56 THE FLORIST. 



autumn — its dryness (an essential point) being regulated at pleasure, — 

 go to form a climate closely resembling that of Southern Europe, 

 where most of the fruits we have enumerated attain their greatest 

 perfection ; and which they are found to equal, if not surpass, when 

 grown under the conditions we have described. 



[To be continued.] J- SpeNCER. 



REVIEWS. 



Supplement to the Rose- Garden. By William Paul. Piper, London. 



This excellent addition to Mr, Paul's celebrated work quoted above, 

 brings the history of the Rose, together with a descriptive list of all 

 varieties that have appeared between the publication of the Rose- 

 Garden and the present Supplement, up to the close of last year. 

 Mr. Paul deservedly received much praise for the care which he had 

 bestowed on the getting up of his Rose- Garden, and this Supple- 

 ment is no less meritorious ; we must also express our full saris - 

 faction (and we are sure it will be shared by our readers, to whom we 

 commend the work) at the admirable manner in which the artist has 

 executed the four beautiful illustrations of new Roses contained in 

 the present issue. These are: 



Hybrid Perpetual General Castellane. Flowers billiant crimson, 

 large and full; form cupped; robust growth. 



Bourbon Perpetual Louise Odier. Flowers bright rose, full ; form 

 cupped ; moderate growth : a very pretty and distinct variety. 



Moss : Princess Alice (^PauVs). Flowers blush, pink centre, large 

 and full ; buds well mossed ; compact form ; very vigorous growth : 

 one of the best, and very distinct. 



Hybrid Climbing Rose Vivid {Pauls). Flowers vivid crimson, rich 

 and velvety from the great body of colour they contain; an admi- 

 rable pillar or climbing Rose, producing a most brilliant effect. 



When we say that Mr. Andrews, who so admirably illustrates 

 the Florist, is the artist employed by Mr. Paul to furnish these four 

 representations, it will be a sufficient guarantee that they are marked 

 with his usual care and fidelity. 



As Mr. Paul is well known to be a successful cultivator of Pot- 

 Roses, we give his words in the following extract: " At the time the 

 Rose-Garden was published, the Manetti Rose was attracting at- 

 tention as a stock. We had then but little experience with it; but 

 in a controversy published shortly afterwards in the Gardener's 

 Chronicle, we intimated our intention of putting it to a fair trial, and 

 reporting the results. This has been done ; and the theories there 

 advanced are to us satisfactorily proved. Its nature is too gross for 

 any but the free-growing kinds, and for them it possesses no advan- 

 tage over the Dog Rose. Many kinds budded on it grow more 

 rapidly the first year, but decline and die afterwards, owing, we 

 believe, to an over-excited growth. Now, as then, for pot-culture, 

 we are disposed to use it ; because in this condition its exuberance 



