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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Single Roses—The Many-flowered. 
To speak of “the Rose,” conveys to most 
persons the idea of the very double rose of 
the garden or greenhouse; in its widest 
sense the term includes a great number of 
very unlike flowers. Doubtless all of our 
prized double roses had their origin in per¬ 
fectly single wild species, and in our admira¬ 
tion of these garden forms we seem to have 
neglected the single roses, and to have for¬ 
gotten that they too have claims upon our no¬ 
tice. While we admire the typical full double 
garden roses, it is not necessary that we should 
ignore the single roses altogether. In the 
ter for being double. The Many-flowered 
Rose ( Rosa multiflora), is known in its double 
form, as the “ Seven Sisters ” Rose, producing 
large clusters of pinkish roses in great pro¬ 
fusion, but unfortunately not quite hardy in 
northern gardens. That well known hardy 
and rampant climber, the “Boursalt,” is, by 
some writers, referred to this 
( R. multiflora), but is so very 
unlike it that it seems hard¬ 
ly possible that it could have 
had this origin. The single 
form of the Many-flowered 
Rose, which seems to be 
scarcely known in Europe, 
ceived from him a note to this effect, “Do 
you grow Anthemis tinctoria ? if not, get 
it.” Knowing the writer, and how much this 
conveyed, I at the proper season procured 
the Anthemis, and I may, by the way, add, 
that I obtained it from the correspondent 
himself, who is quite as liberal with his 
THE MANY-FLOWERED ROSE (Rosa multflom). 
dyers’ chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria). 
doubling of the petals of flowers by cultiva¬ 
tion we do not always multiply all their good 
qualities. We have an illustration of this in 
the “ Ramanas Rose ” ( Rosa rugosa) of Japan, 
which in its usual single form has long been 
one of our prime favorites. It is true that its 
stems are horribly thorny, but its foliage has 
a robust character quite unlike that of other 
roses, while its large pink or white flowers, 
though single, have a fragrance that is rarely 
equalled, and may be regarded as the typical 
rose odor, as certain tints are regarded as the 
proper rose-color; besides, the great scarlet 
fruits of this are so showy in autumn, that 
the bush is worth cultivating for these alone. 
We saw notices in the European journals 
of a double Rosa rugosa, and after a while 
procured it. Its blooming was this spring 
awaited with much interest; it bloomed, and 
in appearance was a fairly respectable double 
rose. We tested its odor, and would not give 
one flower of the single for a basketful of the 
double. The odor appears to have diminished 
as the petals multiplied ; it is fragrant, to be 
sure, but not that abundant satisfying fra¬ 
grance which the single form possesses in so 
high a degree. This, by the way, is an illus¬ 
tration of our view that the popular notion 
that a flower, even a rose, is not always bet- 
flowered with us this spring, after a most 
severe winter, which shows it to be much 
hardier than its double form. Its little 
flowers, barely an inch across, are white or 
pink, and the bush, with its profusion of 
bloom, might be taken at a little distance 
for a blackberry, did not an inspection of the 
flowers show them to be real roses. The 
plant is a native of China, is a climber, and 
worthy of the attention of those interested 
in roses, even if they are not double. 
Notes from the Pines. 
The Managing Editor said to me the other 
day when I was in the city, “ Can't you give 
us some ‘Notes from the-Pines’?” There 
were no tears in his eyes, but he presented 
the request with “ tears in his voice,” which 
I can not resist. I have a capital horticul¬ 
tural correspondent, who never writes unless 
he has something to say, and then has a way 
of putting things that is charming for its 
brevity. The greatest praise that he can 
give to another horticulturist is : “ He knows 
a good thing when he sees it.” This friend 
knows lots of good things, and has the most 
commendable way of telling others about 
them. For example, a year or two ago I re¬ 
plants as with his information about them. 
Anthemis Tinctoria, or Dyers’ Chanitftirile, 
may be described as having flowers like an 
“Ox-eye Daisy,” but yellow all over; the com¬ 
mon “ Ox-eye ” has a yellow disk with white 
ray flowers, while in this, the rays are yel¬ 
low as well as the central portion or disk. I 
send you the top of a plant which you may 
have engraved, though you can not engrave 
its bright yellow color. [The engraving of 
this Anthemis is given above.—E d.] There are 
Yellows and “Yallers.” 
Common “yaller” flowers I despise, but 
there are yellow flowers that I admire. Some 
of the early yellows of the Primroses, Nar¬ 
cissuses, etc., are tender and delicate; then 
on the other hand are the rich tints, com¬ 
monly caMed “ golden yellow,” such as we 
see in some of our Golden-rods and other 
native flowers, and in this Anthemis, a color 
which is as far removed from the common 
“yaller” of the “ Pumpkin-blow” as can be. 
How a true golden yellow lights up a bouquet, 
a garden, or a landscape ! Imagine an autumn 
without a Golden-rod, what a dreary season 
it would be ! Having grown the Anthemis we 
see why our friend commended it. It forms 
a branching mass about two feet high, begins 
