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BAEOIS-NE DE IVIELLO. 



This is also known as Beurre Yan Mons 

 and Adcle de St. Denis. It is a tlioroughly 

 useful pear, very hardy, succeeds ou the 



colour; flesh melting, juicy, but not high- 

 flavoured. Its season is from the bc^in- 

 ning of October to the end of November. 



quince, and, with very little coaxing, forms 

 a handsome pyramid. The fruit is of me- 

 dium size, and generally of a bright russet 



It will be found in most good nursery 

 catalogues under the second syuonyme 

 above quoted, 



HOW, WHEN, AND "WHERE TO PLANT ROSES. 



The Eose is as luxm-iant in its habits as 

 in its beauty. It will not be starved, and 

 it will disdain shabby treafmeut of every 

 kind. It thrives in greatest perfection on 

 a deep, strong, well-drained loam, and that 

 must be liberally enriched with thoroughly- 

 decayed manure. As the Rose is some- 

 what of a gross feeder, any of the stronger 

 manures uuiy be advantageously employed 

 in its cultivation, pigs' dung, night-soil, 

 super-phosphate of lime, and stable dung, 

 but fresh manure of any kind ruins it 

 speedily. The dung must be well rotted 

 and perfectly sweet, and it must be tho- 

 roughly incorporated with the soil before 

 the Roses are planted. But it does not 

 follow that even if the soil of the garden is 



a deep strong loam, that therefore Rosea 

 are sure to succeed on it. Leaving out 

 the questions of aspect and climate, it is 

 more a matter of actual experience than 

 calculation, as to whether Roses will flourish 

 in any particular spot, however well the 

 soil miy appear fitted for tlicm. The 

 Roses umst be tried on the soil, and until 

 actual experieuce has proved its fitness for 

 t'liem, choice expensive kinds should not 

 be pliiuted in it. Tliis point, however, 

 is not often a difficult one to settle, for 

 the mere observation of the condition 

 of Roses in neighbouring grounds wliere 

 the soil is of the same character, will 

 generally determine what may or may not 

 be done ; but the fact should not be lost 



