76 CLIMBINO ROSES, ETC. [April. 
and frequently exceedingly large and handsome, and 
is a pillar rose ) its very double delicate flowers have 
a fine effect. 
Boursalt elegans, Purple Boursalt, 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 arbour. 
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 Yellow 
Evergreen Multiflora. 
(V)Felicite de perpetua, Noisette florabunda, Abelard sem- 
pervirens, Noisette compacta, Mademoiselle Euphrasie, 
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- 
tiflora 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 colo'ur or 
shade. Many suppose that they expand all of the 
same colour, and change afterwards. 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- 
tinct shades of colour. In fact, it is a complete non- 
