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it rivals in beauty ; though, like its parent, it is somewhat 

 difficult to manage. JAUNE DESPEEZ, or DESPEEZ'S 

 YELLOW, is of a sulphur-color tinged with red, very large 

 and fragrant. AMEEICA is also a large and fine flower of 

 a creamy white; but perhaps the best known of the 

 whole group is LAMAEQUE, in New England the greatest 

 fayorite among greenhouse climbers. Its flowers are of a 

 sulphur-yellow, large and double ; and its growth is very 

 vigorous. 



" But few of the Noisette roses will bear seed in this 

 country : the following, however, if planted against a 

 south wall, and carefully fertilized, would probably pro- 

 duce some. The object here should be to obtain dark 

 crimson varieties with large flowers ; and for this purpose 

 Fellenberg should be fertilized with Octavie, Solfaterre 

 with the Tea Rose. Vicomtesse Decazes would probably 

 give yellow varieties ; and these would be large and fra- 

 grant, as in Lamarque and Jaune Desprez. In these direc- 

 tions for procuring seed from roses by fertilizing, I have 

 confined myself to such varieties as are almost sure to pro- 

 duce it ; but much must be left to the amateur, as many 

 roses may be made fertile by removing their central petals, 

 and consequently some varieties that I have not noticed 

 may be made productive." Rivers. 



