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wbich no rosarian should be without), Prince Camille de Roban, 

 Princess Mary of Cambridge, Senateur A^aisse, Souvenir de William 

 "Wood, Triomphe de Caen, Vicomte Vigier, Victor Verdier, Xavier 

 Olibo, Madame Ivnorr, and King's Acre. With these tiftj a rosary 

 would be complete, as far as the class of hybrid perpetuals was 

 concerned. Tlie best six Bourbons are Baron Gonelhi, Catherine 

 Guillot, Gomtesse Barbantanue, Emotion, Eev. H. Dombrain, and 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison. By these we get a few very light colours 

 into our list, which are further added to by the Teas. I have only 

 selected those which do out of doors — Alba Rosea, Devoniensis 

 ("climbing" also), Gloire de Dijon, Madame Falcot, Melanie 

 Willermoz, Narcisse (N), Mareschal Niel (JN^), Sombreuil, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Vicomtesse de Cazes (must be protected in winter), 

 and China Mrs. Bosanquet making up the dozen. Happy the 

 rosarian whose soil, situation, and space enable him to revel in 

 quantities of these beautiful kinds ; he will never be without choice 

 flowers to regale his sense of sight and smell, or to cut beautiful 

 bouquets from for the delectation of admiring acquaintances. 



NOBLE AND EFFECTIVE CLIMBERS. 



LMOST as long as man has taken pleasure in a garden 

 has he considered climbers worthy of much trouble and 

 attention, else why the trellises and arches, and numerous 

 like contrivances, which exist in almost every garden ? 

 But how seldom are these well embellished ! How often 

 do we see worthless stuft' running over such that never furnishes 

 flower or fragrance sufficient to attract the attention of the most 

 observant ! It is not that good climbers are not to be obtained, but 

 because a really good selection is but very rarely made. Lately, 

 however, we have had such a telling addition to our stock in the way of 

 noble hardy climbers, that we have only ourselves to blame if every 

 wall and trellis is not sheeted with the highest beauty. I allude to 

 the advent of the new clematises. 



Clematis lanuginosa, azurea grandiflora, and others, have long 

 graced our gardens, and are remarkable for their enormous flowers 

 ■of various shades of blue ; but it is only within the past i'ew years 

 that numerous striking varieties of the family have been noticed at 

 our shows, in various shades of blue and rich dark purple. They 

 are so attractive in appearance and noble in flower, that doubtless 

 many of our readers have have been induced to purchase young plants, 

 and therefore a few words on iheir culture may not be amiss. They 

 are, when well grown and flowered, the noblest of all climbers for 

 walls, trellises, or any other position in which hardy climbers may be 

 desired. We have seen them flourish freely planted on the level 

 ground, and allowed to stroll over it in their own way. On trellised 

 arches which one occasionally sees in gardens, on the slender wire- 

 work fence so often used of late, they are truly beautiful and effec- 

 tive. They, like most things that we have to treat of, enjoy a good 



