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FOREIGN NOTICES. 



with the Early Purple Guigne, as we sus- 

 pected. Dr. Wendell, of Albany, in his 

 report, gives a description and figure of a 

 seedling from Monroe county, N. Y., called 



the " Kingsley Apple," which is spoken of dell. 



in terms of high praise. Guthrie's Apricot 

 plum, a celebrated Scotch variety, has 

 fruited in Albany, and is ranked below our 

 fine native seedling plums by Dr. Wen- 



POREIGN NOTICES. 



Real Everblooming Roses. — A continuous 

 blooming rose, like the old common and crimson 

 China, should be chosen in preference to any other, 

 by all those who have small gardens, because 

 they do not leave ofF flowering till the frost actu- 

 ally nips them. Those, therefore, who can plant 

 but few will always have them in bloom. For 

 this list, we are indebted to Mr. Rivers, who has 

 been kind enough to select them from much too 

 large a catalogue for persons of small means to 

 choose from. 



Archduke Charles — rose, changing to crimson; 

 very fine show flower. 



Clara Sylvain — pure white and very distinct, do. 

 Cramoise superieure — brilliant crimson; most 

 beautiful. 



Eugene Beauharnais — bright amaranth; fine. 

 Madame Breon — brilliant rose; erect flower 

 stems. 



Mrs. Bosanquet — pale flesh colour; waxlike; 

 superb. 



Napoleon — very large blush, do. 

 President Olbeeque — cherry red, do. 

 Prince Charles — brilliant carmine, do. 

 Annie Plantier — bright fawn colour, tinged with 

 blush. 



Carmine superb — fine deep carmine, do. 

 Eugene Hardy — creamy pale blush; fine. 

 Tancrede — very deep colour. 

 The first nine are perhaps the best, if there be 

 any preference; but it is doubtful. The following 

 are Noisettes, blooming in clusters: 

 Fellenburgh — bright crimson. 

 Mrs. Glegg — pale flesh, nearly white, and 

 dwarf habit. 



Ophire — bright salmon and fawn; very fine. 

 Pourpre de Tyre — crimson purple ; beautiful. 

 Zoheide — brilliant rose ; very perfect. 

 Aimee Vibert — pure white and very beautiful. 

 To these may be added Nankin and Lelieur. 

 Whatever other roses may be had, these ought to 

 be first with those who have room for but few. 

 A rose is too conspicuous an ornament to be dis- 

 pensed with ; but it is far better to have them all 

 blooming as long as the mild weather lasts, than to 

 see bare trees and bushes after the month of July ; 

 and this can be very well secured by a careful se- 

 lection at the outset. Glenny's Garden Alma- 

 nac, 1850. 



Frosted Plants. — If. however, " once upon a 

 time," — as many of the old story books commence 

 their wondrous tales — you should inadvertently 

 give admittance to the icy king, do not either at 

 once give up your plants for lost, nor yet be in 

 too great a hurry to dislodge your freezing enemy. 

 The advice which the King of Day gave to his 

 ambitious yet earthy-headed son, when he coun- 

 selled him to avoid extremes, and take a middle 

 course — might, in many cases, be regarded as a 

 good rule for regulating many gardening opera- 

 tions. Like Phaeton, lashing into madness his 

 father's fiery steeds, many of us get into such a 

 hurry that we cannot spare time quietly to ask 

 ourselves as to the why and the how of our doings. 

 Many green-house and cold-frame plants will stand 

 several degrees of frost uninjured — that degree of 

 low temperature which they will endure being in 

 proportion to the nature of the plants, and the 

 means which have been taken to harden their 

 constitution: always provided they are allowed, 

 or rather forced, to thaw again slowly and gra- 

 dually. Of course there are limits, beyond which 

 no care nor patience can ever recover plants thus 

 frosted, such as when the sap vessels and cells 

 are so effectually burst that no circulation can 

 take place, and consequently decomposition must 

 ensue. But when this extreme injury has not 

 been reached, the plants may generally be saved 

 by the avoiding of any sudden change. Thus, in 

 such circumstances, whatever covering the plants 

 possessed should remain upon them for the fol- 

 lowing day or two, and all the more if those days 

 should happen to be bright and sunny. If the 

 frost continues, turn the old and add fresh cover- 

 ing, to prevent it penetrating farther, and thus 

 make matters worse. If a sudden and warm 

 thaw succeeds the frost, allow the covering to 

 remain, until the temperature within and without 

 should become gradually equalised. If, however, 

 the storm has been severe, and the quantity of 

 necessary protecting materials bulky, and such as 

 would easily ferment in a close warm atmosphere, 

 then this fermentation must be avoided by re- 

 moving a portion, as heat thrown in upon the 

 plants from such a cause would be even more in- 

 jurious than exposing them at once to a mild at- 

 mosphere. 



From want of attention to these simple matters, 



