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of the tree, once thoroughly estabhshed and settled down 

 to its work, is marvellous. Not so rapid, of course, nor so 

 extensive in longitude or latitude, as with the more nomad 

 and wandering tribes, but such as to astonish those 

 Rosarians who have only seen a less favoured growth, and 

 to satisfy in time almost any requirements as to the space 

 which has to be covered. In half-a-dozen summers many 

 of the Hybrid Bourbon, Hybrid China, and Gallican Roses, 

 will reach the eaves of an ordinary dwelling, as I have 

 proved with Charles Lav/son and with Coupe d'Hebe ; and 

 in a decade the side of a good-sized house might be decor- 

 ated with such a grower as Blairii 2. The bloom is early, 

 ample, and magnificent ; but as it is brief, and there is no 

 aftermath, I would only advise these Roses to be introduced 

 where mural space is superabundant. 



Many of the Hybrid Perpetuals would also, I am assured 

 by the experiments which I have made, attain grand pro- 

 portions if grown upon walls. I have possessed, and seen 

 elsewhere, many proofs — for example, in General Jacque- 

 minot, in my namesake, Reynolds Hole (so named, as a 

 kind compliment, by my worthy friend John Standish), 

 and in Triomphe de I'Exposition. Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison, Bourbon, also spreads itself high and wide upon a 



