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yet to add to our catalogues pure white and yellow and 

 fawn-colored Hybrid Perpetuals : and these, I anticipate, 

 will be the reward of those who persevere. Monsieur 

 Laffay, by persevering through two or three generations, 

 obtained a mossy Hybrid Bourbon rose, and many of the 

 finest varieties described in the foregoing pages. This in- 

 formation will, I trust, be an incentive to amateurs in this 

 country. To illustrate this, I may here remark, that a 

 yellow Ayrshire Rose, now a desideratum, must not be 

 expected from the first trial ; but probably a climbing rose, 

 tinged with yellow or buff, may be the fruit of the first 

 crossing. This variety must again be crossed with a 

 yellow rose : the second generation will, perhaps, be 

 nearer the end wished for. Again: the amateur must 

 bring perseverance and skill into action ; and then, if in 

 the third generation a bright yellow climbing rose be 

 obtained, its possession will amply repay the labor be- 

 stowed. But these light gardening operations are not 

 labor : they are a delightful amusement to a refined mind, 

 and lead it to reflect on the wonderful infinities of Nature. 

 "Madame Laffay is an excellent seed-bearing rose: this 

 may be fertilized with the Bourbon Gloire de Rosomenes 

 and with Comte Bobrinsky. Dr. Marx may be crossed 

 with the Bourbon Paul Joseph and with the Bourbon Le 

 Grenadier. These should all be planted against a south 

 wall, so that their flowers expand at the same time ; and 

 they will probably give some fine autumnal roses, brilliant 



