32 THE HYBHID CHINA EOSE. 



Seedlings raised from Noisette roses have a 

 tendency to produce their flowers in clusters ; 

 those from Bourbon roses have their leaves thick, 

 leathery, and round, forming a very distinct 

 gi-oup ; those from the Tea-scented have a delicate 

 and grateful scent ; but all have the distinguish- 

 ing family traits before given, and accordingly 

 they group beautifully. It is a difficult task to 

 point out the best in this division, as nearly all 

 are well deserving of cultivation. However, by 

 making a few remarks, such as cannot be given 

 in a descriptive catalogue, I may perhaps be able, 

 in some measure, to direct the choice of amateurs 

 to those most worthy their notice. 



Brennus : this very superb rose will form a 

 finer object as a pillar rose * or standard than as a 

 bush ; its luxuriant shoots must not be shortened 

 too much in winter pruning, as it is then apt to 

 produce an abundance of wood, and few flowers. 

 This rose often puts forth branches in one season 

 from eight to ten feet in length : if from a dwarf, 

 and fastened to a wooden or iron stake, and not 

 shortened, the following season they will form 

 a pillar of beauty but rarely equalled. Blairii, 

 No. 2, a rose not so much known as it deserves 

 to be, is a very distinct and unique variety, so 

 impatient of the knife, that if pruned at all 



* All tlie roses to which this term is applied make very long 

 and flexible shoots, well adapted for training up a column, thus 

 forming a pillar of roses. 



