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THE MANUAL OF GARDENING. 
Gloria de France — monthly cabbage. 
“ de Algiers — light purple. 
Ida Percot — lilac. 
Julia de Lyons — white. 
Madame Margat — dark rose. 
“ Nerard — blush colour. 
Ninon de L’Enclos — violet purple. 
Pauline Plantier — rose. 
Pucella Genoese — flush colour. 
Queen — deep blush. 
Splendens — light rose. 
Theresita — bright carmine. 
Thimocle — rosy shaded lilac. 
Micropiiylla. 
These have foliage of a very distinctive character, and much 
admired, on that account, as well as for the flowers; free bloom- 
ers, hardy. 
Maria Leonida — white, extra fine. 
Microphylla — rose colour superb. 
“ du Luxemborg. 
“ Nouveau rouge. 
iS odorata alba — creamy white, fragrant. 
Musk-scented. 
This class is formed from those which have the fragrance of 
the old “white cluster,” or “ musk-scented,” a well-known va- 
riety, which has long supported its popularity ; — hardy. 
Moschata — white, semi-double. 
superba — pure white, very double. 
Frazerii — blush or pink. 
Princess de Nassau — white, double. 
Some cultivators of Roses have made other subdivisions, a 3 
Perpetual, Hybrid-China, &c. ; but there is so much confusion 
on the subject that we pass them by. The increasing taste for 
this charming flower, and the many new varieties which are an- 
nually produced, will ultimately require a more critical classifi- 
cation. 
Spirea. — T here are several beautiful species of this genus, 
among which may be specially named hypericifolia, salicifolia , 
tomentosa, and bella : there are others of herbaceous habit : see 
page 76. 
Spartium Scoparium, Scotch Broom . — Common as is this 
plant in Europe, it is here comparatively little known, to the dis- 
