(1870)  Page(s) 299 [Appendix].  
 
A List of the Best Roses Raised in France and Elsewhere from the Year 1859 to 1869, A. D.
1859.
Noisette.
America.

(1870)  Page(s) 150.  
 
As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with confidence:
Anna Alexieff*, free in growth, in foliage, and flowers- the latter of a fresh pure rose-colour, which makes the tree very distinct and charming.

*All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family.

(1870)  Page(s) 150.  
 
As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with confidence:
Auguste Mie*, an old favourite, having well-shaped globular flowers, of a delicate pearly-pink complexion, and blooming freely both in summer and autumn.

*All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family.

(1870)  Page(s) 150.  
 
As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with confidence:
Baronne Prevost*, another of the few old favourites still claiming a place in the Rosary. The flowers are very large, fragrant, and of a true rose-colour. Colonel Rougemont, closely resembling the Baroness, and in some points superior, is of a more weakly condition, and therefore less adapted for a Pillar Rose.

*All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family.

(1870)  Page(s) 289.  
 
March is the month for our final pruning. I say final, because all the longer shoots will have been previously shortened in October. Different varieties will, of course, require different treatment; and the intentions of the operator, as well as the habit of the tree, will direct the manipulation of the knife. Some Roses of very vigorous growth, such as Blairii 2 and Charles Lawson, Triomphe de Bayeux and Persian Yellow, will not flower at all if they are closely pruned. They will need little more excision than that which they have already received- only the removal of any weak or injured wood. Ten or twelve eyes may be left upon the healthy shoots.

(1870)  Page(s) 151.  
 
As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with confidence:
Caroline de Sansales*, with outer petals of a pale flesh-colour, deepening towards the centre, is a very lovely Rose, and still among the best of our light-coloured varieties.

*All the Roses in this list, except Gloire de Bourdeaux, Gloire de Dijon, and Jaune Desprez, are of the Hybrid Perpetual family.

(1870)  Page(s) 155.  
 
Charles Lawson, a hybrid from the Isle de Bourbon Rose, makes a noble specimen, producing magnificent blooms of a bright glowing pink abundantly in all seasons. This glorious Rose well deserves all those adjectives expressive of beauty which, I begin to fear, my readers will regard as wearisome and vain repetitions. I can only plead that the epithets are true, and cry "Excuse tautology !" as I once heard a parrot scream for the best part of a summer's day.

(1870)  Page(s) 289.  
 
March is the month for our final pruning. I say final, because all the longer shoots will have been previously shortened in October. Different varieties will, of course, require different treatment; and the intentions of the operator, as well as the habit of the tree, will direct the manipulation of the knife. Some Roses of very vigorous growth, such as Blairii 2 and Charles Lawson, Triomphe de Bayeux and Persian Yellow, will not flower at all if they are closely pruned. They will need little more excision than that which they have already received- only the removal of any weak or injured wood. Ten or twelve eyes may be left upon the healthy shoots.

(1870)  Page(s) 150.  
 
As single specimens of Pillar Roses, the following may be tried with confidence:
Baronne Prevost, another of the few old favourites still claiming a place in the Rosary. The flowers are very large, fragrant, and of a true rose-colour. Colonel Rougemont, closely resembling the Baroness, and in some points superior, is of a more weakly condition, and therefore less adapted for a Pillar Rose.

(1870)  Page(s) 258.  
 
Time was (and I recall it happily, for we vexed not ourselves about that which might be, but delighted our hearts in that which we had) when our dark Roses, such as Boula de Nanteuil, D'Aguesseau, Ohl, and Shakespeare—our pink Roses, such as Comtesse Mole and Las Casas, our white Roses, such as Madame Hardy,—were painfully wide awake when they reached the show, and our collection had "eyes" like Argus.