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May 2o, 1867, the editor, referring to a bloom of this Rose exhibited 

 at Nottingham, remarks : " This flower was of the richest golden 

 yellow, and measured 5 inches in diameter, the petals being beauti- 

 fully cupped and symmetrically arranged. It is most gratifying to 

 hear that this magnificent Rose is perfectly hardy, is an excellent 

 grower, and blooms, when well established, in all situations." 



There seemed to be at first some hesitation among our Rose-mer- 

 chants as to the propriety of a union between this delicate beauty and 

 that rough, wild vagabond, the Jolly-Dog Rose ; and it was " sent 

 out" generally budded or grafted upon the Manetti, or recently struck 

 on its own roots, about the size of a toothpick. We have since dis- 

 covered that, as fair damsels love stalwart knights, this Rose grows 

 and blooms most vigorously when budded upon the Briar. This is 

 the best stock for it, so far as my experience goes; but there is 

 another with which it mates most happily, and of this I had last sea- 

 son a somewhat curious proof. Be it known, then, and aprojjos of 

 mates, that the lady whom, on an interesting occasion, I endowed with 

 all my worldly goods, does not avail herself of my matrimonial muni- 

 ficence with regard to my Show-roses, but contents herself during the 

 exhibition-season with the produce of certain trees exclusively appro- 

 priated to her. One morning, towards the end of May, I listened 

 with amused incredulity to her announcement, that she " had just cut a 

 beautiful bloom of the Marechal;" and being perfectly sure that there 

 was no tree of that variety in her collection, and no expanded flower 

 on my own, I ventured to ask, with affectionate sarcasm, which of her 

 plants had distinguished itself for life by this grand supernatural 

 victory? The prompt answer was — "Gloire de Dijon: go to my 

 room and look ! " I went, expecting to see some abnormal specimen 

 of the flower, and I found in all its loveliness, Marechal Niel ! Thence 

 to the branch from which it came, and then the mystery was exj^lained. 

 I had mentioned to my gardener, in the preceding summer, some 

 remarks which I had read from Mr Rivers the younger, recommend- 

 ing the Gloire as a stock for the Marechal. He had tried the recipe, 

 as I now advise my readers to try it, and had first perplexed and then 

 pleased me with the prompt success of his enterprise. 



Lamarque, the parent of Cloth of Gold, well deserves a place on 

 some sunny wall, growing very rapidly, and being one of the earliest 

 Roses to charm us with its refined and graceful flowers. These are 

 large and full, the outer petals of a soft pure white, the inner of 

 a pale-straw colour. 



None of the Roses which I have just described are classified in the 

 catalogues or by writers on the Rose among the Climbers ; but I have 

 ventured so to consider and to commend them, for the obvious reason 



