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along the drive; and there are many who still hold to the 

 opinion that no Rose that can be grown equals a Maiden 

 Bloom on the Standard Briar. While, therefore, the Standard 

 is year by year falling into disfavour, so far as the average 

 amateur is concerned, there are not a few specialists who 

 swear by it for the production of exhibition blossoms of the 

 highest class, and especially for those belonging to the Tea 

 section. There is, therefore, no likelihood of its being entirely 

 superseded. There can be little room for doubt that when 

 Roses are in a cold or a bleak position they would be less likely 

 to fall victims if grown as Dwarfs. Still, were it not for 

 the Standard Stock our Rose-gardens would be bereft of what 

 is often a most strikingly beautiful addition namely, the 

 Weeping Roses, of which Francis Crousse and Wichuraiana 

 are well-known types. These are worked upon Standard 

 Stocks. Again, the Standard Rose is costlier at first hand, 

 to say nothing of the after-care in the provision of suitable 

 stakes and ties. 



The Manetti. 



The introduction of the Manetti Stock, by the late Mr. 

 Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth (equally responsible for the 

 introduction of the Standard Briar Stock), who received it 

 from Italy more than sixty years ago, certainly tended to the 

 increased cultivation of the Rose, and to its present wide 

 popularity. It was raised in the Botanic Gardens at Monza, 

 and created quite a revolution in Rose-growing : it was 

 found so vigorous, so easy to propagate by cuttings, and the 

 bark ran so readily, that it soon became a general favourite. 

 The stock was propagated by hundreds of thousands, and 

 we think it cannot be denied that there is a large number of 

 Rose-growers who, but for it, would have been deterred from 

 ever attempting their cultivation. There was one class of 

 Roses, however, which it did not suit Teas ; its growth was 

 too strong, and overpowered the more delicate growth of 



