Plate 237 . 
TEA ROSE, MARECHAL NIEL. 
When in Paris last year, M. Eugene Verdier brought to us 
some of his new Roses, which were to be let out in the autumn. 
The majority were Hybrid Perpetuals; but with them there 
was a tea-scented Rose of great beauty, which we at once re¬ 
garded as the cream of the set, and one likely to be a great ac¬ 
quisition, and this we selected for our illustration. 
Yellow Roses have always been considered a great deside¬ 
ratum, but unfortunately the best of them have some serious 
defects. Cloth of Gold , or, as it is called in France, Ckromatella , 
is unquestionably a most difficult Rose to bloom ; it will grow 
rampantly enough, but few are able to induce it to flower well; 
when it does, there is no yellow Rose to equal it. Isabella Grey , 
which a few years ago was introduced from South Carolina, 
gave great promise of supplying our need; but, alas! it too 
was found hard to open, and shy in flowering. SynitKs Yellow , 
again, rarely flowers well. Solfaterre , a light shade of yellow, 
is too loose and ragged a flower to please the fastidious eye 
of the rosarian; and, indeed, in the Noisettes , Celine Forestier 
and Triomjyhe de Rennes are the two most satisfactory flowers 
of this colour. Pure yellows amongst Tea Roses are scarce. 
Vicomtesse Cazes , which is very bright, is also very ragged. 
Boule I Or is very difficult to open. Eliza Sauvage and L'En¬ 
fant Trouve are both of delicate habit; while Gloire de Dijon , 
splendid Rose as it is, can hardly be classed amongst pure 
yellows. The accession, then, of a flower like the one now 
figured, if true to the description given with it, must be hailed 
with satisfaction by all lovers of the Rose. 
Let it be however said, that while it is, as far as we were 
able to judge, a valuable Rose, there are one or two points 
