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THE BEST EOSES 0^ 1861. 



Plants of last year's roses are now be- 

 mg, oflfei-ed by t'ue trade at the same low 

 rate as those of 1850 were sent out last 

 year. We have received tlie lists of Messrs. 

 Paul aud Sou, Cliesliunt, and Mr. Noble of 

 Bagshot, and we are glad to find that all 

 the good roses of recent introduction are 

 offered at an average rate of 5^. eacii. The 

 following are those we can recommend of 

 our own knowledge : — 



President, T.— A full-cupped flower, of 

 a deep blush, with a buff tint ; true tea 

 scent. Certiticate of merit by Royal BoLauic 

 Society, March 21, to Messrs. Paul. 



Celine Foresliei; N.— Lemon, gold-yel- 

 low centre. A very hardy and exquisitely 

 beautiful rose. J. Standish, Crystal Palace, 

 Jul}' 12, certificate. 



Glotre de Santenaij.—ll. P. seedling of 

 General Jacqueminot, and, like it, vividly 

 coloured, but more double, most beautifully 

 formed, large, vigorous habit. Yv^'ill pro- 

 bably beat the General, and is certainly the 

 best of the new high-coloured I'oses. 



Dug de Magenta, T. — Exterior bright 

 rose, changing to clear flesh, inside fawn, 

 suffused with rose, sweet-scented, large 

 and double. Very pretty and good 

 habited. 



Lotiis XIV., H. P.— Rich velvety crim- 

 son, good form, double, medium size and 

 good habit, fragrant. 



Madame Fauline Yillof, H. P. — Vigor- 

 ous habit, large flower, very double, bril- 

 liant red, first-rate rose. 



Madlle. Eugenie Verdier, H. P. — "White, 

 slightly tinted with pinlc in the centre, 

 vigorous habit, medium size, double, fine 

 form. 



Frincesse Iinperiah Clothilde, H. P. — 

 Moderate-sized flower, double, good form, 



v.''..Ito wlcii yellowis'.i centre, blooms in 

 clusters. 



Senateur Vaisis, H. P. — Brilliant red, 

 large flower, vigorous habit, very attrac- 

 tive and desirable. 



Souvenir de 3Ionce--iux, II. P. — Vigorous 

 habit, very large double flowers, colour a 

 dazzling crimson, good, but not better 

 than some older flowers of the same class. 



Til'trii/ihe de Ly m, il. P — superb vel- 

 vety crimson, very large aud double, vigor- 

 ous liabit, a splendid rose. 



Vwnquer de Solferino, II. P. — Brilliant, 

 crimson, vigorous habit, flower even and 

 full. 



Vicloire de MagenH, II. P. — Moderately 

 vigorous habit, large double crimson, ''/?- 

 lumim defeu et violet," very pretty, but has 

 its character yet to make. 



Victor Verdier. — Habit vigorous, large 

 double flowers, good form, pink centre, 

 shaded carmine, continues blooming the 

 whole season, and has much of the China 

 strain in it ; the best of the new roses after 

 Gloire de Santenay. Shown by Messrs. 

 Fraser, at Royal Botanic, April 25. 



Madame Standish, H. P. — Deep rose 

 pink. Shown at National Rose Show 

 Crystal Palace, July 12. 



Compte de Falloux, H. P. — Rose crimson 

 National Rose Show, Crystal Palace, Julv 

 12. 



Madame BoU.—B.osy pink, beautifully 

 cupped. Shown by Messrs. Fraser, at 

 Royal Botanic, April 25. 



Heine de la Cite, H. P. — Pale pink, 

 small. 



Admiral Nelson. — Brilliant rod, tine 

 form, fragrant. 



Belle de Bourg-la-Reiiie, H. P. — Satiny 

 pink, double large, vigorous habit. 



YOU CANNOT GAIN UNLESS YOU GIVE. 



The ground of my small success lies clearly 

 in the fact that the majority of farmers do 

 not know the extent to which their own 

 interests are concerned in this matter, and 

 because the views and conceptions of most 

 men in regard to the circuit of life and the 

 laws Avhich govern the preservation of the 

 race do not generally rise above those of 

 C. Fourrier, the inventor of the phalans- 

 tery. He proposed, as you know, to supply 

 the wants of the occupants of his phalans- 

 tery by means of eggs. He supposed it was 

 only necessary to procure a couple of hun- 

 dred thousand hens, each of which would 

 lay 36 eggs a year, making as many million 

 eggs, which, sold in England, would pro- 

 duce on immense income. Fourrier knew 



very well that hens lay eggs, but he seemed 

 not to know that in order to lay an egg 

 they must eat an amount of coi'n its equal 

 in weight ; and so most men do not know 

 that the fields, in order to yield their har- 

 vests, must either contain or else receive 

 from the hands of man certain conditions 

 which stand in the same relation to the pi'o- 

 ducts of the field as the hen's food does to 

 the eggs she lays. They think that dili- 

 gent tillage and good weather aresufiicieut 

 to produce a good harvest ; they therefore 

 regard this question as one in which they 

 are wholly unconcerned, and look forward 

 carelessly and with indiflerence to Ihe fu- 

 ture. — Baron Liebig in a letter to Mr. 

 Alderman Mechi. 



