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In addition to the preceding commendations, we have the privilege also of giving the following extracts from notices and opinions with which we have been kindly favored by persons who have had opportunities of examining its characteristics, all gentlemen of ihe highest character and worth, and most of them extensively known throughout the country for their fine horticultural taste and knowledge.

From the Hon. E. W. Leavenworth, of Syracuse.
" I have seen the Augusta Rose several times during two successive seasons. It is a vigorous grower, and free runner, with dark green polished leaves, and the general aspect of the plant is very beautiful. It blooms with the greatest freedom, small plants not a foot high, having frequently been seen by me covered with flowers. The flowers are very double, very large and beautiful, and in fine clusters. It is very fragrant, and the fragrance is of a very agreeable nature. I am familiar with many of the finest Yellow Roses, and have no hesitation in giving this a decided preference to any of them, for the vigor and beauty of the plant, the elegance of the bud and flower, and for its charming fragrance."

From Charles B. Sedgwick, Esq., of Syracuse.
"I have on several occasions seen and examined your 'Augusta Rose' during the last two seasons, and it appears to be possessed of a combination of desirable qualities. Its strong and free growth ; the beauty and richness of the leaf; its high fragrance; the size, color and well developed form of the flower, all combine to place it in the front rank of the new Roses. I have noticed the full clusters upon quite small plants, and judge that it blooms freely, and is a Perpetual, from having seen it in blossom at various seasons of the year."

From the Rev. Samuel J. May, of Syracuse.
"It seems to me to combine more excellencies than any species of the Rose that I am acquainted with. It is a climber, grows rapidly and abundantly - as much so, I think, as the Michigan Rose - the foliage is rich, and it is a perpetual and profuse bloomer. The flowers, taken singly, are more beautiful than those of the Michigan. They are of a brilliant, though not of a glaring, yellow color; and, more than all, have a delicious fragrance like the choicest kinds of the Tea Rose. Whoever shall possess himself of this plant will confess that he has indeed a floral treasure."

From J. W. P. Allen, Esq., late Corresponding Secretary of the Oswego Horticultural Society, Oswego, N. Y.
"Having seen your new Rose, the 'Augusta', in bloom, during newly every month in the year, I do not hesitate to say that, combining as it does the properties of a free grower, perpetual and profuse bloomer, fine foliage, great beauty of developing bud and perfect flower, with the richest fragrance, it will be the greatest acquisition yet given to the amateurs of Flora in the form of a Yellow Rose.''

From Dr. Herman Wendell, of Albany.
"I have no doubt but that the Rose, when it comes to be known, will be a general favorite, for, from its delicious fragrance, (which, by the way, is precisely that of Smithii, a Yellow Noisette) its very free blooming character, as well as its running habit, it can not but please admirers and amateurs of the Rose."

From Messrs. Thorburn & Co., New York, and Newark, N. J.
"This is the finest American (or any other of its class) Rose ever raised - is a hardy outdoor runner - beautiful deep green glossy foliage, similar to the Cloth of Gold; the flowers of a deep nankeen yellow, full cupped to the centre, and of the most delicious tea fragrance. This rose is no catch-penny, but has passed the ordeal of severe scrutiny.

CAUTION.
As the sole possessors of the Augusta, and in order to place purchasers on their guard against the frauds and villainies of the unprincipled, who have already, to some extent, taken advantage of its reputation to impose upon the unsuspecting some unknown variety under its name, we hereby caution all persons against purchasing from any one who can not show due authority from us to sell it. To show that the entire stock is in our hands, (we never yet having sent it out,) we give below the certificate of the original proprietor and originator. In his letter to our Mr. F., forwarding the certificate, he makes the following explanatory statement:
" I have never raised a plant from the original stock up to this time, nor have I ever given cuttings or scions to any one but yourself since I made a present of the right to you. But it is proper for me to state that about that time, for the many courtesies extended to me by our mutual friend, Mr. Fish, of Macon, Geo., I forwarded him, at his request, a few of the buds."

We have a letter from Mr. Fish, stating that he was entirely unsuccessful in his attempt to propagate it- every bud having failed - and he is now awaiting a plant for himself from us.

