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beiTy-leaved Rose, from our Northern frontiers, and extend- 

 ing over the Western country ; although a single flowering 

 rose, it produces large bunches of flowers, which are differ- 

 ently coloured on the same bunch, exactly like the former 

 China kind, and is another instance of the similarity of the 

 native Chinese plants to those of our country. 



Rosa canina, ji. pleno, English double Dog Rose, is a very 

 pretty little double rose, and will run to a great height. 

 Rosa Bau/tsn, Lady Banks's double white China running 

 Rose ; it runs up and spreads much : it may be easily known 

 fi-om others of the running roses, by its being entirely desti- 

 tute of prickles. Rosa JS^oiseite, and Champney's, are said 

 to have been raised from China seed in Carolina ; they are 

 not strictly running roses, but as they grow tall, are fme 

 ornaments for the shrubbery, flowering during the whole of 

 the summer and autumn, in large clusters. The Maderia 

 Rose, or double white cluster, musk, flowers throuo-hout the 

 summer and autumn months, and is therefore well adapted 

 for the shrubbery. Rosa Cherohensis, called the Nonde- 

 script, or Georgia Rose ; the flowers are very large, being 

 white, with yellow centre. This is a running rose, growing 

 very high around trees, &c. 



Rosa riibiginosa, or Sweetbriar, is too well known to need 

 description. 



PROPAGATION OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



Flowering shrubs are variously jiropagated by slips, cut- 

 tings, layers, suckers, buds, or scions ; and these may be 

 thus defined : 



1. Slips are simply small branches, slipped down from 

 the side of a large branch, or from the main stem. These 

 should be taken from the parent plants carefully, so as to 

 leave an eye or heel at the lower or butt end. 



