*74 REMARKS ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE. 



Sulphurea, or Double Yellow Rose; and but little having been ob- 

 tained, I conclude that but little is known of it. A friend assured me, 

 that as he travelled through the dry and sandy parts of the south of 

 France, the children brought handsful of these beautiful flowers to 

 the carriage-windows. These might or might not have grown by 

 the side of a brook or water-course ; but it will be observed, the soil 

 was light and friable. Another friend, a scholar, and a scientific 

 botanist, had witnessed the finest specimen he had ever seen within 

 the shadow of a large tree, and it was his impression that it affected 

 moisture. In addition to the above, I beg to impart what I have 

 acquired from my own experience. Some years ago, I observed, in 

 the garden of a neighbour, a plant of this Rose, as large as an ordi- 

 nary currant-bush. The soil was strong and cold, and it had never 

 been known to blow. I took a cutting from this bush, and budded 

 a China Rose in a western aspect, which threw out healthy blossom 

 buds the second year ; but as the summer was dry and scorching, 

 they withered away before they could expand. The year following, 

 the season proving showery, it bloomed in full perfection. After 

 this, the branch perished on which it was budded, which is nothing- 

 unusual with the China Rose. My inference from all this is, that 

 if it be indigenous to the Levant, it will probably be found in moist 

 and shady places. When growing on its own root, it may be ex- 

 pected to blossom on a warm and light soil, or in a mixture of sandy 

 loam and bog earth, if duly and moderately watered in dry seasons, 

 especially when 'in flower. On cold soils, it would be advisable to 

 resort to budding, and such kinds of Rose should be selected for 

 stocks as thrive and blossom freely when the experiment is to be 

 made. The Rosa Villosa would be an eligible one, or the common 

 white Rose, which throws up tall and straight shoots, and blossoms 

 in clusters. I know not, indeed, why the common Dog Rose should 

 not be as good as any, wherever it grows strong and healthy in the 

 hedge-rows. Little attention need be paid to the soil, when those 

 designed for stocks grow in it strongly and freely ; neither do I ap- 

 prehend that much is to be feared from blight or insects. I think it 

 would succeed best trained to a wall exposed to an eastern aspect. 



If, Mr. Editor, these observations are of any value, they are much 

 at your service. 





