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foliage, which is retained till dislodged by heavy 

 frosts ; they are of the same hardiness as the 

 Ayrshires and require the same freedom from 

 the pruning-knife ; the knife should only be ap- 

 plied to cut out entirely shoots that require thin- 

 ning. There have been several pretty varieties 

 of this group sent out, but Felicite Perpetuelle 

 is perhaps the best representative, and the only 

 one we would commend for cultivation. 



Hybrid CliTubing Roses (Rosa Hyhrida Scan- 

 dens). — This class takes in those sorts for which 

 it is difficult to find a group where they can be 

 appropriately placed ; it gathers in waifs and is 

 a kind of orphan asylum, a place of refuge for 

 the abandoned and unknown. No varieties in 

 this group are of any great value ; the old sorts, 

 Mme. d'Arblav and the Garland, once the best 

 known, are now almost forgotten. Those which 

 are most grown are Fortune's Double Yellow, 

 recently sent out under the name Beauty of 

 Glazenwood, and La Saumonee. 



The Many-Flowered Rose {Rosa Multifiora), 

 five to seven leaflets, is a native of Japan, in- 

 troduced into England by Thunberg in 1804. It 

 flowers in clusters, and continues for some time 



