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had made shoots two or three inches long, the inuring of them gra- 

 dually to the open air was commenced, and afterwards the glasses 

 were removed altogether. This grafting was performed on the 14th 

 of Februaf y. 



Before closing this letter, permit me to say a few words respecting 

 the Double Yellow Rose. A mode of culture which would afford a 

 fair prospect of obtaining what is very rare, — a good bloom of this 

 rose, — is, I believe, a desideratum in works on gardening. The idea 

 has therefore been suggested, that it would be some guide to persons 

 desirous of cultivating it, and not wholly uninteresting to your general 

 readers, to state where this splendid shrub does flourish, and every 

 year blossom in perfection, Liiefiy noticing the aspects, soil, and 

 pruning, as follows: — 



At Standen House, near Newport, there are three remarkably fine 

 Double Yellow Rose trees. One of these, against a south wall, is 

 twelve feet high, and fifty years old, and lias frequently produced a 

 hundred blossoms in a season, few of which proved defective. Hence, 

 if it be not inferred that a south aspect is to be preferred for this 

 plant, all must at least agree that it cannot be expected to do better 

 on a north one, as has been recommended. The other two Roses, 

 against a west wall, rather exposed, also bloom very freely, and suffer 

 little from their insidious enemy, " the worm i' th' bud." All these 

 trees grow in a somewhat sandy loam, with a subsoil of yellow sand 

 and gravel ; and are pruned and trained in the manner ordinarily 

 practised with Peach trees, the dead wood being carefully removed, 

 and the young shoots shortened, just before the buds begin to move 

 in the early part of the year. 



An old author recommends the Sweet Briar as the best stock for 

 budding the Rose upon. 



ARTICLE VII. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 



UY PlorA. 



I no not remember ever to have met with (but perhaps you may 



attribute this to a very limited research) any specific directions for 



the treatment of that beautiful plant, the Cyclamen Persicum. 



Being myself an admirer of this plant, not only on account of its 

 general elegance of growth, but from its producing its flowers at a 



