THE PERSIAN YELLOW ROSE 
it can scarcely be said to have been superseded, since no Rose of its 
sort has yet appeared to replace it. 
On its own roots the Persian Yellow grows freely and flowers 
well, though not in the same profusion as when budded on the Briar 
or the Manetti Rose. Care must be taken not to over-prune, for it is 
a Rose which will rarely break back. When the old shoots have to 
be shortened, they should be pruned down to a strong growth and 
on no account below. When grown in a border or in a somewhat 
confined position, it becomes straggling in growth and requires all the 
pruning it will submit to. It should be planted in a light soil with 
a warm sunny aspect, and may then be left to develop unrestrained. 
It will become in time a bush some nine feet in height, throwing out 
long branches, the extremities of which will often be covered for 
from a foot and a half to two feet with golden flowers. In spite 
of its height the Persian Yellow Rose never becomes ungainly, for 
the branches stand erect for about half their length and then arch 
over gracefully, so that the appearance of the bush from a little distance 
is strikingly beautiful. A hedge of this Rose in flower produces the 
effect of a cascade of gold. 
Rosa Harrisoni, a double yellow Rose which originated in 
America some years before the introduction of the Persian Yellow, 
has occasionally been confused with it, but Rosa Harrisoni is much 
paler on expanding, and becomes paler still when exposed to the sun. 
It is, moreover, by no means such a strikingly handsome flower, but 
it has the advantage of being less susceptible to the deleterious effects 
of London smoke. U ntil quite recently this Rose bloomed profusely 
every year in an old garden on Clapham Common, and it was only 
when the builders took possession of the garden that the bushes 
disappeared. 
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