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called the attention of his colleagues to the rose we are now con- 

 sidering. He pointed out to them that the seeds germinate, 

 without being stratified, in the space of a month, and if care- 

 fully treated the seedlings of this species can be budded in the 

 same year as that in which they originated. This was in itself 

 a valuable property, and one which was confirmed by successive 

 trials by many experimenters, amongst others by the Secretary 

 of the Horticultural Society of Dammartin, who published a 

 note on this subject in the Bulletin of that Society. This gentle- 

 man said : " Some seeds sown in a bed on the 14th March, 1883, 

 germinated on the 15th April following, and those of them which 

 were budded on 2nd July of the same year developed quite 

 sturdy stems." 



M. Alegatiere also budded some roses on root-stocks of Bosa 

 polyantha, and from these experiments he obtained satisfactory 

 results, which he also communicated to the members of the 

 Association Horticole Lyonnaise. The particulars furnished 

 by M. Alegatiere induced several rosarians of Lyons to try this 

 experiment for themselves. I find related in the minutes of the 

 meeting held January 17, 1885, in the Palais du Commerce at 

 Lyons, by the Association Horticole Lyonnaise, the following 



account, under the heading, " Plants Exhibited"- : " by 



M. Bernaix, rose-grower at Lyons, a specimen of H.P. Princess 

 of Cambridge and another H.P. La Pieine. These two varieties 

 had been budded on seedling Bosa polyantha, in the same way as 

 that in which roses are usually budded on the seedling briar. 

 The specimens shown were strong, vigorous, and well-rooted ; 

 the roots being provided with fibrous branches. 



" M. Bernaix said that roses budded on pohjantha are superior 

 for the purposes of pot-cultivation to those budded on the briar, 

 and this method of culture will also be very serviceable when 

 applied to forced roses. The plants so treated push sooner, and 

 flower 10 to 15 days earlier than those budded on the briar; 

 they have also this advantage, that they do not throw up 

 suckers ; teas will succeed quite as well as H.P.'s. 



" M. Bernaix also pointed out that the seeds sown in the month 

 of March germinate the same year; the specimens exhibited 

 having been sown in February, and budded in September. 

 This rose is not at all particular as to soil. The seedlings have 

 been raised in soil not trenched, but merely dug with the spade 



