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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



which enhances the beauty of both 

 foliage and flowers. 



The blooms are opening well and 

 early this season, and we fully expect 

 that the rose shows which are fixed 

 for the earliest dates will have better 

 contributions than those that come 

 later. When the first bloom is nearly 

 over, prune in slightly, and mulch 

 with either rotten dung or wood- 

 ashes and guano, a bushel of the first 

 to a peck of the last, and a peck of 

 the mixture to be spread in a circle of 

 three feet in diameter round the stem 

 of each tree ; half the quantity will 

 suffice to spread around dwarfs : but 

 half-rotted dung is best where appear- 

 ances are not of much consequence, as 

 it is so retentive of moisture and keeps 

 the roots cool. 



Those who plant now must not 

 touch standards, unless they can be 

 got in pots. We have frequently 

 turned standards out of pots in the 

 height of summer, and found that 

 frequently syringing for a fortnight 

 afterwards was all they needed to 

 help them take hold of the ground. 

 Dwarfs in 60, 54, or 48 pots, the pots 

 full of roots, will turn out without 

 damage to a fibre, and if the ground 

 is mellow and well manured they 

 will give a fine bloom in the autumn ; 

 but with this object in view it 



would be well to take off all bloom 

 buds when planting. The best 

 bed of roses we ever had was planted 

 on the 3rd of June; it consisted of 

 Jules Margottin, in three inner circles, 

 and General Jacqueminot outside, all 

 on their own roots; they were not 

 allowed to bloom till August, and 

 then continued in bloom until their 

 buds were frozen before they could 

 open, and the next season made tre- 

 mendous growth. Anybody can tell 

 if a rose is on its own root or worked, 

 for the scar of a worked rose remains 

 a long time at the collar. This scar 

 should be planted below the surface, 

 in order that the rose may form roots 

 of its own, and a slight notch in the 

 bark with a sharp knife just above the 

 work will hasten the process. We 

 are not inclined to quarrel with 

 Manettis, Briers, Boursaults, or any 

 other stock ; we have always had fine 

 plants of all kinds as the result of 

 giving each the requisite manage- 

 ment. But own roots are best for 

 ninety-nine out of every hundred 

 varieties we possess, and all we insist 

 on is that nurserymen should state in 

 their lists what the roots consist of, 

 and that purchasers should know 

 when ordering roses what sort of 

 roots they are to expect. S. H. 



A SELECTION OF FERNS. 



Twenty-five most beautiful 



AND EASILY-MANAGED GeEENHOUSE 



Febns. — Adiantum assimile, A. cu- 

 neatum, A. formosum, A. pedatum, 

 A. capillus veneris, Asplenium bulbi- 

 ferum, A. viviparum, A. fabianum, A. 

 fragrans, Cainpyloneurum phyllitidis, 

 Davallia canariensis, D. bullata, Hu- 

 mata pedata, Lygodium scandens, L. 

 hastatum (climber), JSTephrodium ex- 

 altata, Polypodium aureum, Platy- 

 loma falcata, Platycerium alcicorne, 

 Pterisserrulata, Scolopendrium Kreb- 

 sii,Woodwardiaradicans,Polystichum 

 coriaceum, Niphobolus rupestris. 



Twenty-five choice Haedy 

 Feens. — Allosorus crispus, Asple- 

 nium marinum, Athyrium filix-foemina, 

 A. f.-f. corymbiferum, A. f.-f. diffissum, 

 Cyrtomium falcatum, Blechnum spi- 

 cant, Lastrea filix-mas, L. f-m. cristata, 

 L. oreopteris, Onoclea sensibilis, Os- 

 munda regalis, O. Claytoniana, Poly- 

 podium phegopteris, P. vulgare, P. v. 

 Cambricum, Polystichum angulare, 

 P. aculeatum, P. lonchitis, Scolopen- 

 drium vulgare, S. v. cornutum, IS. v. 

 crispum, S. v. alcicorne, Woodsia 

 ilvensis. 



