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also be removed from the plant, as, if left to form seed-vessels, 

 much of the sap is diverted from the support of the young shoots. 

 For forcing (according to directions given in a preceding chapter) 

 the Remontant Roses are very beautiful. From their luxuriant 

 growth they also form very fine tree roses. A few varieties, in the 

 list at the end of the work, will sometimes make barren shoots. As 

 soon as this is perceived, they should be cut down to eight or ten 

 buds, and will then generally give flowering branches. 



The Remontant is a valuable class of roses, and will doubtless 

 soon furnish so great a variation in form and color as to drive 

 out of cultivation the old summer varieties. 



EVERBLOOMING ROSES, 



These roses are distinguished from the Remontant by bloom- 

 ing continually throughout the season, without any temporary 

 cessation. They include the Bourbon, the Bengal and its sub- 

 varieties, the Tea and Noisette, the Musk, the Macartney, and 

 the Microphylla Roses. They number almost every variety of 

 form and color, and their character of constant blooming renders 

 them very desirable wherever the climate will allow their culti- 

 vation. 



BOURBON ROSES. 



For this latitude, or even that of Albany and Boston, this is 

 perhaps the most desirable class of roses ; and even in the Southern 

 States, its valuable qualities will make it a formidable competitor 

 for the Tea-scented Rose. These qualities are, its perfect hardi- 

 ness, its very thick, leathery foliage, its luxuriant growth, its con- 

 stant bloom, and its thick, velvety petals of a consistency to endure 

 even the burning heat of a tropical sun. It was introduced into 

 France by Jacques, head gardener of the Duke of Orleans, at 

 Neuilly, who received it in 1819 from Breon, director of the royal 

 gardens, in the Isle of Bourbon. The following account of its 

 origin is given by Breon, and is also mentioned by Rivers : 



