DECEMBER. 357 



FINE WALL ROSE TREES IN DORSETSHIRE. 

 The following account may perhaps interest the readers of the Florist : — 



First : Jaime of Smith or Yellow Tea Noisette ; this tree I saw two 

 years ago at my friend's, the Rev. C. Sawbridge, at Aimer Rectory ; it 

 was then in fine and abundant bloom. The following is his account of 

 it : — " My famous Rose tree is the Yellow Tea, styled Jaune of Smith ; 

 its blooms are pale yellow, and its buds are beautiful. I brought it 

 from my paternal home in Kent, some 25 years ago — a mere cutting 

 from a small Rose growing against the house ; and I soon found that 

 the offspring was likely to surpass its parent in every respect, and that 

 the removal to Dorsetshire was most beneficial. I called it the Magnolia 

 Rose, because its leaves were so large, and its buds almost rivalled the 

 blossoms of the Magnolia. For many years it continued to bloom and 

 be greatly admired by my neighbours when calling at the rectory, but, 

 of late years, it has fallen off in appearance, its buds have decreased, 

 there have been fewer of them, and the leaves are nothing to what they 

 once were. Last winter I had it cut about all over, so that only 

 straight branches remained, and therefore I could hardly expect that it 

 would have many blooms this summer, but it has put forth plenty of 

 young wood, and I hope it may do well again next year. The space 

 allotted to it is 8 feet wide and 9| feet high ; but what it would have 

 been, if allowed more space, I cannot say. It is evidently a delicate 

 Rose to manage. I have often given it away to different persons, but 

 it has never thrived." [My Smithii mentioned in the Florist was struck 

 from this tree, and which, though well rooted, lived here only six weeks. 

 W. F. R.] 



Secondly : The Deans Court Lamarque. This fine old tree I have 

 not lately seen, but it is a noted tree. It is growing at Deans Court, 

 Wiinborne, now occupied by Major Portman, Lord Portman's brother ; 

 and the following account has been kindly sent to me by Mrs. Port- 

 man : — " It was planted in 1843 by Mr. John Hanham, before he 

 went to India ; it is therefore 16 years old ; it is 20 feet high and 9h 

 feet wide; it is a bud on a Briar; it blossoms twice a year luxuriantly, 

 but this year its promise of abundant blooms was checked by a severe 

 frost ; its autumn bloom was not so fine as usual, the reason is, I think, 

 that there is too much old wood ; it requires fresh training, cutting out 

 of the old wood, and replenishing with young shoots ; its blossoms are 

 lovely, and sometimes there are as many as ten on one stalk ; it is 

 slightly tinged with yellow inside, and is very sweet." 



Thirdly: The Rev. H. Austen's five trees at Keynstone : — These 

 trees face the east (observe that), and are all on their own roots, except 

 Ophirie, which the gardener says, he thinks, is on Manetti. I have 

 reviewed and carefully measured these trees, and the following is the 

 account of them, as you face the house, built about 12 years ago. 

 They have only 15 inches width of friable soil, which is ed^ed with 

 6 inches of Grass, and then their roots run under a wide gravel walk. — 

 No. 1. The Cloth of Gold, six years old, on its own roots, struck from 

 No. 4, has seven stout main leaders at the base. Its height is 16 £ feet, 



