162 THE FLORIST AND 



The flowers of this rose not being known hut in the double state* 

 it is almost impossible to determine botanical! j if it was derived by 

 way of seed from a wild species or a cultivated variety, or whether 

 it is the product of hybridization. The question must therefore 

 rest, until more ample information is obtained. 



J. E, Planchon. 



The judgment of American rose culturists has been hitherto 

 unanimous against any merit in this rose ; perhaps proceeding from 

 the same want of proper culture from which it suffered in England. 

 Messrs. Standish & Noble say that the want of success of the first 

 attempts in its cultivation proceeded from the fact that the shoots 

 were shortened in as for ordinary standard roses. To diminish the 

 branches of one year, is to take away the bloom; as with this, as 

 with the Persian Yellow and Banksian roses the flowers are borne 

 on the wood of the preceding year. The number of the shoots 

 must onlv be diminished, and the rest not at all shortened. With 

 this simple precaution, joined to the choice of a rich soil, the plant 

 becomes very free-flowering." 



The Horticultural editor of "The Soil of the South," a valuable 

 paper published at Columbus, Georgia, in the last issue says of this 

 rose, "This gem of the Celestials has opened its petals and is more 

 than w r e ever dreamed of in beauty ; though not as large as the 

 LaMarck, or quite as double, it is of the most exquisite yellow. The 

 Cloth of Gold does not compare with it. It is a free grower, having 

 already made wood four feet long this season." After such praise 

 it cannot be so utterly worthless as some have represented it to be. 



Ed. 



NOTES ON ROSE CULTURE, 



by a lover of roses. (Continued.) 



To those who are entirely unacquainted with the true color, har^ 

 diness, quality, &c, I conceive the following will make a fine as- 

 sortment, laying aside all puffs of sellers, growers, and catalogue 

 makers — age or price. I may also be allowed to begin with the 

 family that I am most partial to ; although I grow more than 50 



