Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
From the Nsw Orleans Pteayune.1 !
THE ROSE.
THE SOUTHERN NURSERIES,

w., MISS,
October 81, 1856.
II Is rare that a email day" passes with.
out bringing one or more letters ipou;r;n.-
what shall l do to my rose bushes p
How am L to prune them2 Must The,
be manured, and how, and with WHAT
And what varieties do you consider III.
most beautiful and desirable ?" and 90 on
Now, as these inquiries come almost in
variably from the ladies, and as it is inn
possible for me to reply, at any length -
each and all and as we have no tre,,;.O
on the subject at all adapted to the Son,b
entering as fully into particulars as the /,
dies seem to desire, must appeal to You
Messrs. Editors, to help me out of the diff.
fculty. Let the types multiply, and scat
ter to the extent of your circulation, the
following reply to one of the fair inaoirers
and you will gratify your lady readers who
have taste for the Queen of Flowers
and who of them has not ?-and At tbo
same time relieve me from quandary
Although, during the last ten years it
would seem that the perfection of beauty
had been attained, in the lovely roses pro-.
duced and disseminated during that tims
SOIlefhIprx
new and striking brought out And vet
there are many which have been cultiv,'
ted, priced and admired for years, that are.
altogether unsurpassed.
Before, however, describing individual
varieties, or speaking of their treatment
1t may be well to explain that there are
two great CLASSES of roses-those which
bloom only once year, in the SPRING or
early summer, and hence known as SIM.
MER roses and those which, in addition
to the abundant crop of flowers which
they give at that season, bloom again after
almost every shower that falls; or only
In the autumn, after the usual rains of
that period, and hence are all called Ar
TUMNAL.
This is rather forced classification
however; but as it has been generally
adopted by European growers, it is also
very generally retained here.
So much of the attention of rose-orou-
ers has been directed, of late years, to the
perpetual and autumnal bloomers, and so
great variety produced, in habit of
growth, color, fragrance, form of flower,
&C., that many of the summer-fowering
ones, which were, until recently, deemed
indispensable, are now supplanted There
are still, however, some of these retained
as beautiful fayorites which none can
bring themselves to discard for the sole
and only reason that, like the true woman.
they are somewhat chary of a too free ex-
hibition of their charms
Who, for example, will reject the 'Moss--
es,' ''Banksias," the brilliant and varie-
gated "Provence" and "French Roses"
the ''Swect Briars," the graceful "Arv-
shires," pure and bright yellow and copper
colored Austrian Briars' and double
Yellows,' or the hardy and snowy, ram
pant Double Prairie Roses!' Yet all ii
these, except some few new '.Mosscs,'
bloom but once a year-early in the spIi nag
and summer. Then, however, they ~iy..
us gems Of the purest wafer. and IN great
abundance; the blooms continuing In Per
fection for great length of time.
The ''Banksias," or s'Lady Banks Re-
ses,' form one of the most delicate,y beau
tiful groups We have. Being too delicate
for the climate of the Northern States or
of any but the most Southern parts OF
England, they are not spoken of as they
deserve, in the only treatises We have;
with us, South of Tennessee and North
Carolina, they are perfectly hardy; and
from their graceful, weeping habit, vigor
Gus growth and rich evergreen foliage,
they are at all times highly ornamental;
and when in bloom are surprisingly beau
tiful.
The "Double White" and 'sDouble Vel
low are the only varieties We have had
amongst us, until quite lately; unless, in
deed, we include the "Cherokee Hedging
Rose," which belongs to the same group.
The double White" in addition to the
beauty of its pretty clusters of small very
double flowers, produced in vast abund-
ance, has also very delightful and deli
cate violet perfume to recommend it still
further. The "Double Yellow" has no
fragrance, but produces it's pretty wreaths
of small, double buff colored flowers in
equal profusion. There are in this cOun-
ty, adams, Mississippi plants cf these
two roses of vast size; some having stems
of ten inches to foot in diameter, and
embracing vast circle in the sweep Of
their branches.
have some strong plants OF some new
ly introduced varieties of the Banksias,
which will bloom most profusely this
coming spring. Last winters cold was
so severe as to injure the young shoots
so far as to prevent their Towering freely
with one exception.
Alba grandijaora, the single phite and
spinosa lutco are said to be all three very
beautiful. If equally so with Fortuaio-
nez, shall be well pleased. This was
in perfect bloom, Notwithstanding the cold,
and proved to be as fragrant as the white,
and fully as prOfase flower each bloom
in the thick clusters being larger when
expanded than half dollar, and of the
purest white.
Fortunes Chinese Yello,c, though not
properly Banksia, is yet nearer akin to
this than any other group. This is de-
cided novelty, vigorous runner, with rich