APPENDIX No. II. 



NEW ROSES. 



The plan which I have advised the amateur to pursue in the for- 

 mation of a Rose-garden — that is, to buy his Rose-trees from the 

 nursery, and then to bud them upon stocks of his own — will be the 

 best for its future continuance also. The best and the cheapest, 

 because, although the foundation will be costly (that is to say, the 

 site, the preparation of the ground, and the material), the super- 

 structure and the maintenance of the fabric will not be expensive 

 items. Once possessed of the most beautiful varieties of the Rose, 

 and planting every November such a quantity of Briers (or of 

 Manetti, if that should prove the stock most suitable to his soil) 

 as he may deem desirable, the independent Rosarian will grow 

 his favourite flower to perfection, year after year, from his own 

 resources, only requiring in addition those neiv Roses which pro- 

 mise to be of superior merit, which are regularly advertised by our 

 English nurserymen in the spring, and may be had from them in 

 the month of May. 



But how am I to know, the amateur will ask, what selection to 

 make from the numerous varieties which are annually announced 

 as " superbes, ravissanfes, viagnijiqiies " .? You do not expect me to 

 purchase some forty Rose-trees, at three-and-sixpence apiece, in 

 total ignorance of their merits — if any ? The gentle amateur, 



