“AUGUST. 225 
ROSE “COMTESSE CECILE DE CHABRILLANT,” 
H.P. 
(Pare 167.) - 
THIs very beautiful new Rose, so much admired at the National 
and other exhibitions, and so highly commended by the flori- 
cultural press, well deserves the successful care which has been 
bestowed upon it by our artist, and a place in every rosarium. 
Our readers will find some further observations upon the flower 
in an article entitled “Home Again,” which appears in our 
present number. 

THE BRIAR AND ROSES ON THE BRIAR. 
1. Preliminary Observations—I have received thanks for my 
Manetti paper, and I am induced to write an article on the above 
subjects, that a fair balance may be held between the two stocks, and 
that I may not be quoted as an enemy to Briar Roses. I have never 
been an enemy to them, properly planted, in a suitable place, in a 
suitable soil; or to them, when highly mulched and well watered in 
soils, otherwise too hot for them, in very torrid summers. This summer 
has been peculiarly favourable to Briar Roses here; I never knew them 
do so well. Mildew and black blight have, however, touched severely 
many Roses on either stock. The Manetti Roses have now finished 
their first series, having been cut for the 30th of June; and some of 
them have the new buds of the second series formed. ‘This will account 
for my not being able to “put in an appearance” at the National 
exhibition. Few of the Briar Roses here, though they have good 
centres, are large enough to satisfy the requirements of the judges, 
who look, I think, too much to size and too little to other qualifications. 
Some of the remarks made in my Manetti article will apply to Briar 
Roses, and need not be repeated. 
2. The Foundation.—As the foundation of a building is the most 
important part of it, so the Briar is the most important part of Briar 
Roses. If this be bad, the Rose united to it cannot prosper. Hence 
the necessity of looking well to the roots, the rind, the spine, and the 
head of the stock. If these are all good, when they come from the 
nurseryman, you must not complain, if they do ill afterwards. The 
roots are easily examined, and should be pumped upon on their arrival, 
and should never be suffered to become dry. ‘The spine in the centre 
should be firm, and the rind should be free from dark stains. Light 
stains are not so material as dark ones. Caries and ultimately death 
commences with black stains in the rind. Examine the head of the 
stock ; it should be healed over the margin at least. If, however, it 
should not be healed, or if there is an aperture between the skin and 
spine, cut it afresh, and wash it with Robinson’s liquid glue, or with 
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