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habit of blooming from June to Xovember. This seems 

 to be an extravagant anticipation ; but perseverance in 

 gardening will yet achieve wonders." The first Double 

 Macartney raised from seed is totally worthless, its 

 flowers constantly dropping off without opening : while 

 Maria Leonida is now an established favourite. R. ber~ 

 lerifolia Hardii is a most interesting rose, raised from 

 seed by M. Hardy, of the Luxembourg Gardens, from R. 

 involucrata, a variety of JR. hr act eat a, fertilized with that 

 unique rose. JR. berberifolia, or the Single Yellow Persian 

 Eose. This curious hybrid, like its Persian parent, has 

 single bright-yellow flowers with a dark eye, a deep- 

 chocolate spot at the bottom of each petal, much like 

 Cistus formosus, and evergreen foliage. It is not quite 

 hardy. It will probably be the parent of an entirely 

 new group ; and what can be imagined more interesting 

 in roses than varieties with double yellow fl-owers and 

 evergreen leaves ? 



Autumnal and Winter Eoses may be divided into two 

 grand battalions, — the perfectly hardy and hard-wooded 

 kinds, of stiff and moderate growth : and the free-growing, 

 softer-wooded sorts, tenderer in various degrees, accord- 

 ing to constitution, comprising the JVoisettes, the Bourbons, 

 the Chinese, the Tea-scented, and the Fairy or Laurencean 

 Roses. 



Of the former, the Scotch Stanwell Perpetual has been 

 mentioned. A first-rate flower is Tlie Crimson Perpetual, 

 or Rose du Roi, or Lee's Crimson Perpetual, perfect in 

 form, full pink, finely scented. It requires cutting back 

 freely every year, and highly-manured soil, as do all the 

 autumnals. The reputed parent of this great beauty is 

 the Portland, or Pcestan, or Four Seasons Rose, a bright 

 semi-double fragrant flower, which deserves cultivation, as 

 it will put forth welcome blooms in 2s ovember. Hybrid 

 Perpetuals are more in-number than excellence ; to open 

 weh\ they must not be too double, and the petals must 

 have a peculiar texture ; otherwise they are glued together 

 by the dews and rain ; and the blooms, instead of ex- 

 panding, fall off in the shape of a mouldy ball. This is 



