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■where, and require very little care to insure an abundant bloom ; 
but these are not the kinds that the rosarian becomes excited about. 
Anyone can grow Ophirie ; if never pruned at all it will always grow 
neatly, and cover itself with flowers. So will Desprez a fleur jaune, 
which is usually, for shortness, designated “ Jaune Desprez.” 
Give it a warm position, either on a wall, as a standard on the brier, 
or as a pillar rose on Manetti, and it is sure to bloom abundantly ; 
and charming things its flowers are, and with a delicious fragrance. 
We had a flne Jaune Desprez on a six-feet brier, trained on a south 
wall ; it covered a space of about 200 square feet, and was literally 
dense with roses for three or four months every year. The cruel 
winter of 1860 destroyed rose and stock together, its age being then 
about fifteen years. In its curious mixture of colours, red, sulphur, 
flesh, and buff, this may be considered a companion rose to the noble 
Gloii’e de Dijon. 
We come nearer to the true yellow in Solfaterre, which was 
introduced by Mr. Rivers in 1842, and has always been a favourite. 
The colour is pale sulphur, the flowers are large and very double, 
and the tree grows with great vigour. Yerylike it is Lamarque, 
a most beautiful sulphur-yellow rose, and one of the finest wall-roses 
known. Tnomplie de Rennes, a true Noisette, with large canary- 
coloured flowers, is hardier than the two foregoing, and bears the 
smoke of towns tolerably well. At Stoke Newington it grows 
and blooms superbly as a standard, exposed to all the winds of 
heaven. Celine Forestier is another true Noisette, of vigorous habit, 
as hardy as the last, and very adaptable to any situation where a rose 
of any kind will grow. The flowers are pale yellow, very pure and 
bright, large and full, and are very freely produced if the tree is 
scarcely at all pruned. The best way to manage it is to cut back a 
few of the longest rods every spring, leaving always about half the 
shoots to flower, and the other half to grow. In a good season, the 
shoots that were pruned will flower in the autumn as well as those 
left unpruned. It bears smoke well, and grows freely on any free 
stock. The best place for it is on a west wall, where the strong 
shoots can be trained in their full length, or as a standard on a brier; 
for when grown as a bush it is too straggling unless much pinched 
in, and that is apt to endanger the flowering, though the stubby 
side-shoots which follow are sure to flower the next season if left 
alone. Mdlle. Aristide is another vigorous grower, with a decided 
trace of the Tea rose in its constitution. This requires a warm wall, 
and grows best when worked on the Banksian rose, but it will do 
on the brier. The flowers are pale yellow, with salmon centre, and 
if the tree is well fed, the flowers are large and full. 
Among the strong growers we have now only three left, and they 
are fine old favourites. Cloth of Gold is truly magnificent when 
brought to perfection ; the colour pure gold yellow, the form 
globular, very large and double. Isabella Gray differs from it in 
being a shade deeper in colour towards the centre. "When well 
grown it opens freely, but is rather deficient in form ; there is a sort 
of squareness about it which the experienced eye detects at a glance. 
But very often this rose does not open well, and it is very shy of 
