20 SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



when we come to the right of it, never blooming well till they are 

 matured, which takes some years. Of course, there are many Double 

 Yellow Roses, but only two are admitted into this select family. 



Clim"bing Roses. 



Here we might expect to find all those roses which, from their 

 habits, were adapted to the fronts of houses, pillars, trellises, and other 

 lofty stations. One would, at least, expect that, if Climbing Roses 

 mean anything, it means all roses that will climb. No such thing, 

 Having pushed, we know not how many roses that climb into other 

 families, of course they cannot be here. We have various divisions 

 in this family notwithstanding: First, we have the Ayrshire Rose, 

 which is said to be a hybrid, accompanied by several others called 

 Ayrshire Roses also ; next, we have the second division, called Rosa 

 multiflora, said to be a native of Japan, and a number of companions 

 as unlike it as may be ; not that there are any among this family that 

 do not climb, but there are very many as good Climbing Roses shut 

 out from it. 



The Queen of the Prairies, or Michigan Rose, is remarkable for its 

 perfectly hardy growth, flourishing equally well in Canada at the 

 north, and in Texas at the south. It grows with unparalleled rapid- 

 ity, exceeding all other roses of this family, covering an entire arbor 

 or an old building in a short space of time. It blooms, also, after other 

 summer roses are mostly gone, its flowers occurring in large clusters 

 of different shades. 



Evergreen Roses. ' 



Here there can be no mistake : an Evergreen Rose must be an 

 Evergreen Rose ; but, although we have some enumerated, there are 

 plenty of Evergreen Roses not admitted into this family, but pushed 

 about in all directions, some crammed into the China, and some into 

 the Hybrid China. 



Boursault Roses. 



This is said to be " a most distinct group of roses, with long red- 

 dish flexible shoots;" yet Gracilis is affirmed to be "unlike the other 

 varieties of this division." They are said to be good Climbing Roses, 

 making ten feet of growth in the season. 



