248 FLOWER GARDEN. 
varieties may be mentioned F. discolor and F. Riccartonia; 
and particularly F. corymbiflora, perhaps the finest of all. 
Many roses are also well adapted for walls, such as the 
varieties of Noisette, Boursault, and the different species 
from China. 
A separate compartment, called the Rosary, is generally 
devoted to the cuitivation of roses. It is often of an oval 
form, with concentric beds, and narrow intervening walks 
of grass or gravel, but it may assume any configuration 
which is suited to display this favorite plant. Of the thou- 
sand varieties of roses which exist in the Hnglish nurseries, 
we pretend not to give any selection. It may, however, be 
remarked, that in planting the Rosary,,care should be taken 
to classify the sorts according to the sizes and affinities, 
otherwise the effect will be much impaired. The sorts are 
generally classed as Damasks, Perpetuals, French Roses, 
Chinese Roses, Scotch, Celestials, and Moss Roses. A 
variety of double-flowering Sweet Briers have been recently 
added to their number, uniting the beauty of the double 
rose and the fragrance of the brier. The climbing sorts 
may be advantageously introduced, being trained to pillar- 
like trellises, In the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh 
they are trained to living posts, consisting of straight pop- 
lars, closely pollarded, so as to show only a few leaves at 
top. The Banksian Rose is one of the finest climbers, but 
has this peculiarity, that the flowers are produced only on 
shoots of one year’s growth; the pruning must therefore 
take place at midsummer, so as to allow time for the de- 
velopment of new shoots; if done in the autumn there can 
be no roses next season. In Scotland it is suited only for 
the conservatory. When the Rosary is extensive, itis ju- 
dicious to intersperse some of the most showy hollyhocks; 
for thus the beauty of the quarter is maictained in the later 
