MARCH. 87 



GRAFTED RHODODENDRONS, ROSES, &c. 

 Had " J. S's." note on the communication of your correspondent, 

 *' J. M. M. A.," on this subject been hmited to a stricture on plants thus 

 worked I should have concluded it was intended to be applied strictly 

 in a literal sense, and as it is perfectly understood that grafted Roses 

 are in most cases doubtful of success it would have called for no com- 

 ment from your humble servant, but as he has alluded to the pot 

 Roses at the exhibitions being exclusively those on their own bottoms, 

 and the ineligibility of worked plants for such a purpose, allow me to 

 remind " J. S." that hitherto exhibitors in that class have been con- 

 fined to a select four or five, who, from their large stock, and length 

 of time they have been cultivating their show plants, it would not be 

 very creditable did they not come within his description of their beauty; 

 although I suspect a little closer examination will discover that they are 

 not so strictly confined to those an naturel as he suspects. My 

 principal reason for now troubling you, is to ask him on behalf of 

 budded Roses to withhold his condemnation, as, if I mistake not, the 

 liberality of the Horticultural Society, in this class at least, will call a 

 few more Richmonds into the field, some of whose plants have not had the 

 benefit of pot culture so many months as the older exhibitors have years, 

 but whose specimens, if from present appearances they may be judged, 

 will be no discredit to the shows, and convince him that it is not "every 

 dog that gets a bad name who deserves hanging." 



One who knows a Rose. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF HARDY CONIFERS— No. XV. 



XXV. PINUS PATULA. — THE SPREADING-LEAVED PINE. 



PiNUS Patula is generally too tender for the climate of Britain, 

 and such may be the case in some places when planted in low damp 

 situations where its wood did not ripen sufficiently. But the fine 

 specimen we now figure from the Dropmore Pinetum shows it to be 

 perfectly hardy on the high ground at Dropmore ; and our own plants 

 in Wiltshire did not suffer in the past winter, and have within the 

 last fortnight withstood an amount of cold but rarely experienced in 

 Britain (the thermometer having been twice within that period down 

 to zero), apparenthj without injury, and thcugh it would be premature 

 to say they are quite safe, we are pretty confident they will escape. 

 From our own observation, we have noticed that plants of Patula 

 suffer more from exposure to keen cutting winds than from a merely 

 low temperature when sheltered from its effects. As Pinus Patula is 

 a very distinct and ornamental species, we therefore recommend it with 

 some confidence, premising that it should be planted on a dry soil, and 

 in a situation wholly or partially sheltered from cold winds. 



The spreading-leaved Pine is a native of the cool region of Mexico, 

 having been found at ]\Ialpayo de la .Toya, by Sehiede, and was first 

 introduced to England by JMr. Lambert. It forms a graceful tree, 

 attaining the height of seventy feet, with a straight trunk furnished 



