lises, chains, or wire ropes, in the fashion of a flagstaff. The pole may be covered with a climbing rose, or with ivy the dark green of which would show up the roses trained to the chains very effectually. YELLOW ROSES. GOOD yellow rose is certainly a beautiful object, but it is probably held in higher esteem, because somewhat of a rarity, than its intrinsic merit entitles it to. There are some yellow roses that for form and fashion ing, and perfume, take such high rank that even among roses it is not easy to find their equals; yet, all things considered, yellow roses owe their fame to their scarcity, much more than to their beauty, for there are many other yellow flowers that eclipse them, at least in colour; but first-class crimson, white, or blush roses can only be compared with one another-their beauty is unique, and the question cannot be raised whether such and such other flowers are better or worse than the roses. But being rare, and requiring in most cases peculiar management, yellow roses possess an interest for the cultivator, differing in many respects from the interest that attaches to roses generally, and roses of all other kinds. We may, therefore devote a chapter to yellow roses, in the hope of rendering a service to those rosarians who have found the culti K vation of this class attended with a few difficulties and occasional disappointments. Yellow roses are to be found in several distinct classes. The Austrian Briers furnish a few; there are two yellow Banksians, several Noisettes, and many yellow Teas. Of these I shall speak more in detail presently, but while I happen to think of them, it is as well to name two others which belong to two distinct classes, and are the only yellows in those classes—namely, Madame Stoltz, a pale straw of the Damask section, and Fortune's Yellow, which belongs to the Sempervirens. The first general remark which occurs to me upon this subject is, that among many so-called yellow roses there are but few that are really yellow, and some of the few that come nearest to the colour of guinea-gold are, like guinea-gold, very hard to get at-that is to say, very difficult to bloom. Thus, Boule d'Or, a lovely Tea rose, is by no means equal to its name in form or colour; it is not, in fact, a ball of gold, though a fine rose, and one of my favourites. Even Cloth of Gold, which with rose growers takes rank with Birds of Paradise, Palissy Ware, and Queen Anne's Farthings, is not a true yellow, nor is Lamarque, nor Solfaterre, nor twothirds of the Teas which are described as yellow in the catalogues. But many of those that have only a predominance of yellow, and which range through yellow shades from primrose to buff and fawn, are |