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DOMESTIC NOTICKS. 



directions for sdwinfj and iiftor pultuie, have been 

 given by us in a Chapter cm lleilj,a's, j). 315 ol' this 

 jouriiiil. 



Remarks on New Roses. — The Cloth of Gold 

 Rose. (Cbromatclla.) — Novelties in Horticulture 

 are (juite as like!}' to create an excitement auioufr 

 the iViends of so interestinjj; a science, as anythinjr 

 else wc know of. and it is amusinp; to witness the 

 ardor, of both sellers and buyers, when any thing 

 new is brought out. A few years ago, Mr. Rivers, 

 of Sawbridgeworth, near London, brought over from 

 France a Noisette Rose, to which he gave the name 

 " Cloth of Gold,'- and a dcscrijition of the most 

 glowing character. It was ''very double, large, 

 and of a deep golden yellow." No sooner was it 

 annoimeed as on sale, than evtry body was anxious 

 to obtain so fine a thing, so anxious indeed that a 

 guinea in England, and five dollars here, was paid 

 I'or plants a very little better than a recently struck 

 cutting. As fast as each plant grew large enougli, 

 it was forthwith mutilated (cut in) for the purposes 

 of propagation, consequently the flower was not 

 to be seen, though every body wished to see it. 

 Nurserymen advertised, puffed, and sold it, ame- 

 ttnns purchased on the strength of what was said 

 of it, and nursed their treasure with all the care ima 

 ginablc, watching day by day for the welcome sight 

 of a llowerbud. Nine tenths of those whose ex- 

 pectations were thus elevated, were doomed to dis- 

 appointment ill not beholding a bloom at all, while 

 the few who did, saw not what their iningination 

 pictured. Was the whole thing then a fraud upon 

 the public, a piece of deception benefitting a few at 

 the expense of the many? It was so to some extent. 

 The name was captivating, the colour particularly 

 attractive in a Rose; it seemed all that could be 

 desired. If then this Pose is not true to the de- 

 scription given of it heretofore, what is its true 

 character ? For two years wc liavc grown the 

 plant in our own garden, and had a few flowers; we 

 have also seen eight or ten blooms in several of our 

 nurseries, all on moderate sized plants, and one ex- 

 ceedingly fine flower, cut from a rather large spe- 

 cimen in Messrs. Winter & Co.'s, greenhouse. Ta- 

 king these samjiles as a fair criteria to form a judg- 

 meiit upon, the following description will be found 

 correct. 



Noisette Rose, Cloth of Gold, or Chromatella. 

 Plant of moderate growth, not inclined to make 

 stroncr shoots until well established in suitable sod, 

 nor adapted to pot culture. Foliage inferior to 

 many others of its class, in size and colour. The 

 flower not very large, nor very double, form indif- 

 ferent, the petals too much reflexed, and not well 

 set together. Flowers persistent. Colour, a goorf 

 yellow in the centre, shaded off to a much lighter 

 hue outside. The petals want substance. Blooms 

 sparingly under the usual treatment. A little ten- 

 der in this climate, well suited to train under the 

 rafters of a greenhouse. 



In the o))en soil, made rich, and with a -warm ex- 

 posure, it will, after a few seasons, grow with more 

 vigor, trained to the house or a trellis, in which sit- 

 uation it will form an interesting object, but not 

 more so than " Solfatere," or '" Lamar que." In 



shape and hue, " SviithiV is to our mind, a better 

 rose. The flower from Messrs. Winter &. C(».'s, 

 was cut from a good strong plant grown in a box of 

 rich earth, and the shoots trained beneath the lights 

 of their greenhouse. 



It must not be inferred from our remarks, that 

 the Cloth of Gold Rose is condemned, or undeserv- 

 ing of the cultivators' care; we mean no such tiling, 

 but we do mean to say that it is not what it was repre- 

 sented when it first came out. As to the colour, 

 " Harrissonii" "Williams' Yellow," and "Persian 

 Yellow," arc far its superiors ; the last is unques- 

 tionably the finest yellow known. 



The following new Roses will in all probability be 

 introduced to our collections before January next; 

 most of them are decided acquisitions to the list of 

 really good kinds, and a few, singularly beautiful 



R. Provenct. Noisette. 



Amandine, (Vibcrt.) Phaloe (Vibert.) 

 Antigone, ( " ) Bourbon. 



Ariel, ( " ) Beaute de Versailles, (Sou- 



Desdemona. diet.) 



Duclicsse de Rohan, (Rene) CiBsarine Soucliet, ( " ) 



Ferret. Charlemapne (Dorisy.) 



Niobe, (Vibcrt.) Docteur Hardouin, (Oijer.) 



Poiictue. Duclicsse dc IVormandie (Ou- 



R. Damastc. din.) 



Aline, (Viberl.) Eugenie Guinoiseau (Ouinoi- 

 Caiiilide. seau.) 



Eudoxie. Leveson Gower, (Beluze.) 



Isiiiene, (Vibert.) Margat Jeuiie, (Souchel.) 



La Negro sse. Montaigne, (Vibert.) 



Merein. Sydoiiie Dorisy, (Dorisy.) 



Naomi, (Vibert.) Trioniptie de la Duchere, (Be- 

 Veturie. luze.) 



jR. Moss. Hi/hrid Perpetuais. . 



A fleur.sd'Anemoiie, (Vibert.) Amiral f)'Estaing, (Portemer.) 



Aixa, (Laffay.) CcEline Perpetuelle. 



Catherine de Wurtemberg. Commandant Fouriiier, (Laf- 

 Couiitesse de Noe, (Portenier.) fay.) 



Etna, (Vibert.) Comte de Montalivet. 



Heloise, ( " ) Coquette de Mendon. 



Indiana ( " ) Eugene Sue. 



Princesse Royal, (Porlemer.) General Morangier, (Porte- 

 Virginale. mer.) 



Striped Provence. Gloire d'Aiigers, (Boyau.) 



Aramis, (Vibert.) Gulistan, (Viberl.) 



Esther, ( " ) Jacques LafUte, (Vibert.) 



Genl. Bertrand, ( " ) Leonie Verger. 



Mecene, ( " ) Lalia. 



CEIlel Flamand. ( " ) Louise Favre, (Lacharme.) 



Perle des pan.icliees, ( " ) Mathilde Jourdeuil, ( " ) 



Tea. Pompon de St. Radegonde, 



Souvenir d'uu Ami, (Belot- Princesse de Salerne,(Margot- 

 Defougere.) tin.) 



La Renoncule ( '" ) 



To the preceding, we take much pleasure in 

 adding and recommending the following fine kinds: 

 Wii^lisson's Willisson's — contimied. 



Curled crested moss. " Weeping: Rose. 



" New " " " Amie Vibert Crispum. 



" Crim.?on " " Burgess's 



" Mottled " " Victoria Bridal Wreath. 



" New White Provence. " Lilac Perfection. 



" General Tom Thumb, " Mrs. Glanny. 



(Seldom exceeds two " Metropolitan, 

 inches in height.) " Prince of Wales. 



" Queen Victoria. " Turtle Dove. 



" Blotchsd Leaved Bengal. " Essex Hero. 

 " Milk Maid China. Rose Willissonii. 



" Meuse de Meaux Minima 

 Flushing, May, 1847. Wm. W. Valk, M. D. 



Cedar of Lebanon. — Since writing the leader in 

 this number, we have seen at the nursery of Mr 

 Wm. Reid, Murray Hill, New- York city, a small 



