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Hardy Ever-blooming Rosks. — We want noth- 1 The one pressing against the other prevents cold 

 ing worse in the gardens of the Northern States, j winds from whistling througli. 

 Our improved prairie roses are beautiful while 

 they last, as is the old crimson Boursault, and 



Hydrangea paniculata. — They do not seem 



others; but when we come to ever-bloomers we 

 have to take the strong growing Noisettes, which 



to think as much of this in England as we do 

 here. A correspondent of the Journal of Horti- 



,..',. .. r^e) culture, noting Veitch's nurserv, savs : "In an 



are more or less mjured ni severe weather. Ui j .' " i r" i i 



Bourbons we have Gloire de Rosamond tolerably 

 hardy; but after all these are rather fall than 

 ever-bloomers. Among hybrid perpetuals there 

 are some strongish growei"s, for instance Baron 

 Prevost, which, however, though classed with 

 hybrid perpetuals, seldom bloom in fall. By the 

 following from the Journal of Horticulture, we 

 find we may have our wants supplied. It is at 

 least worthy of the attention of American grow- 

 ers : "A visitor to Regent's Park writes as follows 

 concerning Red Rose Dragon exhibited in Messrs, 

 W. Paul & Son's collection there: Of all the hand- 

 some varieties which were so well represented, 

 the one that especially attracted my attention 

 was the new climbing hybrid perpetual Red 

 Dragon. This fine variety originated among 

 some seedlings in Messrs. Pauls' nurseries at 

 Waltham Cross in 1875, and was admirably 

 figured in the "Rose Annual " for 1878-79. The 

 flowers are of great substance, cupped, and of an 

 intensely rich crimson color in a young state, 

 becoming tinged with purple as they advance. 

 The plant is extremely vigorous with handsome 

 foliage, and its habit renders it well adapted for 

 training to pillars and similar positions." 



adjoining house I saw fine stocks of all the new 

 hydrangeas, especially of Thomas Hogg, rosea 

 alba and stellala. For the purpose of general 

 decoration I am not sure that any of these will 

 surpersede the old hortensis, but for pot culture 

 they are all desirable. I have not yet seen 

 Thomas Hogg of any size in the open, but the 

 one known as Paniculata grandiflora is a poor 

 washy thing when planted out, but under glass 

 it is much more valuable In the grounds sur- 

 rounding the houses there was a fine display of 

 dahlias, phloxes, and other subjects of a like 

 character." 



Roads and Paths. — As already noted in the 

 Gardener's Monthly, it is a matter of surprise 

 to every intelligent foreigner, that with so much 

 in America to praise, our roads and paths should 

 be generally so execrable. He does not know 

 how we love self-government, and hate to have 

 general laws. Every little thing to be done 

 must have almost unanimous consent, or it 

 must remain as it was in the days of Adam. 

 This is wise so far as it goes, for power once 

 transferred is often difficult to be resumed again. 

 But in the matter of roads, no one is oppie.ssed. 



I Every one is benefited by a good road ; and we 

 Improved Hepaticas. — This pretty American l see no reason whj' the proposition often made in 



plant, Hepatica triloba, or Silverwort, is very 

 popular in England as an early spring flower. 

 The Gardener's Record says : " There is now, 

 says the Garden, in great beauty at the Hale 

 Farm Nurseries large quantities of H. triloba, 

 the flowers of which exhibit a remarkable 



our magazine might not be adopted by every 

 corporation. The proposition is that when a 

 macadamized or similar good road can be made 

 for 5 per cent, of the estimated value of the 

 property along its front, such good road should 

 be duly made according to law, at the expense 



diversity in point of color, varying as they do i of such fronting properties. 



from pure white to the deepest blue, and to the i This matter of good roads is especially for 



richest crimson. No prettier plants for spring : good horticulturists to work out. If horticultu- 



flowering could be chosen than these, as their 

 culture is so easy that they thrive almost any- 

 where. A bed containing a large number of 

 plants recently imported direct from their native 



ral societies would take in hand such matters, 

 and be a power in the community, they would 

 be very much more popular than they are. 

 Appropriate to these remarks is the following 



habitat strikingly exemplified the great variation I from the Daihj News of Dennison, Texas: "In 

 in the tints of the flowers, though they are Texas, nature has exerted herself to create pecu- 

 regarded as not permanent." liarly beautiful sites for cities. There is no 



place on the continent possessing more lovely 



The Irish Yeav.— This seems to be much location than our own State. By rushing rivers, 



hardier than the other forms of Taxus baccata, j near wondrous springs, in mottes of ancient 



and probably from the closeness of its branches, oaks, on rolling prairies, our cities are built. 



