246 Descriptions of Mr. Feasfs 



We shall endeavor, as soon as any of the new varieties 

 produce fruit, to give a full account of such as are valuable 

 and worthy of cultivation. 



Art. II. Descriptions of Mr. Feasfs Seedling Rubifolia 

 or Prairie Roses. By the Editor. 



Our correspondent, Mr S. Feast of Baltimore, has sent 

 us specimens of his seedling rubifolia roses, as follows : — 

 Queen of the Prairies, Baltimore Belle, Perpetual Pink, Su- 

 perba and Madame Caradori Allen. These were forwarded 

 to us in a tin case, but as they were four or five days on 

 the way, and were packed with damp moss, the buds had 

 mostly damped, and fell off before expanding, Mr, Feast 

 accompanied the box with the following note. — Perceiving 

 that some difficulty exists in the nomenclature of some of 

 my Prairie roses, amongst the floral community, I now 

 send you a few specimens, with the anticipation that you 

 may set the matter right through the cokmms of your val- 

 uable magazine. — Yours., S. Feast, Baltimore, June 7, 1844. 



Although the specimens of flowers were so much injured 

 that we were unable to describe them, the foliage was in 

 such good order that, by comparing them with young plants 

 already in our possession, we are enabled to add the fol- 

 lowing account of each variety. 



Queen of the Prairies. — Synonyms : Beauty of the Prai- 

 ries, Feast's No. 1. Madame Caradori Allen of Buist's Maji- 

 ual. This variety has been well described in our vol- 

 ume VII. p. 134. It is the most splendid of the group. 

 The flowers are very large and cupped, of a fine rose color, 

 and appear in clusters of from ten to twenty each, often not 

 more than three to five, unless the plants are strong. The 

 foliage is very large, deeply serrated, and of a dark green, 

 nearly smooth on the surface ; spines, strong and rather dis- 

 tant. 



Baltimore Belle. — Flowers, white with blush centre, cup- 

 ped, and very double ; clusters, very large, often numbering 

 thirty io forty flowers: foliage, large, pale green, having a 

 rugose appearance on the surface ; spines, strong and rath- 

 er distant. 



