Ifi THE ROSE GARDEN. 



the insects which almost invariably infest it, and which may be done by brushing 

 them off into the hand, or syringing with tobacco-water. When the flower-buds 

 are forming, have an eye to their growth ; if weakly, or seeming likely to become 

 so, water the plant twice or thrice a week with a solution of guano, using about 

 two ounces to a gallon of pond or rain-water. As soon as the flowering season 

 is past, remove some of the shoots, if they have been produced in such number as 

 to crowd each other, when those suffered to remain will become thoroughly 

 matured by fuller exposure to sun and air. By this procedure one grand point 

 is gained — the formation of wood in the most favourable condition for the produc- 

 tion of perfect flowers. In March the plant may be pruned, bat very little : on 

 the weak shoots, five or six eyes should be left ; on the strong ones, from six to 

 nine eyes. 



It is only by the recent introduction of the Persian Yellow Rose that we have 

 become, in some measure, indifferent to the possession of the old double Yellow ; 

 the former, though not of equal beauty, being yet a free and tolerably certain 

 bloomer. 



There is but one other variety in this group that has been introduced to 

 British gardens — Sulphurea Minor, or Pompon Jaune. It is of dwarf habit, 

 with smaller flowers, which have, I believe, never been perfected in this 

 country. 



1. Double Yellow, or Sulphurea ; flowers of the deepest and brightest 



yellow found among Roses, very large and full ; rarely expand well ; 

 form, globular. Habit, branching ; growth, moderate, or sometimes 

 vigorous. 



2. Minor, or Pompon Jaune; flowers bright yellow, small, and double; form, 



globular. Habit, dwarf. 



ROSA SPINOSISSIMA. 



Group III. — THE SCOTCH ROSE. 



Well has this Rose been named " Spinosissima," for it is indeed the most spiny 

 of all Roses, and the spines are as sharp as they are plentiful. They are far 

 more so than they seem to be ; and a word of caution here may save the tyro an 

 unpleasant greeting. The Scotch Rose is a native species, growing plentifully in 

 many parts of Britain. I have somewhere read or heard it stated, that the first 

 double Scotch Roses were raised from seed by Mr. Brown, a Nurseryman 

 at Perth. It is from that part many of our finest varieties have issued, and 

 varieties have been exceedingly numerous ; for they seed so abundantly, and the 

 seed vegetates so freely, that there is no difficulty in raising seedlings. But with 

 English amateurs they are not popular ; why, I do not know, except it arise from 

 the short duration of their flowers. 



They all form compact bushes, being usually grown as such, for they are not 

 well adapted for standards. They flower abundantly, and early in the season. 



