232 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES, 



Mr. Rivers, more than 30 years since, by Signor 

 Crivelli, from Como. I know that the Itahan 

 refugee is accHmatized, and that in hundreds of 

 our gardens he is a welcome and honored guest. 

 I know that the Manetti will grow luxuriantly 

 where the Brier will not grow at all ; that in a 

 toward season it will produce some varieties of the 

 Rose in their most perfect form, those especially 

 which have the smoother wood ; that in many 

 cases the Rose-trees budded upon it have a more 

 abundant growth than those which are budded on 

 the Brier ; and that Rose-trees upon the Manetti 

 are more enduring, and therefore more economi- 

 cal, than Standards, because the Brier, divested of 

 its laterals, and exposed to all weathers, is in a less 

 natural position, and because the Rose, if budded 

 as it ought to be on the Manetti, that is, below the 

 soil, will establish itself on roots of its own. I 

 know, in fine, that the importation of this stock 

 has been a very gracious boon to those who love 

 the Rose ; I know that Mr. Cranston of Hereford 

 has more than once surpassed all competitors with 

 Roses grown on this stock ; but I am, neverthe- 

 less, convinced that by far the greater number of 

 the most perfect Roses may be, arc, and ivill be, 

 grown and show7t from our indigenous BritisJi 

 Brier. I have proved this not only from my own 



