and vigorous habit of growth, with large, symmetrical, and bright rose-colored flowers.

Coupe d'Hébé, H. B.-A gem of the family. It is large, double, symmetrical, and finely cupped. Its color a delicate, wax-like, rosy pink. Its growth is luxuriant, and adapted for pillars.

Emerance, H. P.-A beautiful cupped rose, of a color unusual in this class, being of a pale lemon or straw color. Its form is very regular, and the habit of the plant good.

George the Fourth, H. C.-An old rose, produced by T. Rivers, but is still one of the most desirable of this class. Its flowers are of a dark crimson, and its young shoots have a purple tinge. Its very luxuriant habit makes it suitable for a pillar.

Julie d'Etranges, F.-This has a large cupped flower, of a delicate rose color.

Madame Hardy, F.-A vigorous habit, and finely shaped flower. Its color is pure white, sometimes with a green

centre.

Madame Plantier, II. C.-A cupped and double pure white rose. It is a luxuriant grower, a most abundant bloomer, and one of the very best of the white summer roses. Its foliage is so marked in its richness and beauty that any one can readily distinguish it by that alone. Were it Remontant, it would possess all the requisites of a perfect white rose.

Obscurité, F.-One of the darkest roses known.

Eillet Parfait, F.-A beautiful striped rose, resembling a carnation. Its form is compact, and its color a very light blush, nearly white, beautifully and distinctly striped with rose and bright crimson.

Tricolor de Flandre, F.-A very double, distinct, and compact flower. Its color is lilac, striped with red and

crimson.

MOSS ROSES.

The Moss Rose was introduced into England from Holland in the sixteenth century, and is first mentioned by Miller, in 1727, by whom it was supposed to be a sport of the Provence Rose, which opinion has been confirmed by modern botanists. Its peculiarities are the delicate prickles which crowd its stem, and the beautiful mossy covering of its calyx. This mossy appearance has been deemed by some a mere lusus naturæ, and by others the work of an insect similar to that which produces the Bédéguar, or Rose-gall. The former opinion, however, prevails; and this freak of nature cultivators have succeeded in fixing and perpetuating in a great number of varieties. The first Moss Rose known in France was said to have been introduced there by Madame de Genlis, who brought it with her on her return from England. In 1810, scarcely more than one variety was known, and now there exist more than a hundred. Of these, the best and most distinct are the following:

A Feuilles Pourpres.-A distinct rose. bright red, and the young leaves are red.

The flower is

Baronne de Wassenaer.-This has a good form, bright red color, and flowers in clusters.

Captain Ingram:-Flowers of a dark, velvety purple. Comtesse de Murinais.-A vigorous habit. Its color is pale flesh, changing to pure white, and it is one of the best of the white Mosses.

Common. This is the old Rose-colored Moss, which has been generally cultivated in gardens. It grows well, blooms freely, is well covered with moss, and is one of the best of the old varieties.

Cristata.-A very singular and beautiful variety, said to have been discovered in the crevice of a wall at Friburg, in Switzerland. Rivers classes it with the Provence

Roses, and when open, it is merely a variety of that rose; but when in bud, it is more properly a Moss, although its calyx is not covered with a fine moss, but has more of a crested appearance. In a rich soil this fringe-like crest most beautifully clasps and surmounts the bud, and gives the rich clusters a truly elegant appearance. Its form is globular, and its color rose. It is one of the few that do not grow well on their own roots, but require to be budded on some strong-growing stock.

Diane de Castre.-Of a light rose color.

Duchesse d'Istrie.-Of medium size, and with a bright rose color.

Eugene de Savoie. This was described among the Remontant Mosses.

Gloire des Mousseuses.-A large and handsome flower, with a clear, pale rose color.

Hooker's Blush.-A cupped rose, blooming in large clusters of a blush color.

Hortense Vernet.-Flowers of a dark rose color. Jenny Lind.-A small or medium-sized rose-colored flower.

Laneii.-A vigorous grower, and has large and thrifty foliage. The buds are large and well mossed, and it is beautiful both in bud and expanded. Its color is bright

rose.

Luxembourg. Like the last, of vigorous growth. Its flowers are a purplish crimson.

Madame de Rochelambert.-This has large and full flowers, of an amaranth color.

Madame Edouard Ory.-This was described among the Remontant Mosses.

Nuits de Young.-Plant of a dwarf habit. Its flowers are small, with a deep, velvety purple color.

Princesse Adelaide.-A remarkably vigorous-growing

variety, with large and handsome foliage, and would make a good pillar rose. Its regularly formed flowers, of a bright pink or rose, are produced in clusters, and open well. It does not bear close pruning. This is one of the most desirable of its class, and owes its origin to Laffay.

Princess Royal.-A very robust rose, almost equal to the preceding in vigor. Its young leaves and branches. have a red tinge, and its cupped flowers are of a deep crimson purple, marbled and spotted with red. Although not quite double when fully open, they are very beautiful when in bud. A moss rose, however double, is peculiar only in bud, for, when fully expanded, the mossy calyx must inevitably be hidden.

Perpetual White.-This was described among the Remontant Mosses, as also were

Raphael, and
Salet.

William Lobb.-A good growing plant, with double flowers. Its color is carmine, shaded with violet.

Like all other roses, and even in a greater degree, the Moss Rose requires a light and very rich soil, with a dry bottom. Many of them make very beautiful beds and patches, when planted in rich soil, and kept well pegged down. A good supply of stable manure should be given them in the autumn, to be washed down about their roots by the winter rains. They do not generally require or bear so much pruning as other roses, but their bloom may sometimes be prolonged by shortening part of the shoots close, and only the tips of the remainder. When properly cultivated, few objects can be more beautiful than these roses, either singly or in masses. Without making so brilliant a show as some other classes, the moss which envelops them imparts a touch of graceful beauty belonging to no other flower.

SCOTCH ROSES.

These roses are all derived from a dwarf rose found growing wild in Scotland and in the north of England. They are distinguished by their small leaves, abundant bloom, and delicate habit. Being perfectly hardy, they are desirable for beds or borders, in which, with proper arrangement of colors, they show beautifully, sometimes two weeks before other roses open, producing flowers all along the stem. Rose growers describe, in their catalogues, two or three hundred varieties, but of them all, scarcely forty or fifty are distinct; of these the best three are the following:

Countess of Glasgow.-A very pretty and brilliant dark rose, blooming abundantly.

Queen of May.-A fine and distinct variety, of a bright pink color.

William the Fourth.-An excellent variety, of luxuriant growth. Its flowers are pure white, and among the largest of the class.

BRIER ROSES.

These roses are distinguished by their small, rough foliage and brier habit. They include the Sweet-Brier, the Hybrid Sweet-Brier, and the Austrian Brier. The SweetBrier is found in various parts of this country and in Europe, and is distinguished by the peculiar delightful fragrance of its leaves. Its simple little flower, found among the hedges, has been long a favorite, and, under the name of Eglantine, has been often the theme of poets.

The Hybrid Sweet-Brier is allied to the preceding, but has larger foliage, and is of more robust growth. Many roses have been placed in this class and among the SweetBriers that have none of the peculiar scent of the SweetBriers; and hence, again, the necessity of classing togeth