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good, it is certainly one of the best yellow roses we have), CentifoHa Eosea, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, Marechal Vaillant, Madame Furtardo, Senateur Vaisse (with huge 

 eyes), Gloire de Dijon, Charles Lefevre, "William Griffith, La BrlUante, Madame 

 Villermoz, Prince Camille de Rohan, Comtesse de Chabrillant (all eyes, which it is 

 apt to be when tried in any way), Madame Boutin, Devoniensis, Maurice Bernardin, 

 Victor Verdier, Madame Fillon (coarse), Olivier Delhomme (a beauty), Modele de 

 Perfection, and Lord Macaulay. 



Mr. Keynes's First Frize Twentt/-foztr.— Madame Charles "Wood, Marguerite 

 de St. Amand, Louise de Savoie, Prince Henri de Pays Bas, Catherine Gruillot, 

 Charles Lawson, Madame Morean, Madame Vidot, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 

 Madame Pauline Villot, Anna de Diesbach, Gloire de Dijon. John Hopper, General 

 Jacqueminot, Moire, Madame Caillat, Beauty of Waltham, CentifoHa Rosea (quite 

 a saucer), Marechal Niel, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Sertot, Victor Verdier, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Devoniensis. Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, took second place in this 

 class with a very nicely-selected and nicely-finished lot of flowers. 



Mr. Turner's Second Frize Ttventi/-four. — Paul Ricaut, La Eeine, Victor 

 Verdier, Madame Maurin (a nice light tea, the colour a mixture of cream and fawn, 

 with blush centre), Souvenir de la Malmaison, Prince Camille de Rohan, Devoni- 

 ensis, General Jacqueminot, Maurice Bernardin, Vicomtesse de Cazes, John Hopper, 

 Caroline de Sansal (fine), Comtesse de Chabrillant, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, La. 

 Fontaine, Gloire de Dijon, Charles Lefebvre, Anna de Diesbach, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Alba Eosea, Liclia, Monsieur Joigneaux. Messrs. Paul and Son were 

 third in this class, and in their lot occurred many other good things — the best 

 Xavier Olibo in the show, a superbly-finished flower. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



"WiRETivoiiM AFTEK Geraniums. — "I am told that wireworm often follows 

 scarlet geraniums. Is there any truth in this ? I have had scarlet geraniums 

 several years in one bed, and this spring all my tulips have been spoilt by the 

 wii'eworm. I shall have Tom Thumb Trop£eolum this yean instead of geraniums. 

 — A. B. S." [We have never known an instance of wireworm following geraniums 

 in such a way to indicate that the geranium had anything to do with the intro- 

 duction of it, and we do not think there can be any truth in the report that such is 

 the case. It is, howevei-, a question for our readers generally, and if any of them 

 can throw light upon the subject, we shall be glad of their communications. The 

 only reliable way to eradicate wireworms is to trap them with slices of carrot thrust 

 into the soil, these to be taken up daily and burnt, or the worms picked out and 

 destroyed.] 



Acacias and Manure Water. — " Is It beneficial to give Acacia armata, 

 grandis, etc., manure water during their season of making new wood ? — E. C. J." 

 [We never saw any necessity to give these plants manure water unless they were in 

 old soil, and in that case repotting is far preferable. Weak manure water would 

 not hurt them, however, as we happen to know a place where great numbers of 

 these plants are grown, and all the water used is manure water, for the supply is 

 drawn from a ditch, which is always charged with manurial matters.] 



• Shade for a Fernhouse. — J. 3FD. — Common lime-whitifig mixed thin 

 ■with a little size to give it body, thrown on the glass oidside by means of a syringe, 

 makes an excellent shading, which the winter rains wash off. It should be put on 

 so as to form a sort of spotted or streaky coating, and not to cover the glass in a 

 thick coat. The objection to it is that it is very unsightly, and in private gardens 

 tiffany hung up inside is much to be preferred. 



Planting a rose deep. — B. S. M. — The standard Coupe d'Hebe will pro- 

 bably perish if you plant it deeper than it is already, and to bank up the stem with 

 earth will be almost as bad. But there is just a chance of saving it, if, as you say, 

 the stem is decaying, and you want to get a new set of roots above the decaying 

 part. If you are inclined to incur the risk, make an incision just above the place 

 where the stem is decaying, let this incision go half round the stem, and wide 

 enough to take the edge of a penny piece, and deep enough to go to the base of 

 the bark, but not to cut into the wood if it can be helped ; then bank it up above the 

 incision with a mixture of turfy loam, rotten manure, and leaf-mould, equal parts, 



