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beauty of flower but a few degrees removed from 

 the Marecbal ; but sbe 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, excepting when it is necessary to 

 cut away shoots altogether. Dr. Kane and Isa- 

 bella Gray are two lovely roses of American 

 origin which demand the same skill in manage- 

 ment as Chromatella. Solf aterre 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. Besides all 

 this, it makes the best stock on which to bud 

 Teas, or Hybrids from the Teas, of any that I 

 am acquainted with, siu'passing that excellent 

 stock and parent variety, Lamarque. I should 

 advise all persons who wish to grow Tea Roses, 

 under glass, planted in borders, to put out plants 

 of Solfaterre, and on these, after they have made 

 sufficient growth, to bud all but the vigorous 

 growing Teas. Marechal Niel and all the Gloirc 

 de Dijon type of Teas are improved by being 

 worked on this stock. Being much less hardy 

 than the Common Brier, it would not be so good 



