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easy than other members of the same genu3 to distin- 

 4 guish, when leafless in winter, by the aspect of the wood. 

 A collection of the different varieties makes, therefore, a 

 nice even hedge of roses, which only reqnires looking 

 over once or twice a year to keep it compact and in order. 

 Budded as standards, they make pleasing heads when full 

 in bloom, but require considerable patience to prune, 

 which must be done by thinning out rather than by 

 cutting back. The blooms are better adapted for out- 

 door enjoyment, and for bouquets, than for exhibition. A 

 few distinct varieties are The Queen of May, blush ; True 

 Yellow, a hybrid, sulphur-coloured fading to white ; TJie 

 King of Scotland, petals purplish red within, light with- 

 out ; Venus, dark and double ; William TV., large white ; 

 Sulphurea, straw-coloured ; Guy Mannering, double blush; 

 La Xeige, white and double ; and Daphne, pink. The 

 Stanwell Perpetual is a true Scotch rose, very light blush 

 fading to white, sweetly scented, and the only one worth 

 notice belonging to its group which is really what the 

 Trench call a rose remontante, or ever-flowering rose. It 

 begins as early as any of its brethren ; and the frosts are 

 sure to destroy advancing buds, which would open in 

 their turn, c; weather permitting." It would be worth 

 trying the Stanwell in plunged pots, to be transferred to 

 the greenhouse at the approach of winter. 



The wild Sweet Briar — JR. ruliginosa — has been intro- 

 duced to our pleasure-grounds for the exquisite fragance 

 of its leaves ; the flowers are scarcely more highly scented 

 or prettier than those of the common Dog Rose. B. 

 canina, and in all cases where its blossoms have been 

 improved by intentional or accidental hybridizing, or by 

 the sporting either of germinating seedlings or suckers 

 from old-established plants, the improvement has been 

 obtained at a sacrifice of some good quality in the foliage ; 

 such as diminished vigour and suppressed perfume. Those 

 who like, may try the Carmine Sweet Briar, the Monstrous. 

 the Scarlet or La Belle JDistinguee, and the Splendid ; 

 but for the purpose for which Sweet Briars are grown, 

 there is nothing to equal the Sweet Briar of the hedge. 



