484 GARDEN PLANTS* PART II. 



day possesses little interest as a garden plant, except for its 

 peculiar, though not very strong fragrance, which, as its name 

 denotes, is thought to resemble that of musk. 



Rosa Lyellii. 



ROSE O3f THE BOON, 



Koozea. 



A plant of extensive growth, common in the Upper Provinces, 

 but not inet with, that I am aware of, near Calcutta : bears large 

 handsome double-blush flowers. 



Rosa microphylla. 



A native of the hills of India ; forms a large compact bush, 

 with dense, very pretty, small-leaved foliage ; flowers double, 

 well-formed, blush, with carmine centre, quite scentless ; much 

 adorned by the large greeii, prickly calyx that surrounds them. 



CLIMBING EOSES. 



None of the Eoses belonging to either of the Boursault, 

 Ayrshire, or Evergreen groups, which as climbing Koses, for 

 their bright foliage and rich profusion of flowers, form in 

 summer so conspicuous an ornament of the English garden, 

 have, if ever introduced, been able to maintain a footing in 

 India. It is upon the whole to the Tea-scented Noisettes that 

 the gardens of Bengal at least must be indebted for their 

 climbing Koses. The training, however, and pruning I prescribe, 

 is applicable, I believe, for climbing Koses indiscriminately. But 

 it must be borne in mind that this does not apply to those of 

 the Hybrid Perpetual Koses that are sometimes trained to a 

 great height as Pillar Roses. They are none the more climbing 

 Roses for being so trained. The property of all true climbing 

 Roses is to send forth stems of great length, towards the ends 

 of which shoots are emitted, which bear the flowers. If, then, 

 these stems are much shortened, the lower portions of them 

 which remain emit shoots, but these shoots bear no flowers. The 

 mode of proceeding with them will then be as follows : 



1. Insert bamboo stakes in a circle round the plant. Cut out 

 clean away to the ground all but three or four of the aforesaid 



