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of bloom that would ever be produced by plants 
grown upon their own roots. 
For pot culture this is also a valuable stock. For 
pillar Roses it is remarkably well adapted. Strong- 
growing kinds will often grow from six to eight feet 
the first season, and will ultimately make the finest 
plants possible. JI have some examples of pillar 
Roses, both summer and perpetual, which are eight 
to ten feet in height, and beautifully furnished from 
the bottom upwards. 
The Persian Yellow and Harrisonii may be 
instanced as two summer Roses, forming large and 
beautiful pillar Roses, resembling more the size of 
young Apple trees than Roses. 
The seedling Briar or cultivated Briar stock is 
the wild Dog Rose, raised either from seed or 
struck from cuttings in the same manner as the 
Manetti. This stock has of late become much more 
into general use than formerly. It is specially 
adapted for the Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, and 
it is undoubtedly better suited than the Manetti for 
all the yellow Roses, either for out-door or pot 
culture. 
The Grifferz is a variety of the Multiflora Rose, 
and is used as a stock for the Noisette Roses, or 
any vigorous-growing varieties. Maréchal Niel and 
Cloth ot Gold do admirably upon this stock. It is 
not, perhaps, so hardy as the Manetti, but all tender 
varieties, such as the Tea-scented and Noisette, take 
more freely upon it. 
The Black Boursault and the Celini are used by 
some for the Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, but I 
