CATALOGUE OF ROSES 



IN THE NOHSEBIES OF 



WILLIAM R. PRINCE & CO 



ROSES. 



Of all the hardy shrubs that bedeck the Garden, none commands 

 such universal admiration as the Rose, and there is none to which so 

 much attention has been devoted in the production of new seminal va- 

 rieties. Most appropriately, therefore, has this splendid appendage of 

 the floral domain received the appellation of the "Queen of Flowers." 

 To such an extent has the course of propagation referred to been car- 

 ried, that above two thousand varieties are now enumerated in the Eu- 

 ropean Catalogues. The most astonishing circumstance, however, is 

 the total change in the -public taste which has arisen since the produc- 

 tion of hundreds of magnificent varieties of the Chinese Ever-Bloom- 

 ing, Tea- Scented, Noisette, and Bourbon, and other perpetual classes, 

 all possessing the invaluab'e property of perpetual flowering, and there- 

 by affording a long successive display of their floral beauties from the 

 opening of spring until the autumnal suspension of vegetation. The 

 result of this remarkable change in public opinion, has been the almost 

 total abandonment of the Summer or June flowering Roses, usually 

 denominated " Hardy Garden Roses," as they bloom but once, and then 

 only for a very short period. Based as the taste of amateurs is in this 

 case on the strongest reasons for their preference, its course must be 

 progressive, and the period is not far distant when but few of the short- 

 lived June varieties will be continued in gardens where the monthly va- 

 rieties are obtainable. During a long course of culture, our object has 

 been to select the most estimable varieties from the mass which have 

 been presented to our observation, and in the formation of the present 

 Catalogue, the whole have undergone a complete supervision and criti- 

 cal investigation ; and the varieties now enumerated comprise a Select 

 List, embracing only the most beautiful, and those most estanable for 

 their form, size, fragrance, singularity, or delicacy. This assemblage, so 

 extensive and so admirable, has been made at great expense, and many 

 of the varieties have cost us from S3 to $6 for each original plant im- 

 ported. Those which we have rejected, and discontinued the propaga- 

 tion of, are enumerated under a distinct head, and without descriptions. 

 This Select Collection occupies four acres of ground, independent of an 

 immense number in pots. During the period of their bloom- they pre- 

 sent an accumulation of varied beauties scarcely to be rivalled, and those 

 who may desire it can make their selections during the flowering season. 

 The different classes of Roses also present a great diversity in their 

 style of growth, foliage, and in the form and size of their flowers. Some 

 varieties are tall and erect, others procumbent or climbing, others have 

 long flexible shoots adapted to training, and some are of a very dwarf 

 habit. All the varieties will endure our winters, with the few exceptions 

 which are noted in their place, and they are all double except the few 

 which are designated as single. 



The greater part of the Roses are on their own bottoms, but an as- 

 sortment of about 400 varieties are also inoculated on strong stocks 3 to 4 



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