

THE ROSE. ye 
greatest efforts of Horticulture are directed to- 
wards dwarfing every tree, orshrub. These beau- 
tiful little plants of sixteen varieties are well 
worthy our attention, from their dwarfness and 
perfect symmetry of form, often flowering when 
not more than six inches high, and for the beau- 
tiful color of their diminutive rosebuds. They are 
named in honor of Miss Lawrence, who published 
in London, 1810, a collection of engravings of the 
Rose, accurately drawn and elegantly colored. 
Musk scented Rose, Rosa moschata, named from the 
peculiar and agreeable odor it exhales in the even- 
ings of the cool autumnal months, which is-the 
season it flowers most abundantly— 
‘*When each inconstant breeze that blows, 
Steals essence from the musky rose.** 
It was formerly much valued for its fragrance, 
when musk was a fashionable perfume. 
Small leaved Rose, R. microphylla, a cultivated 
variety from China; was introduced from Canton 
into the Calcutta Botanic gardens by Roxburgh, 
and from thence diffused generally into Indian 
gardens; of luxurious growth, with small leaves 
of a lively green, flowers double and semidouble, 


