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has been no doubt a seedling from Lamarque, to 

 which the flowers bear a strong resemblance in 

 colour and character ; although its habit is entirely 

 'dwar'f it mak^s a very beautiful plant, when grafted 

 or budded, about two feet high ; many of the dwarf 

 growing ^Nois^ftes* are improved in appearance by 

 this method, especially those that have large pen- 

 dent flowers ; such as standards, are really elegant. 

 The whole beauty of Noisette Roses (which is very 

 great) can only be fully brought out where they 

 are properly cultivated. It cannot be expected that 

 these plants will show their growth and elegant 

 habit, when in flower, if they are merely deposited 

 with their roots under ground, without any system 

 of arrangement or culture. In the first place, the 

 situation must not be subject to inundations of 

 water, neither will they do well on a wet soil ; they 

 require what is technically termed a "dry bottom," 

 either naturally so, or artificially made ; the soil 

 deep and rich, having a considerable proportion of 

 sand in it, and if not very rich, rendered so by 

 thoroughly rotted manure, or black earth from the 

 woods. Their arrangement can be carried out into 

 many forms, and to any required extent, according 

 to the taste of the cultivator. A very agreeable 

 method is to have them in groups, with the tallest 

 in the centre, trained in a pyramidal or pillar form, 

 and the dwarf sorts forming the base of the pyra- 



