CULTURE. 59 



At Burleigh, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, 

 the effect of a situation on this rose is forcibly 

 shown. A very old plant is growing against the 

 southern wall of the mansion, in a confined situ- 

 ation, its roots cramped by a stone pavement ; it 

 is weakly, and never shows a flower-bud. In the 

 entrance court is another plant, growing in front 

 of a low parapet wall, in a good loamy soil and 

 free airy exposure ; this is in a state of the greatest 

 luxuriance, and blooms in fine perfection nearly 

 every season. 



Mr. Mackintosh, the gardener, who kindly 

 pointed out these plants to me, thought the latter 

 a distinct and superior variety, as it was brought 

 from France by a French cook, a few years since ; 

 but it is certainly nothing but the genuine old 

 Double Yellow Rose. 



In unfavourable soils it will often flourish and 

 bloom freely, if budded on the Musk Rose, the 

 common China Rose, or some free growing hybrid 

 China Rose ; but the following pretty method of 

 culture I beg to suggest : Bud or graft it on some 

 short stems of the Rosa Manetti ; in the autumn, 

 pot some of the strongest plants, and, late in 

 spring, force them with a gentle heat, giving 

 plenty of air. It will now also be very interesting 

 to plant trees of this variety in orchard houses : 

 this seems to me to be the exact climate required 

 by it. By this method the dry and warm climate 

 of Florence and Genoa may, perhaps, be partially 



