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blooming under all ordinary circumstances. The last of the three is 
Jane Hardy, flowers deep gold-yellow, small, but pretty ; the habit 
that of a climber, and too tender to be used as a standard ; though 
in a warm climate, as that of Jersey for example, where Cloth of 
Gold thrives amazingly, it would make superb weeping standards, 
that would look like tents of gold tissue when in full bloom. 
Of the yellow roses enumerated above, there are four that call 
for special consideration as to the best means of securing a plentiful 
and an annual crop of flowers. These are Cloth of Gold, Solfaterre, 
Isabella Gray, and Jane Hardy. We omit from this consideration 
Marechal Niel, because it never fails to flower freely when planted 
in a suitable position. It is a fortunate thing that if we hit upon 
the right method of managing any one of these, that same method will 
apply to all the rest. 
These delicately-constituted roses require a deep, rich, dry, warm 
soil. If wall and border could both be moderately heated, without 
covering with glass, there is no doubt these roses would surpass 
everything, in the way of roses, ever seen. To do so would be quite 
possible, but the majority of cultivators, and, for our own part, we 
cast our lot with the majority as having common sense on its side, 
prefer to attempt their cnlture with the heat of the sun alone. It 
will be understood from these remarks, that to plant any of these 
roses in a bleak position on undrained soil, or in poor, sour, pasty 
stuff, would be the height of folly. They might live, but they would 
neither grow nor bloom. A south wall has been pronounced by more 
than one authority as unfit for them ; but this is a mistake. The 
fact is, the place cannot be too hot ; but as tender plants on south 
walls are in more danger in winter than plants of the same kind on 
north walls, the cultivator must make amends by protecting, and 
there is nothing better for the purpose than a stout canvas fixed to a 
lath above the top line of the trees, and drawn down at night. The 
use of protection is perhaps of more importance in spring than 
winter ; for, having secured a hot position and a thorough good 
border, the next step towards success is to promote an early and 
vigorous growth. Early formation of strong wood allows of its more 
perfect ripening by summer-heat ; and if the wood be well ripened, 
there will be plenty of bloom to a certainty. There are two more 
points for the cultivator to fix in his memory — namely, to use the 
knife as little as possible, and to exercise patience, for these roses 
must be well established, and have had some years of growth, before 
they acquire a blooming condition. We must now speak of them 
separately, as to their individual needs and peculiarities. 
Cloth of Gold will do as well on a brier as any rose known. It 
will also do well on the Banksian. It will also do for a time on 
Celine and Manetti stocks, but unless it makes roots of its own, and 
so becomes independent of the stock, it may perish just as it acquires 
the proper age to be in perfection. It is very important to bud on 
established stoclcs, as, when the junction has been effected, the rose 
makes that quick and early growth which is so essential to success ; 
whereas, if the stock be only half rooted, the first shoots of the rose 
rise weak, and never afterwards acquire their proper vigour. As 
Jnly. 
