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Alida, Pottebalcker, La Candeur, 

 Oouronne des Roses. Various : Roi 

 Pepin, white and crimson ; Due 

 d'Aremberg, crimson and gold ; Flo- 

 rida, deep mauve ; Keizerkroon, 

 crimson and gold ; Thomas Moore, 

 yellow and buff ; Yan der Neer, 

 puce ; Pi-oserpine, crimson ; Bona- 

 parte, chocolate. 



In potting tulips, use the same 

 compost as recommended for hya- 

 cinths. Three bulbs in a 32-sized 

 pot will be the best, but you may put 

 three in a 48 without spoiling them. 

 Last year we flowered all the varieties 

 that could be obtained — a very large 

 collection — the single bulbs in 60- 

 sized pots. They flowered finely, 

 and we made notes of their charac- 

 ters. The above selection is a safe 

 one for all purposes, whether for pot 

 or border culture. Perhaps we may 

 be able next month to find room for 

 some notes on the grouping of tulips 

 in the flower-garden. When potted, 

 the bulbs must be quite covered by 

 the soil. 



CttOCUSES. 



White: Bride of Abydos, Calypso, 



Queen Victoria, Mont Blanc. Yel- 

 low : Cloth of Gold, New Giant, 

 Common Yellow, Sulphureus. Blue : 

 Brunei, David Rizzio, Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Prince Albert, Grand Vedette. 

 Striped : Albion, Bride of Lammer- 

 moor, La Majesteuse, Liliaceus Su- 

 perbus, Sir Walter Scott, Versi- 

 color. 



In potting crocuses, equal parts 

 rotted manure, leaf-mould, and sandy 

 loam will answer admirably. The 

 bulbs may be placed three, four, or 

 five in a 48 pot, according to their 

 size. If really fine bulbs, three in a 

 pot will be enough ; usually five will 

 be required ; and in a 32 size, not less 

 than ten. They must be quite covered 

 by the soil, because the new bulbs 

 are formed above the old ones when 

 they go out of flower. A collection 

 of potted crocuses will afford an im- 

 mense amount of pleasure, as green- 

 house and window decorations. For 

 borders and clumps, Common Yel- 

 low, Common White, and Com- 

 mon Lilac are the be3t for general 



EOSE GOSSIP.— NO. XII. 



Resume or the Season 18G5. 



Such an abnormal season as that we 

 have passed through renders criticism 

 upon new roses undecisive, and sub- 

 jects even the older of established 

 repute to an ordeal some are not able 

 to endure. Indeed, did the reputation 

 of some of these depend upon what 

 they have done this year, they would 

 be doomed to floral perdition, and ex- 

 punged from the catalogues forthwith. 

 It may, therefore, be that some of 

 last year's novelties have not yet ap- 

 peared in their real characters, and 

 further trial will be necessary to 

 ascertain their value. One advantage 

 of exceptional seasons is, that they 

 eliminate a few sterling varieties that 

 may be depended upon under the 

 most adverse conditions of atmos- 

 pheric irregularities and extremes, 

 and which consequently ought to 



form the rosarian's sheet-anchors. It 

 is the object of this paper to chronicle 

 some of these admirable kinds, par- 

 ticularly from a suburban grower's 

 stand-point. 



Much rain in early spring, fol- 

 lowed by a warm temperature, is 

 favourable to the growth of roses. 

 This we had ; and the promise of a 

 glorious crop was great. Then came a 

 long spell of hot, glaring, sunny days, 

 succeeded by chill nights, forcing the 

 blooms into precocious, and, of conse- 

 quence, thin and loose development ; 

 burning the edges and bleaching the 

 colours in the daytime, and rendering 

 the foliage of the plants leprous with 

 mildew by the nocturnal checks, and, 

 further, encouraging blight and every 

 description of creeping and winged 

 enemy that rosarians abhor. Thus 



