HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 267 



Beauty or Queen of Praries — as yet the best pink flowering sort. 



Linnean Hill Beauty — pale rose. 



Mrs. Pierce — bright pink. 



Superba — pale waxy blush. 



Triumph ant — dark rose . 



The prairie roses make very rapid growths, and are not equalled 

 tor covering arbors, wall and trellis work; they bloom just after 

 the full flush of the rose season, filling up a very desirable space ; 

 they root readily by laying a branch in the ground in August; you 

 can in the following spring remove it to become a permanent plant. 



Hybrid China Roses — bloom only once, but are of great beauty 

 of form and color, having amongst them every variety of color, ex- 

 cept green; as I am not particularly attached to the family, perhaps 

 some other of your fanciers will give us the leading characters in 

 the group. 



Hardy Garden Roses —embrace all those that are known as pro- 

 vins, Gallica, moss and ^weQt briars; and in this group are the only 

 perfectly striped and yellow roses. The French promise us a 

 striped hybrid perpetual, but it may come like the yellow moss. Of 

 the stripes worthy of note, Oeillet par j ait, Oeillet jlammand and 

 Village miid; nearly all are having white flowers with decided pink 

 or lilac stripes the whole length of the petals ; of yellow w r e have 

 only the Harrisnmi, an American Rose, and the yellow Persian, the 

 latter decidedly the best of the two; neither of these yellows require 

 much pruning as the flowers are produced on the short spears of 

 the w r ood of the preceeding year, they therefore, require to grow 

 into large bushes before their beauties are fully displayed. 



Propagation — the many forms of multiplying plants are known 

 only to nurserymen and those who make a living by the business of 

 multiplication; we however, know: enough of the art to increase our 

 stock for pleasure. 



By Cutting — any person will succeed with the Bengal, Tea, 

 Bourbon and Noisette sorts; during August and September take off 

 short pieces of the wood that has produced flowers, close to the 

 Wood from whence it grew ; cut its base evenly and smoothly, re- 

 ducing it to three or four eyes in length; cut off the leaves and 



