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lect List of Vegetable, Flower, and 

 Agricultural Seeds." A very valuable 

 and intelligible list, in which great pains 

 has evidently been taken to select only 

 those varieties which have proved them- 

 selves to be real acquisitions to our 

 gardens. — "Benjamin S. Williams, 

 Paradise and Victoria Nurseries, Hollo- 

 way, London, N. Descriptive Catalogue 

 of Choice and Selected Flower and 

 Vegetable Seeds for 1864." A large 

 and well arranged list, with many 

 really valuable novelties, among which 

 may be specially mentioned a superb 

 strain of primula, remarkable for their 

 profusion of fine blooms. — " Wm. Wood 

 and Sons, Woodlands Nursery, Mans- 

 field, near Uckfield, Susses. Catalogue 

 of Seeds and Bulbs for Spring Planting, 

 with an Appendix comprising Roses, 

 Fruit-trees, Ornamental Shrubs, etc." 

 A compendious list, intelligibly arranged, 

 with valuable descriptions, cultural 

 notes, and general remarks. — "London 

 Seed Company (Limited), 68, Welbeck 

 Street, Cavendish Square, W. General 

 Price Current of Kitchen Garden, 

 Flower, and Farm Seeds for 1864." A 

 large and admirable catalogue, which 

 contains in addition to the usual cultural 

 notes, an almanack for 1864, and a first- 

 rate calendar of operations for the gar- 

 den for every month in the year. — 

 " William Cutbush and Sons, Nurseries, 

 Higligate, London, N. Catalogue of 

 Select Vegetable, Flower, and Farm 

 Seeds for 1864." A capital and tho- 

 roughly reliable list, none but good sorts 

 being recommended. 

 Roses and Strawberries. — Please to say 

 what is the best time for removing 

 rooted cuttings of roses — perpetuals 

 and Bourbons. I thought that some I 

 put in in the autumn of '62 would do 

 better if left alone till the spring of '64, 

 but I am doubtful on this point now, as 

 they have not made as much progress as 

 I expected. On this account I wish for 

 your advice as to cuttings made last au- 

 tumn, some in the open air, others under 

 cap glasses, and all which seem to be 

 doing well. Will roses do on a wall 

 facing west ? Is there any use in trying 

 tea-roses at an elevation of over 550 feet 

 above the sea-level, about sixty miles 

 south of Dublin, and inland, but much 

 exposed to N. and N.E. ? The tea, G. 

 de Dijon does well. Are there any other 

 tta-roses equally hardy ? I read your 

 recent article on "Strawberries" with 

 much interest. Would you recommend 

 the same solidifying the soil for those 

 grown in the open ground ? If so, how 



could it be effected ? Would walking 

 over established beds answer ? What is 

 the best time for manuring strawberries ? 

 I am inclined to think when they are in 

 blossom, as there is not then so much 

 fear of the manure going only to pro- 

 mote the growth of leaves. — S. C. M. 

 [We have frequently advised rose- 

 growers not to move rooted cuttings in 

 winter or early spring, unless they 

 could put them on a moderate bottom- 

 heat immediately, as after disturbing 

 their roots they are likely to perish, un- 

 less immediately assisted to make new 

 roots. If you can make up a good hot- 

 bed, and wait till the heat is steady at 

 65' to 70', you may pot off your cut- 

 ings. If not, let them remain as they 

 are till the end of April, then you may 

 either pot them or plant in the open 

 ground. It is impossible to say whether 

 or not tea-roses w.-ll do on the bleak 

 bill. Many experienced rose-growers 

 would be afraid to plant them; for our- 

 selves we would not hesitate to put out 

 a few, and add to them or not, according 

 as events might teach. The following 

 are the hardiestof the race — Adam, Abri- 

 cote, Comte de Paris, Devoniensis, 

 Frageoletta, Gloire de Dijon, Leveson 

 Gower, Mareschal Bugeaud, Pactolus, Sa- 

 frano, Sombieuil. A west wall will do 

 for any kind of roses. Manure your 

 strawberries at once. You may make 

 the ground as firm as a pavement be- 

 tween the rows. Don't be afraid of a 

 too vigorous leaf growth; the finer the 

 leaves, the finer the fruit, and the free 

 growth of leaves will not prevent fruit 

 coming, for if they mean to bear the 

 embryo fruit is already formed in the 

 crowns of the plants.] 

 Notching and Flinging. — After reading 

 the account of Mr. Hibberd's method of 

 making roses root themselves, in the 

 Floral W^obld, April, 1862, p. 70, I 

 determined to try my hand at the same 

 practice, and I wish my fellow rose- 

 growers to know the result, to show that 

 we amateurs may succeed in the nicer 

 operations of horticulture as well as the 

 great professionals. I used, for earthing 

 up over the notches, common builders' 

 sand rather dry, and obtained in one 

 season from single plants of each, 3 M. 

 Bernardin, 1 Due de Rohan, 2 General 

 Washington, 2 Senateur Vaisse, 1 C. 

 Guillot, 4 La Reine, 2 Triomphe des 

 Beaux Arts. Two of my notches missed. 

 I know of many rose-growers who are 

 always on the look-out for new informa- 

 tion, and I almost wish the Floral 

 World was at least half occupied with 



