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so many casualties during the winter, that it is much better to sow early in 

 spring, in pots and boxes under glass, and transplant when cold weather is past ; 

 those, however, who have not the means to follow this method, should sow now in 

 the open ground. Carrots, Parsnips, and Beet, if not already lifted, should be 

 got up, dried, and stored away. Cauliflower plants in frames and under glasses 

 should have plenty of air in fine weather. All vacant ground should be dug or 

 trenched, when dry. 



In the Fruit Garden, the pruning of all hardy fruit trees should be com- 

 menced, and as much of it as possible got through before severe weather sets in. 

 As this month is for general purposes the most eligible in the whole year for 

 planting, I strongly advise amateurs intending to plant to get it done as soon as 

 possible, taking care to attend to the drainage and preparation of the borders, 

 as recommended last month. 



Stourton. M. Saul. . 



FRENCH v. ENGLISH GARDENING. 



| S compared with French gardens, we find in Battersea Park equally good 

 Musas, better Tree Ferns, and a greater variety of Tropical plants, with 

 all the other French subjects in quantity. There is also — and this is its 

 great charni — a mixture of English flowers, for here and there are 

 beds of the newest and most popular Pelargoniums, as well as ribbons of the 

 most effective of such plants in common use, and these in every way as gay 

 as any to be met with even in the places most noted for such displays. We find 

 here, besides, a feature peculiar to the place, and that is, the effective use of 

 succulents and dwarf varieties of herbaceous plants, never at any time before, to 

 my knowledge, attempted to be made useful in the same way. That they are 

 made so I think no one will deny, and the sooner our friends over the water use 

 more of such subjects the better. Most of their own people with any taste are 

 becoming Canna-sick. Anon. 



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ENGLISH-RAISED ROSES.* 



I Y first attempt at crossing the Eose was made in 1843. I crossed three 

 flowers of the Tea-Scented Eose known as Goubault with the Bourbon 

 %fQt$ Eose Souchet, with the view of obtaining a dark-coloured Tea-Scented 

 V§5 Eose. Let me call these flowers C, D, and E. C produced a very large 

 pod, which ripened perfectly, and gave 10 large seeds. D produced a medium- 

 sized pod, with 9 seeds of very unequal size, one being very large, four large, and 

 four small. E produced a small pod, which contained 13 small seeds. Of these 

 32 seeds four only germinated ! Three of the plants were carious cross-breeds, 

 of no floral value, and having little in common with either parent ; and one, in 



* Extracted from a paper on the Improvement of Plants, read before the Eoyal Horticultural Society at 

 the Manchester Congress, July, 1869. 



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