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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



flowers, with from six to nine expanded Roses on each 

 truss. 



The Many-flov:ered Roses, — R. multifiora, — from Japan 

 and China, are very pleasing climbers, with numerous 

 clusters of small flowers, of shades often changing and 

 fading in the same cluster, from full pink to white. 

 Unfortunately their hardihood is not to be depended on, 

 and they can only be trusted as conservatory plants 

 here, or to be budded and grown as standards in large 

 pots. Beatuiful varieties are Grecillei or the Seven 

 Sisters, Laure Devoust, Rubra, Elegans, and Alba, which 

 will make a grateful return for whatever protection it 

 may be thought fit to bestow upon them. 



Of Fortune's Yellow, the high-spirited traveller himself 

 complains : — " In the first volume of the Journal of the 

 Horticultural Society, I noticed the discovery and 

 introduction of a very beautiful yellow or salmon- 

 coloured rose. I had been much struck with the effects 

 produced by it in the gardens of Northern China, where 

 it was greatly prized, and I had no doubt that it would 

 succeed equally well in this country. But from some 

 cause — probably ignorance as to its habits, or the 

 treatment required — my favourite "Wang- Jan- Ye, as the 

 Chinese call it, was cried down. It had been planted in 

 situations where it was either starved or burnt up ; 

 and in return for such unkind treatment, the pretty 

 exotic obstinately refused to produce any but poor 

 miserable flowers. Then the learned in such matters 

 pronounced it quite unworthy of a place in our gardens 

 amongst English roses ; and I believe, in many instances, 

 it was either allowed to die, or was dug up and thrown 

 away. Eive or six years had elapsed since the introduc- 

 tion of this fine climber, and it had never been seen in 

 its proper garb. But the results in two places proved 

 it to be a rose nearly as rampant as the old Ayrshire, 

 quite hardy, and covered from the middle of May with 

 hundreds of large loose flowers, of every shade between 

 a rich reddish-buff and a full copper-pink. The old 

 standard plants in the open ground vrere one mass of 



