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Almost any of the strong- growing teas, where the climate will admit 

 of their safety iu the winter, or where protection can be conveniently 

 applied. 



SOME VAEIETIES FOR PYRAMIDS. 



Gloire de Dijon, Jaune Desprez, Ophirie, as centres ; Achilla 

 Gonod, Jules Margottin, Senateur Vaisse, G-eneral Jacqueminot, 

 John Hopper (rather too upright), Charles Lefebvre, Madame 

 Charles Wood, La Duchesse de Morny, Comte de Kanteuil, 

 Baroane Prevost, Madame Knorr, Beauty of Waltham, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, E. Lacharme, Marguerite de St. Amaud. It will 

 be observed the absence of white and its various tints. There is 

 absolutely none of first-rate merit worth associating with the above, 

 except those of upright habit, and consequently unsuited for the 

 purpose. IMadame A. de Rougemont is perhaps the best. 



Eor those who wish selections of roses for other purposes than 

 these, are there not the "Rose Book," the pages of this serial, and 

 the " Gardener's Magazine," all of which are reliable, and not, as is 

 too frequently the case, a mere '"hotch-potch" from the nursery- 

 men's catalogues, by writers v^ho are paper florists, trading upon the 

 experience and brains of others ; and will there not shortly be the 

 " Garden Oracle," the which, if any professed lover of flowers buy 

 not, he is an impostor, deserving stones in his Christmas pudding, 

 and boiled slugs in his vegetables ? 



THE COLOHES OF TREES IX AUTHMjS'. 



RAMBLE through a wood, or even a glance over a few 

 well-planted gardens, will teach the amateur gardener a 

 lesson now of the value of such trees and shrubs as at 

 this season acquire distinctive colours. As deciduous 

 trees will throw their leaves off", the more we can get 

 out of them in the way of colour the better ; and there happen to 

 be several subjects among our hardiest and cheapest trees and shrubs 

 that die gloriously, like the dolphin, and justify that^ sublime pas- 

 sage in Tennyson's "In Memoriam," where he speaks of 



• Autumn lajing here and there 



A fiery finger on the leaves." 



Though we have an immense variety of trees and shrubs with varie- 

 gated leaves, and many with foliage uniformly red or purple, many 

 of these are now unattractive, while many that have worn a sober 

 garb since they first came into leaf are now lighted with rich 

 amber, golden, and crimson hues, and have a richer effect because of 

 the subdued light, the frequent cloudiness of the atmosphere, and 

 the general scarcity of flowers. It is very important for rendering 



