134 DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 



deep-colored varieties will probably be obtained by this 

 method. Sulphurea and one or two other straw-colored 

 varieties may be planted with the Double Yellow Austrian 

 Brier ; and most likely some pretty sulphur-colored roses 

 will be the result of this combination." Rivers.. 



JRosa Lutea. This is a small family of roses, very 

 distinct in all its characteristics; a native of Southern 

 Europe and of some parts of the East. It is seldom 

 that any seedlings have been obtained from it, as its 

 flowers, even in the single varieties, are usually barren. 

 They may, however, be made productive by fertilizing 

 them with the pollen of other varieties. Its stems 

 are spiny, and of a reddish or brownish color. Its 

 leaves are small, and its growth somewhat straggling. 

 The colors of its flowers are copper and yellow in 

 various shades. It should not be pruned too closely; 

 but the shoots may with great advantage be pinched 

 back in midsummer, thus causing them to throw out a 

 great number of lateral shoots, and correcting the loose 

 and straggling habit of the bush. The bloom, with this 

 treatment, is very profuse. 



