78 ROSA MICROPHYLLA, ETC. [April. 
freely ; still it makes a lovely pillar rose with large 
clusters of bright crimson shaded flowers. 
Triumphant, bright cherry red, very distinct and perfectly 
double. 
ROSA MICROPHYLLA (OR SMALL-LEAVED ROSE). 
This pretty little rose was originally from China, and 
since it has been introduced, several additions have been 
made by cultivation ; although we have not yet seen any to 
excel the original Rose microphjlla. They delight in light 
rich dry soils, and form very fine bushes for grass-plats or 
small lawns, and generally flower the whole summer, produc- 
ing their blooms from short young shoots produced from the 
wood of two or three years' growth. The plants should all 
have a little protection the first winter after planting, and in 
pruning, the shoots should only be thinned out, or any dead 
piece cut off; we have had several roses Under very enticing 
names added to this group, such as striped microphylla, crim- 
son microphylla, scarlet microphylla, all deceptive; and even 
the first plant that came out as double white proved to be 
entirely single; but there is now a genuine double white, 
though not properly a microphylla. The following few are 
all we have seen worth cultivating : — 
Microphylla. This rose is unique in every character. The 
foliage is very small and neat, and the calyx thick 
and bristly. The flowers are produced at the extremity 
of the young shoots in twos and threes, according to 
the strength of the plant ; they are large and double ; 
the exterior petals large and full ; those of the inte- 
rior are very short and thick-set; the colour in the 
centre is dark, shading lighter towards the exterior; 
the spines are in pairs on each side of the compound 
leaves. It is perfectly hardy, and greatly esteemed, 
and not so subject to be attacked by insects as other 
roses. 
rubra, dark red, having every character of the 
preceding. They are frequently called " The Burr 
Rose," from the appearance of the bud. 
violace, reddish violet ; in habit very similar to 
