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wish it to exclude or lessen the cultivation 

 of the older and more beautiful species, but 

 which, we fear, it has already done to a con- 

 siderable degree. As the smallest cuttings of 

 this rose will grow, we are not without the 

 hope of seeing it creep into our hedgerows, 

 where it would soon propagate itself both by 

 suckers and seed ; for it ripens its fruit in this 

 climate as perfectly as those of our native 

 briers, and the hips of the Chinese rose are 

 particularly ornamental, from their inverted 

 pear shape, fine orange colour, and large size. 



The deep-red China rose was first intro- 

 duced by Gilbert Slater, Esq. of Knots- 

 green, near Laytonstone, in the year 1789 ; 

 but this is still confined to the greenhouse, 

 being of a much more delicate nature than 

 the common China rose. The flowers are 

 semi-double, and large in proportion to the 

 plant, of a fine dark carmine colour, and of a 

 delightful fragrance. 



The China rose, which has been named 

 Lady Banks's Rose, rosa Banksice, we hope 

 to see soon hardy enough to leave the green- 

 house, where it has occupied a place since the 

 year 1807. This is a double- white rose, of 

 very diminutive size, but producing such 

 abundance of blossoms, as to render the 

 branches extremely elegant. We are in- 



