THE EEOWEE GAEDE>". 



flower-bud. In the entrance-court is another plant, grow- 

 ing in front of a low parapet- wall, in a good loamy soil and 

 free airy exposure ; this is in a state of the greatest luxuri- 

 ance, and blooms in fine perfection nearly every season. 

 M. G-odefroy, a French nurseryman, has cultivated the 

 Yellow Provence as a pillar rose in a free and open 

 situation with much success. Surface manure in autumn, 

 liquid manure in May. and summer pruning with finger 

 and thumb, are indispensable details in his routine." 

 The Yellow Cabbage will not bear the smoke of towns ; 

 nor has any good been done with it by budding, as far 

 as has yet come to light. In unfavourable soils, it has 

 been recommended to be budded on the JtfusJc Rose, the 



on China Rose, or on some free-growing H 

 China ; or to bud and graft it on short stems of the 

 Rosa JIanettii. to be afterwards planted in orchard- 

 houses ; on all which, the only true commentary is com- 

 prised in the words ''•'but 55 and '''perhaps." Possibly 

 we have no congenial stocks on which to bud it, but 

 must ransack the wilds of its native Persia to find them. 

 Its delicate glaucous leaves and slender - : : 



not look as if they could £nd sympathetic support from 

 any of the roses at present dwelling in Europe. In short, 

 no system of culture has hitherto been hit upon which is 

 certain to insure a successful issue. It is not quite clear 

 that its dwarf variety, the Pompon Yellow, has ever m 

 v: med its flowers in England. 



Tne Austrian Briar — £. J idea — takes after the Yellow 

 Cabbage in its dislike to smoke, to pruning with a knife, 

 and to being budded on other stocks. It likes a dry 

 soil, and plenty of liberty for its branches to ramble. As 

 yet, a double Austrian briar is a desideratum, which, 

 enthusiasts tell us only bides its time. There are two 

 varieties ; the most striking has large single blossoms, 

 rich copper-colour within and yellow without ; the petals 

 of the other are of a bright canary-yellow, both on their 

 upper and under surfaces. Harrison's Double Yellow 

 Briar is a valuable Rose, bearing town-smoke a little 

 better than the former, doing well budded on the Dog 



