THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
129 
MAEECHAL NIEL EOSE. 
( With Coloured Illustration.) 
BY GEOEGE GOEDON. 
[HE popularity of Marechal Niel rose is fully accounted 
for by its splendid qualities. The rose garden is rich 
in yellow roses ; but this, the latest of the series, sur- 
passes them all in the vigour of its growth, compara- 
tive hardiness, and the profuse production of its large, 
finely-formed, and richly-coloured flowery. It is already grown most 
extensively in the gardens of all classes ; but at the present moment 
it is not grown so largely or as well as one might expect, and this is 
mainly owing to the existence of the belief that it requires a special 
system of culture. This I believe is entirely without foundation, 
for it conforms most readily to the excellent rules laid down in 
Mr. Hibberd’s popular “ Eose Book ” for the cultivation of yellow 
roses. Indeed, so clearly do the directions in that work for the 
cultivation of yellow roses apply to this splendid rose, that, ex- 
cepting for the assistance of those readers who have not the “ Eose 
Book” to refer to, it is quite unnecessary to say anything about its 
management. 
Marechal Niel rose is occasionally classed in the trade catalogues 
with the tea-roses, but it is unquestionably a Noisette, although it 
has a strain of tea blood in it, and is, perhaps, the hardiest of its 
class. Throughout the southern and midland counties it can be 
grown out-of-doors in the greatest perfection, and with but small 
risk of its being cut off by the winter’s frost. In the north it can 
also be grown moderately well in a warm position against a wall, but 
the chances are that about every third or fourth winter it will be cut 
down to the ground even with considerable protection. It is on 
record that in the neighbourhood of Derby it withstood the effects 
of the severe winter of 1866-67 without injury, but it is very certain 
that in Yorkshire it is killed with the thermometer considerably 
above zero. In sheltered nooks of such favoured spots as Worthing 
and Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, it will be found quite at home, and 
at this moment I have in my mind’s eye a cottage in the Isle of 
Wight that on one side is covered with a single plant, which 
throughout the early part of the summer is fairly loaded with 
grandly-developed flowers, thereby proving, in the most unmistak- 
able manner, the fact that in favourable situations it is quite at 
home in the open air. 
Whether grown under glass or against a wall out-of-doors, the 
details of management will not be found to differ materially. At 
the commencement, strong plants on their own roots should be 
selected, as preferable to those on the brier or Manetti stock ; but 
if there is any difficulty in securing them on their own roots, tho?e 
worked on the brier must have the preference. Some rosarians act 
upon the belief that it is not well able to support itself on its own 
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