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from China, the flowers ofvarious colours. Rosa rubifolia, 

 Raspberry-leaved rose, from our Northern frontiers, and 

 extending over the Western country ; although a single 

 flowering rose, it produces large bunches of flowers, which 

 are differently coloured on the same bunch, exactly like the 

 former China kind, and is another instance of the similarity 

 of plants, natives of China, and our country. 



Rosa canina,fl. phno. English double dog rose, is a very 

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

 Rosa Banksii, Lady Banks' double white China running 

 rose ; it runs up and spreads much — it may be easily known 

 from others of the running roses, by its being entirely des- 

 titute of prickles. Rosa Noisette, and Champney's, are 

 said to have been raised from China seeds in Carolina — 

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

 are fine 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 through- 

 out the Summer and Autumn months, and is therefore well 

 adapted for the shrubbery. Rosa Cherokc?isis, called the 

 nondescript, 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 rubiginosa, or Sweetbriar, is too well known to 

 need description. 



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Flowering shrubs are variously propagated by slips, cut- 

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

 defined, 



