ROSES—THEIR NUMBER AND VARIETY. 
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nations by or with the little thorny Rose of the Scotch hills, 
R. Spinosissima. 
Roses are very general plants as to climate, which is a great 
advantage to the cultivator ; and we have seen ever-blooming 
Roses of China in full blow over the snow, on south walls, in 
sheltered situations, pretty far north in Scotland. In respect of 
soil, they are a little more particular, but not very much ; and in 
this they do not require half the trouble of many plants of very 
inferior value. Loam, rather rich but light, is the best soil for 
them ; and if they are attempted to be forced by quantities of 
rank manure, they run to wood and leaf, and are very inferior in 
their bloom. They are also partial to fine and fresh air, and 
never have their proper colours or odours if pent up in confined 
and unwholesome air. It would be in vain, however, to attempt 
describing the culture of Roses in one single paragraph of a general 
paper, and therefore we shall look to some of the most eminent 
cultivators to furnish us with the particulars, which will require 
separate sections. 
In their times of blooming, there are two grand divisions of 
Roses—those which bloom in summer and those which bloom in 
autumn ; and perhaps the finest of the whole in colour, in 
form, and in odour, belong to the latter division. They so 
readily unite with each other, however, that in a sufficiently 
large and properly selected bed, there is a continuous bloom 
from the beginning of June to the end of November ; while, 
in situations favourable to them, the perennial bloomers fill 
up the vacancy from the autumnal ones till the spring ones again 
return. 
The variety with which our present number is adorned— 
Prince Albert —is one of the finest of the perpetual bloomers. 
It was raised by M. Laffay, of Paris, from a cross between that 
fine Bourbon rose, Gloire de Rosomene, and some choice 
damask China and hybrid rose. The drawing from which our 
figure was taken was made on vellum by a first-rate French artist, 
in November last, when the crimson gives way to purple tints in 
some places. It is very hardy ; a vigorous grower, and a free, 
but not crowded, flowerer. It answers well either as a dwarf or 
standard. Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, is appointed agent 
for the sale in Britain ; and the plants will be delivered, carriage 
free, at Mr. Kernan’s, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, 
