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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



thiuk it is not difficult to say which style ought to 

 be generally preferred. 



Stone, it appears to us, when at all to be obtain- 

 ed, ought always to be the material of a church. It 

 has an appearance of permanence, and it permits 

 those delightful accompaniments, the ivy and other 

 vines, which at once partially conceal and greatly 

 heighten the beauty of a rural church ; while they 

 bring it into keeping with the verdure and freshness 

 of the whole country around. 



Three or four churches, in this simple, rural goth- 

 ic mode, have been built on the Hudson, and in Mas- 

 sachusetts, within the last two years, and have giv- 

 en great satisfaction. We hope to see them be- 

 come more frequent in all parts of the country. 



ROSES WHICH ARE ROSES. 



BY R. BUIST, PHILADELPHIA. 



The favorite roses of the day are those which are 

 ever-blooming. No garden is too .small, no pleasure 

 grounds are too large, to be able to dispense with 

 ever-blooming roses — abounding, as they now do, 

 with the greatest variety of colors, the most perfect 

 floral forms, and the most exquisite odors. 



Hundreds, almost thousands, of new varieties have 

 been produced within the last ten years, especially 

 in France, where whole nurseries are devoted to 

 the culture of roses. Still it must be confessed that 

 a great many of those sent out under new names, 

 by one cultivator, are very slightly different from 

 others previously originated by another, and a col- 

 lector -who orders hundreds of sorts, under new and 

 striking names, is disappointed in finding so few 

 really distinct — so very few really of the first char- 

 acter. 



It is not an easy matter, even to tlie most expe- 

 rienced cultivator, to make small selections, com- 

 prising " gems of the first water." But still a good 

 deal may be accomplished, and a comparison of dif- 

 ferent opinions will gradually establish all points. 

 Since it is part of the province of our journal to 

 gather and disseminate this knowledge, most useful 

 ty the uninitiated, we have asked Mr. Buist, one 

 of the most accomplished florists in America, to 

 give us his opinion, which he has obligingly done in 

 the following letter. — Ed, 



Dear Sir : — In j'ours of the 20th ult. , you request 

 me to furnish j'ou with the names of half a dozen 

 each of the best Bengal, Tea, Bourbon, and Hybrid 

 Perpetual Roses. The following is the result, after 

 carefully considering colour, habit, perpetuity of 

 bloom, and certainty of perfection, admitting that 

 being limited to so few of each family, that as many 

 more might be selected of equal merit. 



I. Bengal — 6 best sorts. 



Arch Due Charles, color, changeable crimson. 

 Cramiose Superieur, 



or ^grippina, 

 Lady Warrrender, pure white. 

 Madam Breon, rose. 

 Vesuvius, dark crimson. 



ViRGINALE, blush. 



II. Tea — 6 best sorts 

 Adam, pale rose. 

 Devoniensis, creamy blush. 

 Madam Bravt, pale blush. 

 Madam Desprky, ptire white. 



bright crimson. 



Triomphe of Luxemburg, changeable salmon 

 or rose. 



Vicomtesse Dejages, changeable pale salmon. 

 III. BoiKBON — 6 best sorts. 



DupETiT Thouars, changeable crimson. 



Henry Clay (Boll's) bright red. 



Leveson Gower, Jlcsh colour. 



Madam Nerard, waxy blush. 



Souchet, dark crimson. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale blush. 

 Hybrid Perpetuals. 



Arice, satiny rose. 



Lady Alice Peel, bright rose. 



Lane, crimson. 



La Reine, lilac rose. 



Madam Damemk, dark crimson. 



Yolande D'Arago.v, blush. 



You will observe that I have not regarded rarity 

 or catalogue celebrity. Merely rare roses are fre- 

 quently more beautiful in name than charming in 

 flower ; for instance, the Madame laPrincesse Ad- 

 elaide is far inferior to the Devoniensis. Yours most 

 respectfully, R. Buist, Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 1848. 



A. J. Downing, Esq. 



Queries — Selection of Fruit. — To the Edi- 

 tor — I have had but little experience in the pro- 

 pagation or cultivation of fruit trees, but am becom- 

 ing more deeply interested daily. Our section of 

 this county affords but very indifferent apples, and 

 our pears, plums, cherries, peaches. &c., do not de- 

 serve the name of selections — they are rather acci- 

 dents, and there are but few of such. I have been 

 greatly benefitted and enlightened by the queries 

 which have been put and answered, in the pages of 

 '• the Horticulturist," and, if it would not be asking 

 too much, I should be glad to have answers froin 

 thyself, or some one or more of thy intelligent cor- 

 respondents, to the following queries, viz : 



1st. In the no. for Dec. 1846, there is an able arti- 

 cle on " Root Grafting," by "F. K. Phcenix." He 

 speaks of having had no experience in grafting the 

 pear and plum on their own roots, and boxing, but 

 says, " I have often root grafted them in the spring, 

 and with the best success." How, on bits of roots 

 and planting them out at once in the nursery rows ? 

 What are its advantages? And what are the ad- 

 vantages of F. K. r.'s method of splice or tongue 

 grafting and waxing? I have a friend who root- 

 grafts 50,000 apples annually, in the simple cleft- 

 graft manner, and without wax, and with good suc- 

 cess, and this is certainly more speedy, (a) 



2d. In the May number there is an interesting 

 article from Robert Nelson, on " autumn grafting 

 and spring budding." In spring budding, should 

 the top of the stock be cut off at the time of the in- 

 sertion of the bud, or after the bud has fairly start- 

 ed to grow? [Cut off the top at the time of bud- 

 ding. — Ed.] 



3d. In the number for August there is a very 

 valuable article on " growing quinces," by " An old 

 Orchardist," but he seemed to leave us in the dark 

 relative to his mode of propagating the tree, previ- 

 ously to transplanting to the orchard. Should they 

 be raised from the seed — from cuttings — from seed- 

 lings — budded or grafted? If from cuttings, what 

 j would be suitable for that purpose ? — suckers from 



