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certainly a very clever gardener, as his creations at White Knights showed 
him to be ; but at Blenheim he failed, through frittering the place all over with 
standard Roses. 
While we thus would warn our readers from the too frequent use of 
standard Roses, we must admit the beauty of their effect as pillars and as 
dwarfs ; also for covering trellissed seats, &c., they are quite apropos, and have 
a lovely effect; but we protest against them as objects of beauty, particularly 
during that long period which succeeds to the blooming season. 
Loudon mentions, in his “ Suburban Gardener,” the idea of making walks 
by planting Pear trees, and with them Vines, the shoots from which would 
festoon themselves over the walks, and form quite an Italian promenade. This 
we have never seen carried out, but should think it very practicable and very 
pretty. It might be done, we think, in the grounds of a rather small place, and 
would lend a charming variety to the situation. 
We would advise those amateurs who are about to proceed in this work to 
call in the assistance of their landscape gardener at once, and be quite prepared 
to commence planting in November, which is the most fit and proper season to 
succeed with it. Plans well conceived and well carried out are sure to carry 
with them an amount of success which must be satisfactory. 
Amersham. Henry Bailey, C.M.R.H.S. 
FLOWERING OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD ROSE. 
In an article upon Roses, written by a high authority on this popular class of 
flowers, I observed, in his criticism upon the merits of the above-named Rose, 
that it is too delicate and shy-flowering to be recommended for out-door cultiva¬ 
tion farther north than the midland counties. 
It appears to me that this statement, coming from one who is otherwise so 
valuable a guide, might deter many north of his line of limit from attempting its 
cultivation. Now, it is my own opinion that it will succeed perfectly, with proper 
treatment, in favoured spots, all over the kingdom, especially if grown against a 
south wall, and in sheltered situations. It grows and flowers at this place, which 
is situate on the south shores of the Moray Frith, in latitude 57° 38'. There is at 
the present time a number of flowers fully expanded in different situations, some 
of them being upon shoots that were budded last August. The principal display 
is, however, upon a strong established branch, which was budded upon the Yellow 
Banksian twelve years ago, which is growing against the south front of my 
dwelling-house. This stock, I find, is admirably adapted for it. We have, also, 
growing on the plant of the Banksian, and dispersed through the branches of each 
other, the following sorts—viz.: Lamarque, Gloire de Dijon, Solfaterre, General 
Jacqueminot, Geant des Batailles, Baronne Prevost, Madame Rivers. The Cloth 
of Gold, being the most tender, was sadly cut up by the severe frost of December, 
1860. The following spring it had to be shortened-back to within a foot of its 
junction. Since that time it has again rallied, and is now covering about the same 
space it had done previously. 
What I consider, however, my greatest success with this beautiful Rose, 
occurred in the year 1852, a notice of which appeared in the Gardeners' Chronicle 
of the same year, page 597. From a bud inserted on the common China, on the 
9th July the year previous, twenty flowers were produced in about the space of 
twelve months from the time of its insertion. It started into growth shortly after 
budding, and grew feet the same year. The following spring it was allowed to 
break as high as the frost had not injured it, and seven of its uppermost buds 
produced flowers. 
I find the flowers generally best from the tops of the grossest shoots of the 
former year’s growth, and these I have carefully preserved. 
Gordon Castle. J. Webster. 
