72 PROPAGATION. 



No; let him rather aim to evolve a certain type of 

 Rose, and persevere until he gets it, and rest assured 

 that in the getting- he will, in all probability, be also 

 successful in other directions. 



In selecting varieties be your own adviser, yet ever 

 try and choose a good pollen parent, and also a good 

 seed-bearing one. Of the former the Lyon Rose is a 

 good type; of the latter Antone Rivoire, Joseph Hill, 

 and the Earl of Warwick are hard to beat. 



Like Mr. Walter Easlea, be bold, attempt great 

 things, and you will, in all probability, achieve them. 

 He raised that wonderful Rose Juliet by crossing Ob- 

 tain Hayward with Soliel d'or. Try a Sir Rowland Hill 

 and Frau Karl Druschki, keeping the latter as a seed 

 parent ; or, if you are blessed with great patience, per- 

 severe with the Wichuraiana class, for here is abundant 

 opportunity for success, and new varieties are badly 

 needed. Remember, too, the hope of reward shall 

 sweeten your labour, and the remuneration for your 

 achievements may be considerable. 



Try and secure a new and useful break, such as 

 that given to us by Mr. George Laing Paul, who intro- 

 duced the little dwarf perpetual Wichuraiana Roses, or 

 Lord Penzance, who has given to us the wonderful 

 collection of sweet briars that bear his name. 



But to work, and let us start at the beginning, and 

 be brief. 



First, let the amateur remember that successful 

 hybridising bearing known results must be carried out 

 under glass. Our climate is too changeable to risk 

 valuable time, or to be sure of the results of certain 

 efforts in the open. 



Choose, therefore, a good greenhouse with a south 

 aspect that is in no way shaded, and let it be provided 

 with hot-water pipes whose heat can be regulated, and 

 let it also be absolute that only Roses are to be grown 

 in this house. 



The amateur will now have to secure his plants — 

 pot Roses — for his experiments. These should be 

 healthy, well-established trees that have not been re- 

 potted for two years or over. Any of our large nur- 



