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This enumeration is given without reference to hardiness, or 

 adaptability for soils and situations, but only as to absolute perfec- 

 tion in the various colours and styles of flower. There is, perhaps, 

 not a second-rate rose among them all. The catalogues will supply 

 details for those who wish to make a selection. The information 

 given in this paper may be considered tolerably reliable, having 

 been obtained by observation and criticism, in company with those 

 eminent rosarians, Mr. John Eraser and Mr. Wm. Paul, at their 

 respective nurseries. On such occasions, every flower undergoes a 

 rigid examination and discussion, which precludes the escape of much 

 defect. A rose must be a good one indeed to satisfy such " exigeant" 

 censorship. 



Those who intend to avail themselves of the opportunity of 

 employing "pot roses" had better lose no time in obtaining them. 

 The best kind of plants will be those strong plants, on the Manetti 

 (they cannot be obtained easily of suitable size on their own roots), 

 in six or eight-inch pots, which are annually potted up in JSTovember 

 at the great nurseries, for the purpose of early greenhouse culture. 

 or to fill up summer vacancies. Bear in mind that the soil in which 

 these are turned out should be free and rich, and that it is cheaper 

 in the end to have one fine plant than two or three small ones, 

 although the first cost per plant may appear greater. The 

 water-pot, with occasional liquid manure, must not be spared. By 

 the above plan, an abundant supply of roses may yet be obtained 

 before autumn comes on, with a goodly stock of fine, well-established 

 bushes for the next season. 



CULTIYATION OF THE rUCHSIA. 



BY G. WYNESS, 



Gardener to Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. 



|HE Fuchsia belongs to the eighth class and first order of 

 Linnseus; natural order, Onagracese — a very well-defined 

 order, generally known by its pollen cohering by a sort 

 of filamentous substance, an inferior polyspermoua 

 ovarium, a tetracephalous tetrapetalous flower, with a 

 definite number of stamens and single style. As far as we know, 

 the Fuchsia Coccinea was the first that was introduced to this 

 country from Chili in 1788 ; Lycioides was the next from the same 

 country in 1796 ; Gracilis in 1823 ; and the pretty little Fuchsia 

 Microphylla from Mexico in 1828. Subsequently a number of 

 distinct species have been introduced, such as Fulgens, Corymbi- 

 flora, Serratifolia, and Spectabilis, and so on, all of which have been 

 eclipsed by the beautiful varieties of the present time. There is a 

 class of double fuchsias that are now patronized by many people, 

 but all I can say of the double sorts is that I do not admire them. 



