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ROSE. 
ROSE. 
The Rose is universally esteemed the Queen of 
flowers, uniting the most delicate colors with the 
richest perfume ; and in every country where they 
will grow, are considered the greatest ornament, 
whether in the garden, or in pots for the window, or 
Greenhouse, and as a further recommendation, they 
are easy of cultivation. 
The varieties of roses of late years have become so 
numerous, that to give a list of the different kinds 
would occupy too much space in this work. We shall 
therefore divide them into a few classes in order to 
treat of their cultivation. 
Hardy Roses —Which may be described under two 
divisions. 1. The hardy bush or garden rose. 2. The 
hardy running rose. 
The hardy bush or garden rose will include, Rosa 
Frovincialis, or cabbage rose, R. Damascena, or 
Damask Rose,R. centifolia or Hundred leaved rose, 
Rosa gallica, French or Provins Rose, and R. mus- 
cosa or Moss Rose. 
The variety of these species include the greatest 
number and comprise the most beautiful roses. These 
species of roses when growing in a shrubbery or 
flower garden crowded by other shrubs, shoot suckers 
from their spreading roots which if left to themselves 
would soon exhaust the old plant. It is to this divis¬ 
ion of roses that the rules usually given for their 
cultivation chiefly apply. These roses in general thrive 
