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tiful while in bud. Some white moss roses, as “Unique 
de Provence” and “Maiden of Bath,” have more or less 
perfect flowers, but are seldom seen in their glory in our 
hot and dry climate. The “Perpetual White,” though by- 
no means perpetual, will stand our climate well, and 
bloom twice dui ing the season. It is of vigorous growth 
and produces large clusters of flowers, which, however, 
as mentioned before, are always sure to give disappoint- 
ment when fully open. 
MISCELLANEOUS ROSES. 
Banksia Alha^ often called the “White Multiflora,” is 
as fragrant as the violet. 
Banksia Lute a ; yellow; is not fragrant. Both are of 
a most vigorously climbing habit, with long, slick and 
slender thornless vines, growing fro.m ten to twenty feet 
in a season. What a contrast to behold this ramf)ant 
climber in our “Sunny South,” when a Northern horticul- 
culturist never has seen it otherwise than a little miser- 
able sprig in a pot ! The flowers are very small, not 
larger than a dime, but produced in bunches and in great 
profusion. 
Fortune's New Yellow^ a climbing rose (from China) of 
late introduction. Notwithstanding all that has been said 
respecting the merits of this rose, together with many 
beautiful drawings presented thereof, I will try to give a 
true description of it, as it blooms with me. It is true, 
the color is remarkable, being a nankeen buff, the edges 
slightly tinged with pink ; but the flowers are but half 
double; of short duration, and beautiful in the morning 
only, before fully expanded. Its blooming season is also 
very short. 
Persian Yellow. — This is, as yet, the deepest chrome 
yellow rose. The flower is below medium size, globular 
and often marked with a deep crimson stripe on the back 
of the petals. The bark is dark glossy brown ; the foliage 
small, and of a peculiar fragrance, like the “Sweetbriar.” 
In order to grow these last four varieties, as well as the 
Moss Roses, in their perfection, and to have them to 
bloom abundantly they must (particularly the two last 
ones) be pruned severely immediately after having 
finished their blooming. It is the nature of these varieties 
to produce their flowers on the growth of the passed sea- 
son, wherefore their blooming would also be prevented if 
the pruning was delayed till winter. This treatment will 
cause them to throw out many new shoots, which will 
produce an abundance of flowers by next spring. 
It is a well known fact that nearly all roses o tained 
from Northein nurseries are budded, often on high, un- 
sightly stems, and are, consequently, almost worthless. 
All roses for the South should be strong, bushy plants 
on their own roofs ; though there are a few varieties which 
never succed well unless the they are grafted on the roots 
of some other strong growing kind, and this operation 
may be done by a practised hand, in such a way that it 
will never be noticed. 
[From the H irticvlktrist.'] 
HEDGES-ORNAMENTAL AND DEFENSIVE. 
The importance of suitable enclosures for farms and 
gardens, as well as for ornament and screens, has long ex- 
ercised the thoughts of cultivators, and the best has not yet 
ceased to be a problem that many are seeking to solve. 
In some sections of this immense country, it is a topic of 
first consideration, and well deserving attention. The 
thorn in most portions of America has been abandoned on 
account of its diseases and the attacks of insects, and vari- 
ous efforts have been made to find a substitute. Good 
authorities have recommended from time to time the Os- 
age Orange; this comes tolerably near to possessing all 
the requisites, but wc regret to say it, not all. Eftorts are 
still making by various patriotic individuals, and at length 
our different sections and climates may find the desider- 
atum. VVe shall endeavor to impart such information as 
is now possessed, and, in doing this, must acknowledge 
our indebtedness for examples of fine hedges to Mr. Wm* 
Reid, of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, who possesses within 
his remarkably well kept nurseries, specimens of various 
descriptions, in the highest keeping and beauty. 
An English writer says justly, “As to the beauty of a 
fine heoge, it is impossible for any one who has not seen 
it to form an idea; contrasted wth a wooden or even a 
brick fence, it is like the land of Canaan compared with 
the deserts of A rabid.” 'The delay in bringing a hedge to- 
perfection should not discourage the provident improver, 
tor it is an everlastingfence, “at least,” says Downing, “in 
any acceptation of the words known to our restless and 
changing countrymen. When once grown, the small 
trouble of annual trimming costs not a whit more than the 
average expenses of repairs on a wooden fence, while its 
freshness and verdure are renewed with every vernal re- 
turn of the flower and the leaf” 
As the hedge grows up, repeated cuttings are necessary, 
so that a wide bottom may be gained, w'ithout which none 
can be considered either useful or ornamental ; for if broad 
at the top it retains water and snow to the great injury of 
the plants Proper management will remedy most of the 
evils attendant upon the operation; but in America, with 
its costly labor and the riis/t of work at trimming time, 
farmers are still to be found who will twice or thrice a 
year go over the long hedges with proper care and pre- 
caution, to procure a permanent and elegant enclosure. 
Wood for fences is becoming very scarce, and there are 
prairie lands where no timber can be hud for the post and 
rail or the worm fence, and sections where the land yields 
no stone for walls; and where ornament is to be consider- 
ed, hedges are essential. 
The Osage Orange {Madura aurnniiaca). — This plant 
has some very good qualities for the purpose, but it re- 
quires great attention —more, it has been found, than the 
generality of busy fai mers can afford to give to it; if neg- 
le.’ted, it runs wild, loses its lower branches, which at 
best must be interlaced after the first cuttings, or they 
will admit the smaller animals. A nc.ther disadvantage is 
that it is “a greedy feeder,” extends its roots far and wide, 
and exhausts the crop of its proper food to some distance 
in the field; the roots are also of an extraordinary size, 
frequently as large and thick as the wood above ground. 
It is, however, hardy, and if it loses the tips of the young 
slioots in a severe winter, it soon fills up with proper cut- 
ting. This plant is seldom liable to the complaint of send- 
ing up suckers. Where there is a determination to have 
it as a hedge, and to give it the proper yearly attention, it 
may do very well ; but it is open to some objections, and 
it is late in coming forward in the spring and early in 
shedding its leaves. Our own opinion is, that in a vast 
portion of cases the Osage Orange, ivithout great attention, 
will prove a disappointment; we express this with regret 
for it has been extensively introduced. The experience of 
our friends at the west may be different. 
[The editor of the II > rticnlturist cannot have seen any 
well-grown ' sage Orange Hedges, or his opinion of the 
merits of this plant would have been more favorable. It 
has no rival as a quick-growing defensive hedge, and 
hundreds of miles of it are now annually planted in the 
West. A correspondent, in a subsequent number of the 
Horticulturist, (whose -article we may copy hereafter) is 
much more just in his estimate of the value of theMaclura^ 
- -Eds. So. Cult ] 
