DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 461 
less Rose, which comes into bloom soon after the Cinna- 
mon. Its stems are perfectly smooth; it makes a stout 
bush, ten or twelve feet high, and is covered with a pro- 
fusion of pretty pink Roses. This is suitable for the 
shrubbery. The Old White Rose makes a handsome bush 
for training. The flowers are semi-double, of a fine rose- 
white, and, when properly managed, in rich soil, will grow 
twelve to fifteen feet high. 
Prairie Roses.—Samuel Feast, Esq., of Baltimore, has 
the honor of originating the first Prairie Rose, — the 
Queen of the Prairies,—for which the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society awarded him their large gold medal, 
as a special premium.. This is the type of a new class of 
hardy Roses, and proves to be a most valuable acquisition 
for the North, it being as hardy as the oak. The tribe 
bloom after the summer Roses are passed. 
Queen of the Prairies is a most superb variety of Rosa 
setigera, a native of the West, sometimes known as the 
Michigan Rose. This is Mr. Feast’s first seedling, and 
considered by some the best. The flowers are of a deep 
rose color, with a white stripe in the center of each petal. 
They have a peculiar globular, cup-shaped form. This 
variety is the most luxuriant grower of any of the class, 
making a surprising growth in rich soil. The flowers of 
all the varieties are produced in clusters. 
Baltimore Belle.—The flowers are a pale, waxy blush, 
-almost white, very double, in large clusters; like the other 
perfectly hardy. 
Rosa superba, has pale, delicate blush blooms, in large 
clusters, the flowers not so large as the Baltimore Belle. 
Perpetual Pink, produces flowers in great profusion, 
which continue in long succession; rather small, but in 
clusters, varying from light-pink to purple. In addition to 
those described there are many other varieties equally de- 
sirable, and new sorts are produced every year. This 
