236 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



delicate fibrous roots were decayed — most proba- 

 bly by the heavy rains and continuous cold and 

 damp. There were no failures among the Briers. 

 And there was another noticeable fact, in corrobo- 

 ration of their powers of endurance — we cut 

 several of our show-Roses from trees upon the 

 seedling Brier which had been transplanted from 

 the Oxford nursery in the preceding autumn. 



What is now (1880) the result of my experi- 

 ment ? With the exception of a few Roses of ex- 

 traordinary constitution, such as Madame C. 

 Joigneaux, Paul Neron, and Edward Morren, all 

 on the Manetti dwindled and died. The Standards 

 perished in the cruel winter of 1879-80, and the 

 Roses on the seedling Brier are blooming in my 

 garde 71 as I write. 



Wherefore, I would exhort that amateur of 

 the Queen of Flowers in whose locality the Dog- 

 Rose thrives, to grow his Roses on the seedling 

 Brier; and I would entreat my friends the 

 growers of Roses for sale to prepare for a demand, 

 which, I feel sure, will be made upon them. They 

 must raise the price of Rose-trees on this stock, 

 because the process of production is slower; but 

 the purchaser should pay it gladly, seeing that he 

 will receive for his money a better and more last- 

 ing article. 



