1880. 



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ing from the known forms of Cedrus in the short- 

 ness of their leaves and the smalhiess of the 

 female cones. He thinks that the now far-sepa- 

 rated cedars of the Himalaya, Lebanon, the Tau- 

 rus, and Algeria were races of one formerly 

 more generally distributed tree, and that their 

 isolation was due to geographical and climatic 

 changes in the area over which the species was 

 distributed. Their isolation is now very great. 

 The nearest point to the Lebanon at which 

 cedars have been up to this found is the Bulgar- 

 dagh chain of the Taurus in Asia Minor, and 

 from that point forests of C. Argentea extend 

 eastward to Pisidia and northwards to the Anti 

 Taurus. At a distance of some 1400 miles from 

 the cedar forests of Asia Minor, and separated 

 from them by the whole breadth of the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea, are those of Algeria, containing the 

 Atlas cedar (C. Atlantica). Proceeding eastward 

 'from the Lebanon we come after another 1400 

 miles to the cedar forests of Afghanistan, which 

 extend thence continuouslj' eastward along the 

 Himalaya almost to the confines of Nepaul. 

 This cedar (C. Deodara) is perhaps the most dis- 

 tinct in habit of the three forms. As to the 

 Cyprus cedar. Sir Joseph Hooker says that, in 

 size of cone and size, form and color of leaf, it 

 approaches the Algerian far more closely than 

 it does any Taurian, Himalayan or Lebanon 

 cedar. 



Rose La France.— M. Gnillot, Jr , Rose grower, 

 27 Chemin-des-Pins, Lyon-GuilloticM-e (Rhone), is 

 the raiser of the magnificent rose under notice. 

 M. Guillot, Jr., gives the following particulars as 

 to how he obtained this splendid rose : 



"In 1864 I sowed a tolerably large quantity of 

 Tea Rose seeds, which came up well ; amongst 

 those numerous seedlings I selected a few of the 

 best, which have since been sent out. Amongst 

 these young roses one particularly struck me as 

 being totally distinct from all my other Tea 

 Rose seedlings, and by its flowering the first year 

 I took special care of it, and propagated it 

 through grafts, which the following year pro- 

 duced much finer flowers than those of the 

 parent plant. It was then that I found my rose 

 was really extra good. I selected good strong 

 stocks and budded them with the best eyes from 

 my limited stock, and awaited with impatience 

 the advent of the blooming season of 1866. 

 Imagine my great joy when beholding those 

 magnificent roses, and to find in this acquisition 

 a rose of especial merit. I then propagated the 



rose in tolerably large numbers, so as to enable 

 me to send it out in November, 1867, under the 

 name of La France, in every respect worthy to 

 bear that name. Before being sent out I ex- 

 hibited it along with several other seedlings 

 at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. Every 

 one of the fourteen blooms of La France I then 

 exhibited measured about five inches in diame- 

 ter. The Jury, which should have met that day 

 according to the programme, did not appear 

 until two days after. My roses were already 

 drooping and withering; the Jury therefore 

 could not give them any prizes, but to indemnify 

 me a single bronze medal was awarded to my 

 whole collection, comprising all my seedlings — 

 two hundred dwarfs and two hundred of the 

 choicest varieties, which were in a group at the 

 Champ-deMars. I cannot.'' adds M. Guillot, Jr., 

 '' give the pedigree of my Rose La France. Con- 

 sidering the great number of seeds I sowed in 

 1864 I could not well sow each variety separate ; 

 but judging from its wood, eyes, foliage and 

 flowers,! come to the conclusion that its parents 

 were Tea Roses, and that it does not possess a 

 single characteristic of other hybrids." 



Here is a first-class rose, the high qualities of 

 which have been but poorly rewarded, but has 

 been appreciated by the lovers of all nations, 

 and that is the best encomium that can be 

 passed upon it. — Journal des Roses. 



The Globose-seeded Ph^nosperma (P. gla- 

 bosa). — This is a very distinct new ornamental 

 grass, producing an erect tuft of broadly-lance- 

 shaped leaves, which are bright green above and 

 glaucous below, with prominent ribs. The 

 panicles rise above the foliage, and consist of 

 several whorls of branches bearing globose spike- 

 lets. It grows to the height of four or five feet, 

 and is a native of China. — G., in Garden. 



QUERIES. 



Ants.— F. W. ])., Baltimore, Md., says : " I 

 would like to tell Mr. Meehan that the garden 

 ants are a great plague to me, and would like to 

 see in some future number what is the beat 

 means of riddance and protection, if I have the 

 right or may take the liberty to ask or suggest 

 such a question." 



[A little gas tar put into their holes, or about 

 where they are will drive them away.— Ed. G. M.] 



