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upwards, when grown on awall; forms 

 a prolific bush or espalier. May. 



Verulam, or Spring Beurre. — 

 Large, juicy ; in some seasons Lalf- 

 meltiag, and a tolerable dessert pear ; 

 a most abundant bearer ; known in 

 Suffolk as Black Beurre. February 

 and March. 



Yicar of Winkfield. — Large, very 

 handsome. December and January. 



The three best baking and stew- 

 ing pears are Catillac, Vicar of Wink- 

 field, and Sammer Compote. 



HAEDY PEARS SUITABLE FOR THE 

 NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



Alexandre Lambre, Bergamot, 

 G-ansel's Late ; Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Beurre, Hardy ; Beurre Nantais, 

 Beurre Superfiu, Bon Chretine (Wil- 

 liams's), Calebasse d'Ete, Colmar 

 d'Ete, Citron des Carmes, Doyenne 

 Defais, Doyenne de Comice, Doyenne 

 Boussoch, Fondante d'Automne, G-ra- 

 tiola, Hessle, Jargonelle, Jersey, 

 Louise of Bonne Jersey, Thompson's. 



EOSES FOR THE VICINITY OF TOWNS. 



The season being nearly at an end, I am 

 able to offer a few remarks for comparison 

 with the results of the experience of fellow 

 suburban amateurs. I do not know how 

 ^it may have been with others, but with me 

 the autumnal blooming of the hybrid per- 

 petuals has been very unsatisfactory. Many 

 of the most noted varieties have been blind 

 in their second growth, though the plants 

 are fine, and in apparently robust health. 

 When I mention such names as Alexieff, 

 Vidot, d'Angleterre, Bachmeteff, Patrizzi, 

 and many of like standing, it would appear 

 that sorts have little to do with it; and, 

 from what I have seen elsewhere, I am in- 

 clined to believe the weather has not been 

 auspicious for autumn blooms. Never- 

 theless, I feel strongly disposed another 

 season to substitute hardy Teas for all 

 the varieties that do not give a free suc- 

 cession of flowers, and I think tliat with 

 care many v/ould do in the outskirts of 

 town. 



The roses which I have found tlie best 

 &va, facile princeps, S. do la Malmaison, and 

 Gloire de Dijon. These could not be bet- 

 ter, having bloomed profusely, excellent 

 in size and colour, and are still full of buds. 

 I would especially recommend them to 

 amatem's. TeaDevoniensis, C. Mrs.Bosan- 

 quet, British Queen are also beautiful and 

 free. It will be observed these are all 

 light colours. Among the hybrid per- 

 petual?, which have done very well, I can 

 only enumerate the following out of forty- 

 five or fifcy sorts : — Jules Margottin, the 

 General, the Geant, Madame Domage, 

 Prince Leon, Triomphe des Beaux Arts, 

 and William Jesse. 



I would also advise my fellow-ama- 

 teurs, who have only room for a few dozen 

 plants, and who wish to have roses till the 



frost cuts them off, to visit the neigh- 

 bouring nurseries v/^liere they are grown, 

 and mark the varieties now in bloom. 

 Those which only flower through the sum- 

 mer are almost useless where space is 

 limited. Wlien at Messrs. Eraser's, Lea 

 Bridge Road, a few days ago, I found few 

 hybrid perpetuals in bloom besides V. Ver- 

 dier and Marie Portemer, and their rose- 

 grower (an intelligent young man whose 

 advice is worth taking) informs me they 

 are excellent autumn bloomers, and upon 

 his recommendation I have added them to 

 my stock. 



While upon the subject, at the risk of 

 being considered heterodox, I cannot resist 

 making a few remarks upon the newer 

 roses. I would go into them individually, 

 but I fear your space would not be equal 

 to the task. Of all the number introduced 

 under the most flaming descriptions in the 

 catalogues, there are not more than some 

 dozen which are improvements or novel- 

 ties. Their general tendency is towards a 

 loose; flimsy, semi-double character, with 

 a staring yellow eye, and a total deficiency 

 of that close, even, symmetrical form 

 which is the true merit of a really good 

 flower. These faults are not so apparent 

 when drawn together in threes, and their 

 real viciousness concealed. For myself, I 

 will buy no more without having seen 

 them growing in the neighbourhood where 

 I may be, and during the various seasons 

 of the year. 



I have no doubt if a prize were offered 

 at the next National Rose Show " for a 

 collection of the older varieties," say none 

 later than 1855, that many now out of 

 general cultivation would again come into 

 fashion, from their undoubted superiority 

 to newer rivals, introduced more for the 



