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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



I April, 



2tl. Which are the three most beautiful Moss 

 Roses ? 



3d. Which five varieties of roses are the great- 

 est favorites and the most generally cultivated in 

 the district of the correspondent ? 



4th. Which five roses distinguish themselves 

 especially — a, through their uninterrupted 

 blooming (5); b, through superior scent (5); c, 

 through their hardiness and insensibility against 

 frost fs)? 



5th. Which five Hybrid Perpetuals are the 

 freest and most abundant bloomers — a, for the 

 summer (5); b, for the autumn (5)? 



6th. Which are the ten best roses for forcing ? 



7th. Which five varieties are best adapted for 

 cultivation in the room ? 



8th. Which are the three most beautiful pil- 

 lar roses ? 



9th. Which ten novelties from 1873 till 1878 

 are of such remarkable beauty that their cultiva. 

 tion and distribution can be recommended with- 

 out the slightest hesitation ? 



10th. Which are the ten best English raised 

 roses ?" 



LiGUSTBUM Japonicum. — C. E. p. writes: 

 " In the Monthly for February, page 40, I 

 notice some remarks on Ligustrum Japonicum, 

 by C. A. D. ; also your request for specimens. 

 I do not know L. ovalifolium, and can find no 

 description of it in any work that I possess, and 

 I hope that C. A. D. will give me some descrip- 

 tion of it, if the enclosed specimen is not L. 

 ovalifolium. In justice to myself however, I 

 wish to say that I received my plant under the 

 name of L. Japonicum, from Parsons & Sons 

 Co., and I think that it must be correct to name ; 

 as we have purchased trees and plants from Par- 

 sons & Co., for the past thirty years, and I have 

 yet to find a tree or plant sent out by them to be 

 incorrectly named." 



[These Ligustrums need to be worked up when 

 in flower by some competent botanist. From dif- 

 ferent samples that have been sent to us in leaf 

 only, they appear to be all garden forms of Ligus- 

 trum lucidum, the Chinese Privet. — Ed. G. M.] 



Greenhouse and House Gardening. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



In this part of the world window plants are 

 not given their summer airing until May, but 

 every opportunity is taken to let them have all 

 the open air possible, by opening windows and 

 sashes wherever practicable. People often com- 

 plain that plants from greenhouses are too ten- 

 der to stand the open sun, but it is only because 

 they have been too much confined. If any plants 

 growing in pots are yellow, or in anyway sickly, 

 it is as well to prune them severely and plant for 

 a year in the open ground. If they have insects 

 on them these should be cleaned oif before plant- 

 ing out, or they will increase under our dry sum- 

 mer sun. The red spider is best treated to a 

 syringing of warm soap suds, and then to be 

 dusted with sulphur ; and the scale insects should 

 have a painting with whale oil soap, and some 

 say linseed oil. Many plants will have to be 

 kept in pots all summer, and these are best set 

 in partial shade. There are few more desirable 

 room plants than the Ivy and Periwinkle in their 



numerous varieties. These should be potted 

 now, and grown all summer. There are many 

 things nearly, or quite hardy, that are not often 

 kept in pots, but which would make good things 

 for room culture, and these should be potted 

 now. Of these we may name Cotoneasters, Ma- 

 honias, Berberis, Euonymus. These are very 

 easily managed, and it seems to us that for those 

 who have had little experience in plant growing, 

 or whose conveniences are limited, it is just as 

 feasable to have beautiful things easy to grow, 

 as beautiful things that are difficult. Tea Roses, 

 as well as China and Bourbon are good room 

 plants. The old Hermosa and Pink Daily 

 especially so. If young plants are turned 

 out in the ground now, they can be lifted 

 in September carefully, and if well potted, 

 will flower freely all winter. This is the 

 way professional florists grow Bouvardias, Car- 

 nations, and other popular flowers for cuttings. 

 Yery small plants are set in the ground at this 

 season, and are quite large enough for potting 

 by the fall. 



