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in about three Weeks time the Plants 

 fhot out again, and produe'd a great 

 Quantity of Flowers in Angujl and 

 September, which were as fair as 

 thofe produced in June. This is the 

 only Sort of Rofe for this Purpofe, 

 there being no other Sort which will 

 flower early and late, except this. 



The next Sort of Rofe which 

 flowers in the open Air, is the Cin- 

 namon, which is immediately fol- 

 Jow'd by the Damafc Rofe ; then the 

 Blulh, and York and Lancajhr ccme; 

 after which the Provence, Dutch, 

 Hundred -leav'd White, and moll 

 other Sorts of Roles, follow ; and 

 the lateft Sorts are the two Mufk 

 Rofes, which, if planted in a fhady 

 Situation, feldom rlower until S/p- 

 Hmber\ and if the Autumn proves 

 mild, will continue often till the 

 Middle of October. 



The Platts of thefe two Sorts 

 mould be placed again ft a Wall, Pale, 

 or.other Building, that their Branches 

 may be fupported ; otherwife they 

 are fo ilender and weak, as to trail 

 upon the Ground : thefe Plants 

 fhould not be pruned until Spring, 

 becaufe their Branches aiefomewhat 

 tender ; fo that when they are cut in 

 Winter, they often die after the 

 Knife. Thefe produce their Flow- 

 ers at the Extremity of the fame 

 Year's Shoots, in large Bunches ; fo 

 that their Branches muft not be 

 ihorten'd in the Summer, left there- 

 by the Flowers mould be cut off. 

 Thefe Shrubs will grow to be ten or 

 twelve Feet high, and muft not be 

 check'd in' their Growth, if you in- 

 tend they mould flower well ; fo 

 that they fnould be placed where 

 they may be allowed room. 



The low^ft Shrub of all the Sorts 

 here mentioned is the Scotch Rofe, 

 which rarely grows above two Feet 

 high ; fo that this muft be placed 

 among other Shrubs of the fame 



Growth. The red Rofe and the 

 Ro/a mundi commonly grow from 

 three to four Feet high, bat feldom 

 exceed that \ but the Damafk, Pro- 

 vence, and Frankfort Rofes grow to 

 the Height of feven or eight Feet ; fo 

 that in planting them great Care 

 mould be taken to place their feve- 

 ral Kinds, according to their various 

 Growths, amongft other Shrubs, that 

 they may appear beautiful to the Eye. 



The yellow Rofe, as alfo the Au- 

 firian Rofe, are both Natives of 

 America: thefe were originally 

 brought from Canada, by the French: 

 the other Varieties, which are now 

 in the Gardens, of thefe Sorts, have 

 been accidentally obtained, and are 

 preferved by budding them on the 

 other Sorts. The Shrubs of thefe 

 Rofes feldom (hoot fo ftrong as moft 

 of the other Sorts, efpecially in thfc 

 light Land near London ; where they 

 feldom produce their Flowers. Thefe 

 are efteemed for their Colour, being 

 very different from all the other Sorts 

 of Rofes : but as their Flowers have 

 no Scent, and are of (hort Duration, 

 they do not merit the Price they are 

 generally fold at. 



The Frankfort Rofe is of little 

 Value, except for a Stock to bud 

 the more tender Sorts of Rofes up- 

 on ; for theFlowers feldom open fair, 

 and have no Scent ; but it be- 

 ing a vigorous Shooter, renders 

 it proper for Stocks to bud the 

 yellow and Aufirian Rofe?, which 

 will render them ftronger than upon 

 their own Stocks ; but the yellow 

 Rofes feldom blow fair within eight 

 or ten Miles of London; tho' in the 

 Northern Parts oiGreat Britain they 

 rlower extremely well. This Sort 

 muft have a- Northern Expofure ; 

 for if it is planted too warm, it will 

 not flower. 



The Damafk and monthly Rofe 

 feldom flower well in fmall confined 

 Gardens, 



