58 THE ROSE GARDENS OF HERTFORDSHIRE. 



but there is nothing like sounding the alarm on the first 

 appearance of the enemy, and Rose cultivators will do 

 well to look to it. There was, indeed, a beautiful lot of 

 Roses in this secluded spot, and as we cast a parting 

 glance upon them we uttered the sentiment of the poet 



" small is the worth 



Of beauty from the light retired ;" 



and could not pass on without wishing them a speedy 

 transfer to a more eligible situation. 



The natural soil at Youngsbury is a blue clay, lying 

 close to the surface, extending to the depth of twenty 

 feet, where it rests upon chalk. The surface where long 

 cultivated has the appearance of a light vegetable soil. 



But we must say a few words of the Pot-Roses here, of 

 which Mr Terry's skill as a cultivator is fully attested by 

 his success as an exhibitor at the metropolitan flower 

 shows. His plants are mostly on their own roots and 

 grown in large pots. He is not an advocate for plunging. 

 The plants were standing on solid ground, under a wall, 

 with a north-east aspect; and, judging from their healthful 

 appearance, they were perfectly happy there. The follow- 

 ing plants were very fine Tea- Scented: Caroline, Bougere, 

 Comte de Paris, Goubault, Pactolus, and Princess Marie. 

 Bourbon : Queen, Souvenir de Malmaison. Hybrid Per- 

 petual: Robin Hood. Hybrid Chinese, &c.: Las Casas, 

 Comtesse Lacepede, and Charles Duval. Chinese : Merlet 

 de Laboullaye, Mrs Bosanquet, and Madame Breon. 

 French: Boula de Nanteuil. Noisettes: Aimee Vibert, 

 and Lamarque. Austrian: Persian Yellow and Harri- 

 sonii. The soil Mr Terry uses is the same as is generally 

 recommended for Pot-Roses. 



DANE END. Proprietor, CHARLES S. CHAUNCEY, 

 Esq. Gardener, Mr MYLNE. Leaving Youngsbury, we 

 proceeded about a mile along the high road to Cambridge, 

 and then entered a winding lane, running for two miles 



