282 MISCELLANEOUS SECTION. 



" Since the first edition of this little work was penned, Yellow Roses 

 have become a special branch of culture. Separate prizes have been 

 offered for them by the London Horticultural and Royal Botanic 

 Societies. But what are Yellow Roses ? This question provoked some 

 discussion in the pages of the ' Gardeners' Journal ' last year, through 

 the withholding of a prize by the Royal Botanic Society. To prevent any 

 misconception at future exhibitions, that Society has named the varieties 

 considered eligible for competition. Let us reproduce them here : — 



Narcisse (Tea-scented). 

 Smitheii or Smith's Yellow (ditto). 

 Pauline Plantier (ditto). 

 Queen Victoria or Princesse Ade- 

 laide (ditto). 

 Vicomtesse de Cazes (ditto). 

 Jaune, or Yellow China (ditto). 

 Sulphurea superba (ditto). 



Yellow Banksise. 



Single Yellow (Austrian). 



Williams's Double Yellow (ditto). 



Harrisonii (ditto). 



Persian Yellow (ditto). 



Old Double Yellow (Sulphurea). 



Cloth of Gold (Noisette). 



Solfaterre (ditto). 



Le Pactole (ditto). 



" We proceed to analyse this group. The first on the list — the 

 Yellow Banksiae — is a pretty enough Rose, with small flowers produced 

 in clusters. It may be grown well in a soil composed of equal parts of 

 loam, peat, and leaf-mould. It requires but little pruning ; the mere 

 tips of the shoots may be taken off. Spiral training is recommended as 

 the most suitable. The succeeding five varieties are nearly allied in 

 nature, and may be grown in a soil similar to the last. Manure is here 

 positively objectionable ; but the addition of sand, unless the peat or 

 loam be sandy, Mill prove advantageous. Very little pruning is neces- 

 sary : some of the shoots may be cut out entirely ; the others have their 

 mere ends taken off. If grown on their own roots, they may be trained 

 as globular or columnar bushes ; if grown on stems, the branches may 

 be drawn downwards in the form of a Weeping Rose. The two next 

 in order — Cloth of Gold and Solfaterre — are of vigorous growth, pro- 

 ducing large flowers of great beauty. Both are shy bloomers, especially 

 the former. The same soil as recommended for Pot-Roses in general 

 may be used for these varieties. Little pruning is necessary, and spiral 

 training is recommended. Seven out of the remaining eight varieties 

 belong to the Tea-scented, and the whole require a rich soil and close 

 pruning. The most advantageous systems of training are the round 

 bush or the pyramid. Were this group to be viewed critically, it might 

 be said they are not all ' purely yellow.' It might also be said there 

 are kinds excluded which have as just a right to the appellation of 

 ' yellow ' as they. But when it is considered that the declension from 

 yellow to white and buff is so gradual that it is scarcely possible to fix 

 the line of demarcation, and that a list of sixteen varieties is given from 

 which to select six, these points of criticism are hardly tenable. If 

 none others are allowed to be exhibited, or none whose flowers are less 

 vellow when brought to the exhibition tables than those of the sixteen 

 above enumerated, the practical utility of the arrangement will soon 

 become apparent." 



" On forcing the Rose. — Roses required for forcing will succeed 

 tolerably well if potted early in the preceding autumn. It is, however, 





