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thin out their siiperfiiious branches. The Tea- 

 scented Noisettes are, however, too tender for this 

 culture, unless in warm situations. In a garden 

 at Upper Clapton, near London, is a standard 

 Noisette Desprez, about fifteen years old. It is a 

 magnificent tree. For ornamenting wire fences 

 the dwarf Noisette Eoses are nicely adapted, as 

 they can be trained with great facility, and they 

 will form, in such situations, a blooming boundary 

 for at least four months in the year. 



Raising Varieties from Seed. 



But few of the Noisette Eoses will bear seed in 

 this country ; the following, however, if planted 

 against a south wall, and carefully fertilised, would 

 probably produce some interesting varieties. The 

 object should be to obtain dark crimson varieties 

 with large flowers, and for this purpose Fellenberg 

 should be fertilised with Gloire de Eosomene. 

 Solfaterre with the Tea Eose, Vicomtessede Gazes, 

 would probably give yellow varieties, and these 

 would be large and fragrant, as in Lamarque and 

 Jaune Desprez. In these directions for procuring 

 seed from roses by fertilising, I have confined my- 

 self to such varieties as are almost sure to produce 

 it ; but much must be left to the amateur, as many 

 roses maybe made fertile by removing their central 

 petals, and, consequently, some varieties that I 

 have not noticed may be made productive. 



