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class of Roses lack one important quality, that is, fragrance, 
Ayrshire Roses.—This family of Roses are great ram. 
blers, producing a long, slender, luxuriant growth; but, 
in a northern climate, they cannot be relied on as being 
perfectly hardy, unless Jaid down and covered over. They 
produce very pretty flowers, in clusters, mostly white. 
They are desirable for covering “unsightly places, old 
buildings and decayed trees.” “The Ayrshire Roses are 
also valuable for weeping trees. When budded on some 
stock eight or ten feet high, the branches quickly reach 
the ground, and protecting the stem by their close foliage, 
present a weeping tree of great beauty, loaded with flow- 
ers.” : 
One of the most desirable varieties is the Dundee 
Rambler; flowers in large clusters, white, edged with 
pink, and the double blush. 
Hybrid China, Bourbons, etc.—Of this class there are 
many varieties, suitable for pillars, or poles, but which it 
will be the safest course to be careful of in the winter, in 
the New England States. In climbing Roses, length is 
an important feature; and if these hybrids are left 
without protection, they may lose a large portion of the 
new wood, unless laid down and covered cover. Rivers’s 
George the Fourth is a Hybrid China; grows about ten a 
feet high; flowers large, of a very rich crimson color. 
This is also a fine dwarf Rose, when pruned down, and, 
like most of the Hybrid China Roses, stands perfectly. 
well in the open ground, but the tops are always winter- 
killed here. 
Belle Theresa.— Hybrid China.— A rampant grower, 
with rich dark purple-crimson flowers, in clusters, under 
medium size. 
Fulgens.—Hybrid China,—has beautiful bright scavrlet- 
cupped flowers. 
Gloire de Rosemene.—Bourbon.—This fine Rose gives 
