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for any exhibition table. It is far better to raise new plants yearly, 

 and as soon as safely rooted consign the old plants to the rubbish 

 heap. 



Now a \vord or two about the flowering class. These I consider 

 worthy a place in every collection of plants, but in what a miserable 

 condition do we frequently see them, drawn up weak and spindly, 

 instead of a robust constitution with plump matured wood, which 

 is the only guarantee of success. As like will produce like in every 

 thing all tlie world over, so is it here ; if you put in half-starved 

 cuttings for your future plant, you must expect a poor return ; on 

 the other hand, if your offspring be from a matured plant, grown 

 slow and sure, you will have ample recompense for your labour. 



I consider these indispensable for autumn decoration, and good 

 plants may be grown for that purpose by putting in the cuttings 

 as soon as they are ready ; they do not require so much heat and 

 shade as the others : anything like hurrying them is to spoil your 

 future plant. They strike freely, and require the same management 

 as ordinary stove cuttings. As soon as rooted, pot off* into three-inch 

 pots, and shift on according to growth into five or seven inch pots; they 

 must be in their flowering pots two months before required to bloom ; 

 let them enjoy plenty of sunshine with air according. Of course they 

 can be had in bloom at any time by altering the time of striking 

 them, allowing four to six months for that purpose for sturdy 

 growth. They are most valuable in the dull flowerless autumn 

 months, when they will do duty well in a temperature of SS"* to 65% 

 but are next to worthless unless they can enjoy the sun. They do 

 well in one part loam, one peat, half part very decayed cow-dung, kept 

 open with small pieces of charcoal well blended in a dryish condition. 



A note of six good ones may be useful : — 



Discolor, pink and yellow, very free. 



Martiana, a beautiful rose, very telling among others. 



Semperjiorens, light rose, always in bloom more or less. 



Manicata. Sturdy plants of this will bloom all through the 

 winter, and look remarkably pretty. 



Ingramii, scarlet, showy. 



JParvifolia, small leaf, white flowering ; good for exhibition 

 when well grown, and for cut flowers. 



Yeovil. H. S. 



EOSES ON THEIR OWN EOOTS : SPEING PLANTING. 



IIOST of your readers who have gardened must have tried 

 roses on their own roots, and, planting them as received 

 from the nurseries from October to January, have 

 ibund many blank spaces in their bed at pruning time. 

 The winter damps, the cold rains, and sharp windy 

 frosts will have done their destructive work, and a few mildewed, 

 withered shoots alone remain to show where you planted your 

 duplicate of last summer's favourite or choice new rose. 



