April'] ROSA MICROPHYLLA, ETC. 79 



the former, but much darker in color, and is a true 

 microphylla. 



Microphylla odorata alba, yellowish white, perfectly double, 

 and finely scented ; is a strong grower and very con- 

 stant bloomer. 



Maria Leonida, white, centre tinged with pink; is very 

 sweet-scented — blooms all the season — but has more 

 the habit of a Macartney than Microphylla Rose. 



"We have now concluded our few descriptions of the beau- 

 tiful family of Eoses ; informing our readers, if they should 

 think it brief, we can assure them it is candid, and, as far as 

 we know, in every respect impartial. No doubt we could 

 have given many beautiful details of "things" we never saw 

 and probably never will ; and we also promise that a» few of 

 our descriptions will, in some situations and peculiar seasons, 

 "come short," or perhaps "overshoot the mark;" for it is 

 well known to the cultivator that double roses will occa- 

 sionally come single, and red roses become blush, and blush 

 roses frequently bloom entirely white, and vice verad. We 

 have also seen a moss rose busli have roses and shoots entire- 

 ly without their " mossy coat." We have also avoided a 

 few of high standing in character; but not being entirely 

 known to us in their intrinsic worth, a description of them 

 would have been too hazardous, knowing that much exagge- 

 ration exists. 



The Roses and all their allies, described in this month, 

 should be planted from the first to the middle of the month; 

 and we would again enforce upon our rose amateurs the ac- 

 tual necessity of giving soil of enriching qualities to all their 

 roses ; they will be ampl}'- repaid for their trouble. Nearly 

 all the failures of roses giving a grateful and even universal 

 satisfaction, can be traced to bad and shallow soils, more es- 

 pecially in our city gardens, where cheapness of workman- 

 ship is the best recommendation ; consequently, there are a 

 few inches of tolerahle-loohing day thrown over brickbats 

 and lime rubbish, and, when finished, is considered a " fine 

 job," because it is done cheap; the result is, that often the 

 very next season the whole has to be gone over and done 

 in a permanent manner ; not less than sixteen or eighteen 

 inches of the best dark loam should be in every garden, and 

 that well incorporated with manure at least one year old, 



