DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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Tarly or late Morcllos, yon mny work them after- 

 wards, it' you choose, with known sorts. Ed.] 



Wise men, who claim to know, have written 

 much upon the movements of the sap, and that 

 neir wood is on ly deposited in its downward course. 

 If this thery be sound, is it not a sufficient reason 

 for adapting " reversed shield budding," making 

 the horizontal, or " crosscut" at the bottom, in- 

 stead of the top of the upright cut in all budding 

 operations? Further, if two strings are impor- 

 tant in budding plums, and other difficult fruits, 

 is not this method still more necessary? — for when 

 the upper string is removed, the lower one still 

 binds the horizontal, and also upright cut in part, 

 allowing free course to the sap in its downward 

 flow to the bud, and a better opportunity, there- 

 fore, for the formation of new wood, and, conse- 

 quently, a speedier and better union of the bud 

 and stock. Besides, as the foot-stalk of the leaf 

 is serviceable in enabling the operator to insert 

 his bud with speed and neatness, will it not be 

 much easier and safer to force the bud up than 

 down, by taking hold of the foot-stalk? 



I practice budding very little in any other way, 

 and think I can perform the operation much faster, 

 and with more certainty of success. 



One matter further. Much is said about trans- 

 planting evergreens. I have no theory, and but 

 little practical knowledge. Still, I transplanted 

 a few very nice White Pines from a neighboring 

 forest the last of March, and some quite large 

 Hemlocks, from the " banks of our Brandywine," 

 the last of May, with entire success; both peri- 

 ods being very damp rainy weather; since which, 

 however, it has been, and is row, unusually dry. 

 /. Chester co.. Pa., Aug. 3, 1849. 



A New Yellow Climbing Rose — Dear Sir : 

 As you have repeatedly requested that notices f f 

 new and rare plants, &c., should be forwarded to 

 you, I have taken the liberty to bring to your no- 

 tice the following magnificent fragrant double yel- 

 low running Rose, raised by Hon. James Mat- 

 thews, of Coshocton, Ohio. I extract from his 

 letter of June 7th, some account of this valuable 

 acquisition to the Rose family: 



" I would be glad if you could be with me a 

 week hence ; as by that time I will have some 

 roses in bloom on a seedling of my own raising. 

 It bloomed with me last year for the first time, 

 and is truly not a common or ordinary variety of 

 Rose ; but a very splendid new variety. You 

 know I have seen some of the best roses in culti- 

 vation, and I assure you I have not seen its supe- 

 rior, either when partly or fully expanded. As I 

 fear you will not be here at the afore-mentioned 

 time, I will attempt to give you some idea of its 

 characteristics by description — though I am not 

 much versed in such matters. 



First, its history. Sometime in January, 1844, 

 the Hon. A. P. Stone and Lady, of Columbus, 

 Ohio, together with Mrs. Matthews and myself, 

 on a remarkably mild day for that season of the 



year, visited Mount Vernon, the former rc.yi>'' n 

 of Washington, and while wandering through 

 the garden, I plucked quite a number of seed ves- 

 sels from the great variety of Bourbon, Noisette, 

 and Tea Roses which arc there growing. These, 

 on my return home in the spring, I planted, but 

 not knowing how to manage them, but few vege- 

 tated. Of those that did grow, 1 gave away four 

 the following season and retained two; one of the 

 latter presents a very common appearance, and 

 has never as yet bloomed; the other, which was a. 

 favorite from the first, showed great si<rns of be- 

 ing a very remarkable grower, and is now l'ullv 

 proved to be of vigorous and healthy habit. This 

 plant has, for at least two seasons, thrown up 

 shoots 16 to 18 feet in height. It is, I think, of 

 the Noisette character, and for comparison in 

 growth and appearance, more nearly resembles 

 the Lamarque , than any other rose I am acquaint- 

 ed with, but is a much more vigorous grower, 

 the leaves much larger, decidedly more ruddy and 

 dark in hue, and very glossy and handsome; young 

 wood of a very reddish cast, full of short runted 

 thorns, similar to Lamarque, but much more nu- 

 merous; old wood, large, coarse and thorny; the 

 roses very large and very aouble, and in colour a 

 light, pure yellow, much deeper yellow than De- 

 voniensis, perhaps, indeed, more the colour of La 

 Pactole than any other I have seen, but quite twice 

 as large as the latter named variety ; the bud is 

 shaped like the Lamarque, but is larger; the rose 

 when expanded is also much larger. It is per- 

 fectly tea scented, quite as fragrant as Devonitn- 

 sis, and more fragrant than any other variety with 

 which I am acquainted. These are the substance 

 of its good qualities. It is tender, (like the Noi- 

 sette) and will, if exposed to the winter, freeze. 

 without protection. I laid it down last winter, 

 and covered it slightly with earth, and as far as 

 protected in this manner, it is perfectly sound, 

 and from the young shoots coming out from the 

 old stock, the roses are produced. 1 do not as 

 yet know whether it will be ' perpetual.' Since 

 this rose bloomed last year, (it then had two flow- 

 ers only,) it has been my determination, should it 

 prove a valuable acquisition to the rose family, 

 (as I then thought and sfiil think it may) to pre- 

 sent it to you as my most intimate, florieultural 

 friend, and by you to propagate and disseminate it 

 in whatever manner you please. The original 

 plant has now fourteen good healthy buds, all of 

 which will be expanded within a week or ten days. 

 I have never given a cutting from it and will not 

 do so if it will benefit you. These roses hang on 

 in their perfection three days after expanded." 



Under date of June 20th, I received the follow- 

 ing from Mr. Matthews in reply to some inqui- 

 ries of mine : — 



" In haste, I put up and directed to you accord- 

 ing to your desires, a few branches and one rose of 

 my seedling. This is the last of the blossoms, 

 and of course inferior to the average. I also send 

 you a shoot of last year's growth, two or threo 



