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a double flower the single is nowhere to be seen ; 

 the white moss, also double, and which is becoming 

 now general ; the white ; the single yellow, serving, 

 the best of all flowers, to indicate an early or late 

 season, as its opening is not gradual, but at once and 

 decisive; the double yellow, which may be tried on 

 an east wall at a medium elevation : it is remarkable 

 for blowing seldom, and for not blowing well above 

 once in a lifetime ; hence its excellence both as cre- 

 ating expectation and constituting an era ; the Au- 

 strian, remarkable for having petals red on one side 

 and orange on the other: it is as yet only found 

 single a double variety would be splendid; the 

 Scots rose, of many variations ; the sweet brier, hav- 

 ing double and various coloured flowers; the musk, 

 so named from its odour; the China, and the Indian 

 rose, formerly confined to flowerpots and to the 

 house, now the hardiest and longest flowering; the 

 Ayrshire, remarkable for its rambling growth. As 

 there is no finer object than a rose-tree, some of the 

 more woody species, as the white, the single yellow, 

 the Austrian, or the wild brier, grafted with one of 

 richer flowers, should be allowed to get up and ex- 

 pand its branches. But in general, the finest flowers 

 are obtained by cutting down the young wood every 

 year and keeping the blossom low. A fine effect 

 is produced by laying the branches beneath the 

 ground, and erecting only a few inches of the top, 

 thus covering the parterre with a carpet of rose 

 bloom. What are called rosebaskets are no beau- 

 ty ; but along the side of a walk, a piece of lath rail 

 of invisible green, planted thick with China roses, 

 which blossom all the year, and having along the 



