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and more beautiful in the symmetry of its numerous petals, which 

 are all nicely incurved, so as to form a most perfect, cupped, and very 

 double Rose ; in its delicate rose-colour we have no novelty. 



Aug. IZth. — Chateaubriand, although a thinly petalled Rose, is 

 of such a brilliant glossy pink, that one turns at once to admire it. 

 Those autumnal Roses that are not very double are valuable for cool 

 or moist climates, as they always open freely in the autumn ; this is 

 really a charming variety. Madame Pepin is also in full dress to-day ; 

 a very pretty and good Rose, of a nice bright rose-colour, inclining to 

 pink. It is really impossible to describe those light shades of colour- 

 ing which make a Rose distinct, and yet which cannot be conveyed 

 by words, or even the pencil of the artist. 



Aug. \4th. — Comte de Paris, one of our very oldest varieties of 

 hybrid Perpetual Roses, has been, and is to-day, in great beauty. 

 This fine old Rose deserves a passing word or two : it is, in most soils, 

 a bad grower, either on its own roots or worked on the Dog-Rose. 

 This induced me last year to have some budded on the Rose Manetti ; 

 the result is most gratifying, the plants have produced magnificent 

 flowers; any other strong-growing hybrid China Rose for a stock 

 would probably have the same effect. 



Aug. loth. — This dry and warm summer has made Jacques Lafitte 

 come out in full beauty ; no autumnal Rose grows with more vigour, 

 and gives a greater abundance of flowers in autumn. A warm soil 

 and dry climate are, I think, essential to the development of its best 

 qualities; for its deep brilliant rose-colour soon becomes tinged with 

 lilac in wet seasons. 



Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth. 



[To be continued.] 



LIST OF CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES 

 FOR EARLY FLOWERING AND EXHIBITION. 



I beg to enclose a list of early-flowering Carnations and Picotees, 

 which are also good ones ; yet those who wish to succeed with these 

 flowers at the Botanic, Horticultural, and other early Exhibitions, 

 must look to any buds that have started prematurely, and which are 

 usually pinched off to strengthen the side-bloom. Late kinds often 

 start in this manner early in spring, about the time they are usually 

 repotted. The larger the collection grown, the more chance of 

 success there will be at such shows, which I may term out of season. 

 It is most remarkable that, so near as Leicester and Derby are, 

 the height of their blooming season will be about the 12th of August, 

 whilst ours is about the 20th of July. Carnation-growing is yet in 

 its infancy. They should be well and regularly attended to. The 

 other part of their culture is most simple. Loam and manure only 



