun ; this, in the shade : therefore, the best way that I know to 



