THE FLORIST 



AM) HORTICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. II.] Philadelphia, Jane, 1853. [No. 6. 



FORTUNE'S DOUBLE YELLOW, OR WANG-JANG-VE ROSE. 



The comDion name of this rose indicates with sufficient clearness 

 its origin. The following details will make known both its history 

 and its merit as an ornamental plant. 



"The Rose about which you ask of me an account," writes Mr. 

 Fortune to Messrs. Standish & Noble, "was discovered by me in the 

 garden of a rich mandarin at Ningpo. It entirely covered an old 

 wall; At the time of my visit the brilliant masses of its yellow 

 and salmon flowers produced the most wonderful effect. The Chi- 

 nese call it Wufig-jang^ve or yellow rcse* lis flowers however, vary 

 somewhat in color, a circumstance to my taste, very advantageous 

 to th£ beauty of the bush. I thought it distinct from all known va- 

 rieties, and certainty from all those of China. It is admirably 

 adapted for covering the walls of a garden, especially if the rich- 

 ness of the soil permits it to attain its full development and reveal 

 all its beauties." * * * * "Now that the enlightened culture of 

 Messrs. Standish k Noble has given it all advantages, there is no 

 doubt but that it will take a distinguished rank among our flowering 

 roses.'* 



To understand a part of this last sentence, it must be known that, 

 when this rose first flowered in England, on account of a bad sys- 

 tem of cultivation, it showed itself much inferior to its reputation, 

 and judged by these first appearances, was considered as shy-flower- 

 ing, and indifferent in shape, in size and in color, From this judg- 

 ment Messrs. Standish & Noble can happily appeal. Thanks to 

 their system of cultivation the bush produces in abundance these 

 beautiful flowers of which the original colors, says Sir W. Hooker, 

 cannot be faithfully reproduced in painting, and which is compared 



to a ground of amber delicately washed with a tint of carmine. 

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