Climbing Roses

These flower annually in immense clusters, grow rapidly, and are quite hardy.

Banksia lutea, double yellow.

" alba, white. Boursault, rose colour.

" purpurea, purple.

" blush, large blush.

" gracilis, bright rose.

Bengalensis scandens, large rosy white. Felicite perpetuelle, blush white. Grevillia. Greville produces immense clusters, of various colours and shades, from white to crimson. Multiflora, pink.

" alba, blush white.

Rubifolia, single Michigan or prairie. " elegans, double pink. " purpurea, double purple. " Queen, double pink. " alba, double blush white. Russelliana, crimson cottage rose. Sempervirens plena, superb white. Triomphe de Bollwyler, blush white. Laura Davoust, white.

Microphylla Roses

Maria Leonida, white, extra fine. Microphylla rosea, rose colour.

" odorata alba, creamy white.

Musk-Scented Roses

Moschata, white semi-double.

" superba, pure white, very double. Princesse de Nassau, white double.

Roscoea

Five species. Stove herbaceous perennials. Division. Light turfy loam.

Rose

See Rosa.

Rose Acacia

Robinia hispida.

Rose Bay

Epilobium angustifo-Hum.

Rose Beetle

See Anisopia.

Rose Of Heaven

Lychnis Coeli-Rosa.

Rose Of Jericho

Anastatica.

Rose Of The World

Camellia japonica Rosa-mundi.

Rose Snowball Tree

Viburnum Opulus roseum.

Rosmarinus

Rosmarinus officinalis. See Rosemary.

Rothia

Rothia trifoliata. Hardy trailing annual. Seeds. Common soil, and a warm situation.

Roxburghia

Two species. Stove evergreen climbers. Suckers. Light turfy loam.

Royal Bay

Laurus nobilis.

Royena

Eleven species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Roylea

Roylea elegans. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich soil.

Rubia

Five species. Hardy herbaceous perennials, and half-hardy evergreen shrubs. Seeds or division. Common soil.

Rubus

[Bramble.] Seventy-three species, and some varieties. Hardy deciduous trailers and shrubs, and a few green-house and stove evergreens, as well as herbaceous perennials. Rubus Idoeus is the Raspberry. Suckers or cuttings. Rich loam.

Rudbeckia

Thirteen species, chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials. R. amplesifolia is a hardy annual. R. radula, a biennial. Division, seeds, and common soil. R. napi/olia is a green-house perennial, succeeding best in peat and loam.

Rudolphia

Two species. Stove evergreen climbers. Suckers. Light turfy loam.

Rue, Or Herb Grace

Ruta graveolens. Thrives best in a poor clayey loam, mixed with calcareous rubbish, in an open situation. It is propagated by slips and cuttings, as well as from seeds; the first two modes being usually practised as being the most easy. It may be planted or sown at any time during the spring. The seed in drills six inches apart, and one deep. The seedlings are not long in making their appearance, and only require to be thinned to a similar distance in the rows, and kept free of weeds. The rooted slips, or cuttings, may be planted on a poor, shady border, and watered occasionally until taken root.

In the autumn, the plants may be removed to their final compartment. During their after-growth, they must be kept pruned in a shrubby form, and never be allowed to produce seed. The decayed branches, etc, may be removed in the spring and autumn, and the surface of the bed stirred.