138 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



are not sure as we ever heard it highly praised ; and yet, 

 from the beauty of the colored plate, it must he a superb 

 rose. An unfavorable impression of it seems to have pre- 

 ceded its introduction to our gardens, and this is fully ac- 

 counted for by Messrs. Standish & Noble, v.'ho have suc- 

 ceeded in flowering it to great perfection, and whose remarks 

 are of so much interest that we copy them entire : — 



"Seldom," write Messrs. Standish & Noble, in June of the 

 present year, (1852,) "has a really beautiful flower remained 

 so long comparatively unknown as this. Few persons have 

 seen a blossom : and those who have not, believe it to be 

 worthless. In fact there exists a deeply rooted prejudice 

 against the plant, caused, no doubt, by the unfavorable report 

 circulated when it bloomed the first time in this country. 

 Yet nothing can be more beautiful as a flower, nor anything 

 exceed it in delicacy of tint. Imagine a gamboge yellow 

 ground, over which is thrown a tint of crimson lake, and 

 you obtain an idea of its color. The centre petals have 

 generally a predominance of lake, and the outer ones are 

 more strongly marked ; but there is a beautiful clearness 

 about them which can only be appreciated by examining a 

 flower. Aside from the prejudice which exists against the 

 plant, many persons have spoken derogatively of it from 

 having failed to cultivate it successfully ; their plants pro- 

 ducing but few flowers, and those indiff"erent both in size 

 and color. This has arisen from an improper mode of treat- 

 ment. If pruned in the manner usually adopted for ordinary 

 standard roses, no flowers will be obtained, as they are pro- 

 duced from the wood of the preceding year, in the same 

 manner as those of the Persian yelloio and Banksian roses. 

 Therefore, whether grown as a standard or trained to a wall, 

 the shoots should be only thinned, — to shorten them is to 

 destroy the flowers. We have now (June 28) some standards 

 from three to four feet through the heads, covered with blos- 

 soms, and more beautiful objects can scarcely be imagined. 

 We wish all who are prejudiced against the plant could see 

 them. Again, it has been said to be tender; but we have 

 never seen it injured in the least, even during the most severe 



