. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. o bear neglectwithin our latitude. Older Pompon Roses, such as that gem, Rose deMeaux, which is so exceptionally pretty, though nottoo free of growth or propagation, increase tolerablyfreely by layering. The Pompon Varin (SpongsRose) was once greatly used for forcing. The Pom- Village Maid be staged with Kean, if the latterstill exists upon lifes stage — the Damask withMadame Zoetmans—a worthy sire and a worthierson !—Harrisoni, or Persian yellow, with the Aus-trian copper !—the Macartney alba simple
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. o bear neglectwithin our latitude. Older Pompon Roses, such as that gem, Rose deMeaux, which is so exceptionally pretty, though nottoo free of growth or propagation, increase tolerablyfreely by layering. The Pompon Varin (SpongsRose) was once greatly used for forcing. The Pom- Village Maid be staged with Kean, if the latterstill exists upon lifes stage — the Damask withMadame Zoetmans—a worthy sire and a worthierson !—Harrisoni, or Persian yellow, with the Aus-trian copper !—the Macartney alba simplex withfair and blushing Maria Leonida—the old Moss andMrs. William Paul, and so forth. Break away fromconvention and wearisome stereotyped iteration. Seekmore variety and better arrangement. Make oldRoses the rage, as are now the new, and a freshbranch of industry will arise which will push floricul-ture beyond its present standpoint, bring beauty tothe fore, bring back to us the primitive fragrance,and renew the enfeebled constitution of our Earley, •m<- -#•. Fig. 3.—specimen tlant of Charles (), grown by messrs. paul and son, chesiiunt. •¥ -->#• Bourbons. They all originated upon the Isle ofBourbon, between the Rose of Four Seasons and Rosaiindica, and were such as Rose Blush, White Blush,Blush Four Seasons, with many charming cousins,as Crimson Perpetual, the striped Quatre Saisonspanachee, the Lettuce-leaved BuUee, &c. The rusty Sweet Brier, to translate its Latin name,is of singular distinctness. How few are there whoknow more than the one common kind. But what ofthe yellow Eglantine ?—that Eglantine which LordBacon once mistook for a very different flower,and which even in Gerards day was a primeTaritie. The hispid Sweet Briar, the Rose Superb,and the Chester, seem also to play us truant. And the Musk Rose, thought to be the tmePersian, and on which the Persian lyre so oftenlavished tones of joy—which Persian poets
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