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23. Devoniensis. This, like the preceding, is a Tea-scented 

 China, and perhaps is the most delightful of them, though they are 

 a numerous class ; for hedding it is a little tender, and apt to be too 

 vigorous, but it is impossible to leave it out ; it should be in a shel- 

 tered spot, and the soil not too rich. Colour cream, the petals thick, 

 like a Camellia, and the fragrance exquisite. 



Noisettes. 



24. Aimee Vihert. A very excellent dwarf-growing Noisette 

 Rose, well adapted for bedding, the flow^ers in clusters ; it is constant 

 in flowering till November ; colour pure white. 



25. Miss Glegg. 'I'his is like the preceding, rather dwarfer, but 

 equally good; the colour nearly the same, the white not quite as 

 pure. 



It will be seen from this list, that although the class of Hybrid 

 Perpetuals is the richest in dark colours, and is certainly the best in 

 every respect, it is deficient in light Roses : this will, I hope, be sup- 

 plied in a few years. At present the light Perpetual Roses are deficient 

 in many essential qualities, and are not to be compared with those 

 of darker hues. 



Robert Proctor. 



MR. COLTER'S, DARTFORD. 



Those who have been in the habit of attending the metropolitan 

 and principal provincial exhibitions do not require to be told what 

 triumphs in horticulture have been achieved at H. Colyer's, Esq., of 

 Dartford, by the assiduous gardener Mr. Cole. Season after season 

 have the plants from this place been looked upon by thousands with 

 the greatest admiration ; our readers will therefore perhaps like to 

 know something of a place that sends forth plants which, for health, 

 size, and compactness, have but in a few rare instances their equals. 



Air. Colyer's place, although not extensive, possesses a large 

 amount of glass erections, all of which are good modern buildings, 

 heated with hot water on the most approved principle. 



But it is not in plant- culture alone that Mr. Cole is successful; 

 here are also grown, and grown well too, Pines, Grapes, Peaches, 

 and all that is required for table, including forced Strawberries, 

 French Beans, Asparagus, Sea-kale, Cucumbers, &c. 



The glass structures consist of a conservatory 51 feet by 16 feet, 

 containing some large and finely-grown Azaleas, Epacrises, Erios- 

 temons, Pimeleas, &c. &c. 



Cape Heaths are grown in a span-roofed house 40 feet by 20 feet, 

 situated in the centre of the lawn ; the plants in this house stand 

 on a platform near the side-lights, with a stage in the centre : nothing 

 can exceed their health ; every thing that soil and attention can 

 achieve has been accomplished. We noticed Ampullacea, 4 feet 

 through ; Ferruginea, 5 feet ; Eximia, 3 feet ; Retorta, 3 feet (very 



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