Mr. Mathew's Certificate.
"I hereby certify that I have never given or distributed to any nurseryman in the United States or elsewhere, any plants, scions, or buds of the 'Augusta' rose, which was raised from seed by myself, except to Mr. A. Fahnestock, now of Syracuse, N. Y., to whom I presented the right of said rose, with the exclusive privilege to propagate from, sell, or dispose of it as he might think proper. Dated, Coshocton, this 4th day of June, 1851. Jas Mathews."

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The Augusta Rose. The subscribers take great pleasure in announcing to all the lovers of that beautiful flower, the Rose, that they will send out for the first time, on the first day of May next, properly packed for transportation to any part of the United States, strong plants of their New, Double Yellow, Fragrant, Climbing Rose, Augusta, which has been acknowledged by all who have seen its beauties, to be decidedly not only the best double yellow climbing Rose, but the freest bloomer, and the most deliciously fragrant of any in the country. This Rose was raised from seed, planted by the Hon. James Mathews, of Coshocton, Ohio, in the spring of 1847, who, having in his collection the finest Roses in the country, including Lamarque, Solfaterre and Chromatella, speaks thus of the Augusta:
"This plant has thrown up shoots for the past two seasons from 16 to 18 feet in height, and has proven itself, not only a remarkable grower, but of a vigorous and healthy habit. The Rose resembles Lamarque somewhat in appearance, but is a more vigorous grower; leaves much larger, more ruddy and dark in hue, very glossy and handsome; young wood of a very redish cast, full of short, rugged thorns, but more numerous than Lamarque; old wood, large, coarse and strong; flowers very large and very double, and in color pure yellow, deeper than Devoniensis, and quite twice as large as La Pactole; bud is shaped like Lamarque, but is larger, and the flower when expanded is also much larger. It is purely tea-scented, quite as fragrant as Devoniensis, and more fragrant than any other variety with which I am acquainted. This rose has been the admiration of all who have seen it, being greatly preferred to all others of my pretty large collection; and it fully realizes my most sanguine expectations, being fully one hundred per cent better than Lamarque." [See Horticulturalist, vol.IV, page 147.] -- After several years further experience in growing and testing this Rose, he writes thus: "The Augusta has proved itself The finest of Noisettes, a very vigorous grower, with splendid foliage, of the most free blooming habit and deliciously fragrant. My opinion of it has increased yearly with its growth, and I have never as yet seen its equal."
We forwarded to the late lamented A. J Downing, in August, 1851, a cluster of its flowers, and in the September number of the Horticulturalist -- [see page 436] -- he published the following commendation of it:

Opinion of the late A. J. Downing, Esq., of Newburgh, N.Y.
"We have just received by Express from Messrs. Thorp, Smith, Hanchett & Co.. of the Syracuse Nurseries, a branch of the "Augusta" in good order, and are glad to bear testimony (as far as a cluster of cut flowers will allow us) to the beauty of this new variety. The flowers are a fine yellow, deeper than Cloth of Gold, and deliciously fragrant. We learn from those who have seen this new American seedling growing that it is a fine, vigorous climber, with an everblooming habit, and have no doubt it will prove a great acquisition."

We have recently been favored with a letter from the following eminent Horticulturalist and Pomologist, of Boston, Mass., the contents of which we are kindly permitted to make public.
Extract of a letter from the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Boston, Mass.
"I am happy to say that, although I had heard a favorable opinion expressed in relation to the merits of this Rose, its beauty exceeded my anticipations. "The Augusta Rose is certainly an excellent variety, having in its growth the climbing habit of the Noisettes, while in bloom and fragrance it seems nearly allied to the Teas. Its foliage is beautiful; its flower is very pure and delicate in color; its form globular and perfect, and although very double and full, appears to expand its buds freely. Considering these valuable characteristics, it may be esteemed as a good acquisition, and worthy of a place among the best varieties extant."

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Among novelties, the most prominent, perhaps, was the rose Robert Scott, described as 'the ever-blooming hybrid perpetual.' Under glass, it is conceded to bear out this description; its behavior in the open ground is, as yet, merely a matter of hope and conjecture, but its appearance is of a rose capable of giving a good account of itself everywhere. A big vase of it was shown. The color is an exquisite shade of pink, its texture heavy, and its shape at times very beautiful, though it is of the shorter-petaled type, and does not exhibit the beauty of form of the urn-shaped sorts having great depth of bud and petal.