252 ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW HOSE. 



though they grow in any moderately good soil with great luxuriance, 

 and show an abundance of flower-buds ; but some " worm i' the 

 bud" generally causes them to fall off prematurely. To remedy 

 this, various situations have been recommended ; some have said, 

 plant it against a south wall ; others, give it a northern aspect, un- 

 der the drip of some water-trough, as it requires a wet situation. 

 All this is quackery and nonsense. The Yellow Provence Rose 

 is a native of a warm climate, and therefore requires a warm situ- 

 ation, a free airy exposure, and rich soil. 



At Burleigh, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, the effect of 

 situation on this rose is forcibly known. A very old plant is 

 growing against the southern wall of the mansion, in a confined 

 situation, its roots cramped by a' stone pavement ; it is weakly, 

 and never shows a flower-bud. In the entrance court is another 

 plant, growing in front of a low parapet wall, in a good loamy soil 

 and free airy exposure ; this is in a state of the greatest luxuriance, 

 and blooms in fine perfection nearly every season. 



Mr. Mackintosh, the gardener, who kindly pointed out these 

 plants to me, though the latter a distinct and superior variety, 

 as it was brought from France by a French cook, a few years 

 since ; but it is certainly nothing but the genuine old Double 

 Yellow Rose. 



In unfavourable soils it will often flourish, and bloom freely, 

 if budded on the Musk Rose, the Common China Rose, or the 

 Blush Boursault ; but the following pretty method of culture, I 

 beg to suggest, though I must confess I have not yet tried it. Bud 

 or graft it on some short stems of the Dog Rose ; in the autumn, 

 pot some of the strongest plants, and, late in spring, force them 

 with a gentle heat, giving plenty of air. By this method the dry 

 and warm climate of Florence and Genoa may, perhaps, be par- 

 tially imitated ; for there it blooms in such profusion, that large 

 quantities of its magnificent flowers are daily sold in the markets 

 during the rose season. 



The Rose has very much engaged my attention for several 

 years, in order to ascertain by what means the evil of the buds 

 being injured, and dropping off might be avoided, and I am now 

 enabled to state that if the following treatment be pursued a 

 splendid bloom may certainly, and invariably, be obtained. 



The plant requires to have a good loamy soil, upon a dry 

 substratum, moderately enriched. It must be planted against a 

 good aspocted wall, either full south or as near as circumstances 

 admit of the latter. 





