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curious, during the past year. Some distinct and original 

 species too, in all their unadorned simplicity, seem to be 

 gaining admirers. The choice productions of the French 

 cultivators are not uncommon among us. The finer and more 

 superb Tea Scented Chinese are attracting favor. The 

 method of budding on stronger growing kinds those of 

 more difficult culture, has been crowned with signal success. 

 Many new varieties have been originated in the neighborhood 

 of the cities of New York and Philadelphia, w^hich, though 

 they do not particularly fall under the subject of our remarks, 

 yet may serve as encouraging hints to growers and florists 

 among ourselves- Certain we are, that many good seedlings 

 are raised in this immediate vicinity, which do not meet the 

 public eye, and perhaps, would escape notice, but for some 

 casual admirer. The process of vegetation, it has been long 

 proved, is not so tardy as has been supposed, and by cross 

 impregnation, some choice results might be looked for. 

 What the Noisettes of France have done in one section of 

 rose culture, our own florists can accomplish in another. 

 Our native species claim some attention, and a double variety 

 of the lovely Rosa rubifolia, would repay the trouble of a 

 thousand experiments. A single plant of this Southern 

 species is before our mind's eye, whose exquisite gems of 

 flowers riveted our attention. A not unapt synonyme might 

 be, the American Multiflora. Perfectly hardy and of most 

 luxuriant habit it is admirably suited to out-door culture, and 

 may prove a dangerous rival to the purple Noisette or the 

 showy Boursault. Another chmber of great beauty, is the 

 Double Ayrshire, Syn. Eriophylla, whose odor is slightly 

 tea-scented, and whose snowy inflorescence, is universally 

 admired. Fine specimens of this, of great size, have fallen 

 under our cognizance the past season. 



We observed, with much pleasure, the successful treatment 

 of one species heretofore shy in flowering, Rosa microphylla, 

 which turned out into the open border last year, stood the 



