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SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 
when we come to the right of it, never blooming well till they are 
matured, which takes some years. Of course, there are many Double 
Yellow Roses, but only two are admitted into this select family. 
Climbing Hoses. 
Here we might expect to find all those roses which, from their 
habits, were adapted to the fronts of houses, pillars, trellises, and other 
lofty stations. One would, at least, expect that, if Climbing Roses 
mean anything, it means all roses that will climb. No such thing. 
Having pushed, we know not how many roses that climb into other 
families, of course they cannot be here. We have various divisions 
in this family notwithstanding: First, we have the Ayrshire Rose, 
which is said to be a hybrid, accompanied by several others called 
Ayrshire Roses also; next, we have the second division, called Rosa 
multiflora, said to be a native of Japan, and a number of companions 
as unlike it as may be; not that there are any among this family that 
do not climb, but there are very many as good Climbing Roses shut 
out from it. 
The Queen of the Prairies , or Michigan Rose, is remarkable for its 
perfectly hardy growth, flourishing equally well in Canada at the 
north, and in Texas at the south. It grows with unparalleled rapid¬ 
ity, exceeding all other roses of this family, covering an entire arbor 
or an old building in a short space of time. It blooms, also, after other 
rummer roses are mostly gone, its flowers occurring in large clusters 
of different shades. 
Evergreen Roses. 
Here there can be no mistake: an Evergreen Rose must be an 
Evergreen Rose; but, although we have some enumerated, there &re 
plenty of Evergreen Roses not admitted into this family, but pushed 
about in all directions, some crammed into the China, and some into 
the Hybrid China. 
Boursault Roses. 
This is said to be “a most distinct group of roses, with long red¬ 
dish flexible shoots;” yet Gracilis is affirmed to be “unlike the other 
varieties of this division.” They are said to be good Climbing Roses, 
making ten feet of growth in the season. 
