seen it, conjectures tliat it is some foreign variety allied to the Amelia or tlie Gros Sapert ; 

 but as this is very uncertain, the variety may bo called the Trcntham Black. 



"The Melon, which will bear the name of the Trentham Cocoa-^'ut,is much like that fruit 

 in form and size, and is remarkable for combining a very thick, hard rind, with an abundant 

 white, delicate flesh, like that of the Trentham Hybrid Persian. This being the case, it 

 possesses great value as a keeper, or for travelling long distances. It is reported to be an 

 abundant bearer, being hardy and robust in its growth. We understand it has been found 

 still at for table at Christmas." 



jlosES. — If we arc surprised to hear that a i>each-tree may and does attain a much larger 

 size than a man's body, we might be still more astonished to learn that the " apple bear- 

 ing" rose-tree measures sometimes a foot and a half in circumference, with a large umbra- 

 geous head like an orchard api^le-tree of 20 years' growth. One has lately fallen, crushed 

 by a fall of snow, at Sawbridgeworth, of this extraordinary size. Mr. Rivers, when noticing 

 this in the Florist, adds that no new roses approach Prince Leon or Jules Margottin, in color, 

 form, or habit. He says, also, that " there are nearly forty new roses sent out last autumn by 

 the French florists ; most of these are Hybrid Perpetuals, twenty of which are described as 

 having shades of rose color, six shades of crimson — three or four of these are seedlings of 

 the Geant. There are also two new Summer Moss Roses by Laffay, both of which are rose 

 colored, and a new Perpetual Moss by him, described as ' rouge vif centre rouge violace, 

 superbe.' Tliree new Noisette Roses are also offered, one white, another a seedling from 

 Lamarque, 'd'un beau jaune canari,' another crimson partaking in its habit of the Bourbon 

 family. Three new Tea-scented Roses are to be sent out — their characters as described are 

 an ' oft-told tale.' 



" We still lack a fine crimson Tea Rose, a pure white Hybrid Perpetual, a yellow ditto, a 

 good crimson Rosa sempervirens, a yellow Moss Rose, and some others, so that there is a 

 good field open to Rose growers." 



The following remark, by Mr. Rivers, will find many responses : — 



" There is one remarkable peculiarity attending the cultivation of Roses ; they never 

 seem to fatigue the mind of the amateur ; in youth, in the vigor of manhood, and in old 

 age, their cheerful brilliant tints are alwa3'S grateful, their perfume always exhilarating. I 

 have only remarked a slight drawback ; one, after thirty years of admiration, is apt to be- 

 come fastidious, and to require great perfection in shape, in color, and in habit. I now scan 

 a new Rose with a most critical eye ; at one time a trifling difi"erence in a Rose, if it were a 

 new feature, was hailed with ecstasy ; times are now changed, but then, Roses never were, 

 as far as we know, so beautiful as they are at the present day." 



Roses ix Wi.nter. — D. Beaton, one of the best gardeners and writers for the Cottage Gar- 

 dener, says, respecting the treatment of roses in winter, in the open ground : — 



" The philosophy of the thing stands thus : All the cultivated roses like a cool, moist hottom, 

 but no standing wet ; and all the standard roses on grass, ought to get a good spadeful of 

 right rotten dung every winter of their lives, and as much water in summer as will keep 

 the space occupied by the roots constantly moist. The present hole in the grass system can 

 only allow a make-believe in all those essentials, and no more. 



" The manner of doing is this : The rose-trees, perhaps, are planted on the grass already ; 

 but you may know, from the rusty-brown leaves, that they are three parts starved. Oi)en 

 the grass in a circle of a yard across round each rose ; then scrai)e off the soil carefully till 

 you find the roots. When you find the roots, pour two large watering-potsful over those of 

 tree ; then put two or three inches of very rotten dung all over the roots ; water 

 the rose put on the spout of the watering-pot, and pat down the dung with the 



