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division, and brought to the window 

 as the first decline. Frequent divi- 

 sion, plenty of air, pot room, and 

 water are the absolute requirements 

 of its window growth. 



I grew Cloth of Gold last year on 

 a shady but airy mound, and it did 

 as well there as in a greenhouse. I 

 am glad to say I have not put it out 

 this year. I have seen some in the 

 full sun get less and less, till now 

 they are mere skeletons, where the 

 ordinary scarlets would have been in 

 perfection. But in the window it has 

 round flat leaves of a pale yellow 

 green, each leaf marked with a very 

 dark green spot in the centre, or 

 rather a variously-sized blotch, as 

 though some one had carelessly 

 touched each with a paint-brush. The 

 leaves entirely lose their incurved 

 shape, are as flat as a five-shilling 

 piece, but considerably larger. Fill 



the upper tier of a flower-stand with 

 Cloth of Gold, and place Cerise 

 Unique in the centre, leave a corner 

 below for the white-leaved Bijou, fill 

 up with Farfugiums, and behind their 

 broad spreading leaves, that will soon 

 hide both their own and the neigh- 

 bouring pots, drop pots of spring 

 bulbs ; and whether you view these 

 specimens of Nature's graining from 

 the dusty road with the horrid east 

 wind w histling in your ear, or whether 

 from the cozy arm-chair, while pulBng 

 " Old Virginia," you watch the mel- 

 lowed light streaming through the 

 semitransparent golden leaves, you 

 will alike confess that you have, at a 

 trivial cost, planted a glorious varie- 

 gated bank unmatched in its contrast 

 of foliage and of flower — " a thing of 

 beauty and a joy for ever." 



Beptford. J. W. Dean. 



EOSES IN THE NOETH OF LONDON. 



Among the many articles of value in 

 the pages of the Floeal 'Wohld, 

 those which relate the experience of 

 correspondents in various parts of the 

 kingdom are not the least interesting 

 and instructive. Whilst its columns 

 are richly stored with essays from the 

 practised pens of the great bghts of 

 the horticultural world, there is still 

 a considerable pleasure in communi- 

 cating with others of a kindred spirit, 

 in making suggestions and comparing 

 notes which bear upon our favourite 

 pursuit, and in imparting knowledge 

 to other amateurs similarly situated 

 which may have been derived from 

 our own observation and experience. 

 Many valuable treatises upon, the 

 culture of the rose have from time to 

 time appeared in this journal, and 

 correspondents from almost every 

 latitude have related their experience 

 in its pages. Having shared the com- 

 pany of its writers and readers from 

 the issue of its fii'st number in 1858, 

 I am desirous of adding a little to the 

 friendly gossip on behalf of the queen 

 of our garden favourites, which, so 

 far, has been one among the many 

 delightful features in our journey. 



The situation of my garden is a 

 most delightful one, about five miles 

 north of the Bank, and although well 

 sheltered, with a gentle slope to the 

 south-east, and fully open to the ac- 

 tion of the sun, no spot suff'ers more 

 from sudden atmospheric changes, 

 the memorable frost of Dec. 2li, 1860, 

 which spread such destruction over 

 the land, having annihilated every 

 rose in the place. In anticipation of 

 planting a rosery upon an extended 

 scale, 1 made two experimental beds 

 in the autumn of last year, one en- 

 tirely clear of trees or any kind of 

 shelter except upon the north side ; 

 the other surrounded within only a 

 few feet by shrubs and large growing 

 trees, but none so near as to obstruct 

 sunlight and air, or scarcely to hang 

 overhead in any part of it. The re- 

 sults have been so striking as to 

 decide me, without hesitation, in 

 selecting the most open space I can 

 find, the extreme beauty and healthi- 

 ness of the trees in the open bed as 

 compared with the shrivelled and 

 sickly growth in the other one, leav- 

 ing no doubt in my mind as to the 

 choice of site. 



