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settes we have some superb roses, which 

 have far more substance, and are much more 

 beautiful, than those named above, albeit less 

 hardy. They make magnificent climbers 

 under glass, and some of them succeed fairly 

 well at the North out of doors, if given shel- 

 tered positions. In the Southern States they 

 are by far the finest climbers that can be 

 grown. Marechal Niel, which is said to have 

 been raised from Isabella Gray, according to 

 general opinion, is at once the best Noisette, 

 the finest yellow, and the most beautiful 

 variety of any class that has ever been sent 

 out. Chromatella is another superb yellow, 

 in beauty of flower but a few degrees re- 

 moved from the Marechal ; but she is shy of 

 her charms, and unless carefully treated will 

 not display her beauty. If you would have 

 flowers in profusion from any of these roses, 

 you must keep away the pruning-knife, ex- 

 cepting when it is necessary to cut away 

 shoots altogether. Dr. Kane and Isabella 

 Gray are two lovely roses of American origin 

 which demand the same skill in management 

 as Chromatella. Solfaterre is the most use- 

 ful yellow of them all ; it is hardier, of better 

 habit, and more certain to flower than any, 

 and the blooms are but little inferior. Be- 

 sides all this, it makes the best stock on 



