124 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



Madame Laffay is perhaps a rose of equal merit, 

 and if it had made its appearance before La Co- 

 quette, Monsieur Laffay would have reaped more 

 advantage from it; its habit is robust, and its 

 flowers a little larger than those of the latter : 

 this was raised from General Allard, a hybrid 

 Bourbon rose, blooming generally but once in the 

 season. Monsieur Laffay, by persevering through 

 two or three generations of seedlings, has at last 

 obtained his object in getting a Perpetual Rose of 

 the same brilliant colour. This information will, 

 I trust, be an incentive to amateurs in this coun- 

 try. Roses of distant affinities cannot be brought 

 together at once: thus a Yellow Ayrshire Rose 

 must not be expected from the first trial, but pro- 

 bably a climbing rose, tinged with yellow or buff, 

 may be the fruit of the first essay. This rose 

 must again be operated upon, and a second ge- 

 neration 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 is ob- 

 tained, its possession will amply repay the labour 

 bestowed ; but these light gardening operations 

 are not labour, they are a delightful amusement 

 to a refined mind, and lead it to reflect on the 

 wonderful infinities of nature. I ought, perhaps, 

 to mention, among new Perpetual Roses, a 

 " Striped Crimson Perpetual," or Rose du Roi 

 panachee which has been introduced from the 



