CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 



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der. Served with a little drawn butter, it 

 will melt in your mouth. If your readers 

 have any doubt of this, from having been in 

 the habit, all their lives, of eating hard sticks 

 of white Asparagus, only let them cut it 



both ways, and boil it on the same day, 

 keeping the two lots separate, and my Avord 

 for it, they will never cut another stalk be- 

 low the surface of the bed. 



Yours, &c. T. B. 



Climbing and Pole Roses for Hardy Culture. 



BY ROSA, OF PHILADELPHIA. 



[The following remarks on Climbing Roses, 

 are from the pen of one of the most distin- 

 guished Horticulturists of Philadelphia, 

 whose knowledge on this subject is very 

 full and complete. We hope to see his 

 communications frequently in our pages.] 



The cultivation of the Rose has been a 

 favorite object for many ages. As time 

 passes, the interest increases ; every year 

 bringing to our notice some new feature, 

 some special favorite in color or character. 

 Every year develops some new branch of 

 the art of hybridising, and by its means, of- 

 fers us new attractions, and attains grander 

 results. 



Under the head of Climbing Roses, allow 

 me to cull my own flowers, and select my 

 plants from any of the families of the tribe, 

 to accomplish my object. The Rose family 

 has become one of such boundless extent, 

 that I shall, for the present, confine my re- 

 marks to a few of the most desirable of 

 those of larger growth. 



Roses were formerly all alike indifferent ; 

 having a few meagre petals, distorted with 

 the least toss of the wind ; now we have 

 choice of every grade and color, large or 

 small, and so brilliant that they can be seen 

 a mile off, forming objects that the most in- 

 different observer must admire. On my 

 table lie 24 flowers ; few, or none of them 

 rare ; all can be easily obtained ; they em- 



brace every color, from pure white to dark 

 crimson purple, selected from several fami- 

 lies, all adapted to any situation, and will 

 grow from 3 to 30 feet each year; but to 

 produce this growth, the ground must be in 

 prime order, rich and mellow — loam and 

 well rotted manure, half and half, well in- 

 corporated ; the ground requires also to be 

 of a dry nature, not subject to be inundated 

 with water. Having such material and sit- 

 uation, success will follow; and it may be 

 observed that plants of two years' growth 

 will be more successful than those of five 

 or six years. 



Blanchefleur, hybrid China. Pure white, 

 of a very double compact form ; an abun- 

 dant and early bloomer, adapted to a pole of 

 six feet ; very hardy. 



M-ADAM d'Akbly, hybrid climbing. Will 

 grow to any extent ; the flowers are white, 

 in exuberant clusters ; foliage large and 

 dark green ; excellent for an arbor or cover- 

 incr any object. I saw a plant to-day, train- 

 ed in pillar form, at least 16 feet high, with 

 its thousands of snowy blossoms, backed by 

 a noble purple-leaved beech, forming a stri- 

 king contrast. 



Baltimore Belle, Prairie. Pale waxy 

 blush, very double, in large clusters ; in 

 growth, almost equal to the former, and a 

 few days later into bloom ; perfectly hardy, 

 and will withstand, with all the Prairie Ro- 

 ses, the coldest climates, or the hottest suns. 



