MAEECHAL NIEL ROSE. 



only in 

 faction 



Marechal Xtel. 



ARJECHAL NIEL, who con- 

 quered the Malakoff at Se- 

 bastopol in 1855, helped to 

 gain the Battle of Solferino 

 in 1859, and filled the post 

 of Minister of War in the 

 French Government in 1867, 

 is commemorated in the name 

 of the finest of all yellow 

 roses, which very nearly satis- 

 fies the immense require- 

 ments of one that may be 

 characterised as the best of 

 all the roses in the world. 

 When well grown, and in 

 perfection of flower, it is not 

 within the power of the most 

 learned rosarian to name a 

 better variety ; but that does 

 not settle the question. One 

 fault it has, and the only one 

 we shall dare to name : it 

 is not sufficiently hardy, and 



specially favoured places will it give complete satis- 



without the aid of glass. 



This point must be kept 



