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CLIMBING ROSESj ETC. 



and frequently exceedingly large and handsome, and 

 is a pillar rose : its very double delicate flowers have 

 a fine effect. 



Boursalt elegans, Purple Boursaltj Purple Noisette^ &c., 

 flowers of a vivid purple crimson, with an occasional 

 stripe of white, nearly double, and an early and pro- 

 fuse bloomer ; is an excellent rose for an arbor. 



Inermis, very large, bright pink, a little fragrant, 



grows and blooms freely. 



Banksia alba, white, with pink centre, very small, but per- 

 fectly double ) has an agreeable violet perfume, and is 

 a profuse bloomer, but is entirely too delicate to with- 

 stand our winters. This and the following are natives 

 of China: — 



lutea, yellow inclining to buff, in every other cha- 

 racter similar to the former. They are elegant ever- 

 greens in the gardens of our Southern States, and 

 are very highly esteemed ) frequently known under 

 the name of White Evergreen Multiflora^ and Yet- 

 lov: Evergreen Multifiora. 



(r) Felicite de perpetua, Noisette jiorabunda^ Ahelard sem- 

 pervirens, Noisette compactUy Mademoiselle Euplira- 

 sie, and perhaps many other high-sounding names ; 

 it is a beautiful cream-white, with perfect shaped 

 flowers, and makes a lovely rock-work or pillar rose ; 

 but is rather delicate for our severe winters. 



Graulhie, pure white, cup form in large clusters, very double, 

 a strong- grower and free bloomer. 



Grevillia, or seven sisters, is a very curious rose, flowered the 

 first time with us in June, 1830. It is of the Mul- 

 tifiora variety, and is a native of China; growth free 

 and luxuriant; leaves large and deeply nerved; 

 flowers in large clusters, almost every eye of the 

 wood of last year producing one cluster, having on it 

 from eight to twenty roses, according to the state of 

 the plant, each rose expanding differently in color or 

 shade. Many suppose that they expand all of the 

 same color, and change afterward. This is not the 

 case. We have seen them white, pink, red, purple, 

 and various other shades when the bloom expanded ; 

 and on two clusters we have observed twenty-two dis- 

 tioct shades of color. In fact, it is a complete non- 



