FOREIGN NOTICES. 



sorts. Mr. Terry and Mr. Busby showed each 25 varieties of cut Roses, which, notwithstanding 

 the heat of the day, kept in good condition, and were much admired. 



" Novelties consisted of the crimson bell-flowered Philesia buxifolia ; Lilium giganteum, a fine 

 specimen; an Ixora, very like Bandhuca; and a piece of a coarse white-flowered Urabellifer, 

 called 'Gulper,' which was stated to be a persian drug used in all Indian pickles, to give their 

 peculiar flavor, from Messrs. Veitch ; an orange-flowered Oxylobe, from Messrs. Osborne, of 

 Fulham ; Dictyanthus Pavoni, and a purplish-blue Scutellaria, from Messrs. E. G. Hexderson, 

 Wellington Road ; and the Warrea discolor and Lady's Slipper, <fec." 



Beddixg Roses. — One of the first essentials in a bedding Rose is, that it should stand well np 

 on its foot-stalk. For a pole or climber the reverse of this would, of course, be the most graceful; 

 one is to be looked down ^lpon, the other np at. If this is remembered, the value of such qualities 

 in their respective adaptations will at once be recognized. However abundant or prolonged a 

 bloomer a Rose may be, if it droops its flowei's, half its effect in a bed is entirely lost. And if a 

 shower of rain falls, the accumulated moisture, acting by its weight on the feeble foot-stalks, 

 increases the evil. A bed of such Roses can never give satisfaction. Scrambling Roses, to be 

 pegged down during their season of growth, do not make the kind of eft'ect in beds that one 

 could wish. I would have all worked plants, selecting them with difterent heights of stock, to 

 suit the different positions in planting ; the dwarfer on the outside, the taller in the center. I 

 should not expect great results the first season of planting. During that period I should have an 

 eye to the formation of the head, endeavoring to extend it horizontally as much as possible. 

 When once the surface of the bed becomes over-arched with good flower-bearing wood, and the 

 luxuriance of the plants is checked, supposing the kinds of Roses to be suitable, nothing in the 

 way of massing could be more beautiful. This may be inferred from the efl"ects of a single head 

 of a free-blooming standard of any kind. To get good beds some little time must be consumed 

 in the preparation. One must not be impatient. Young and luxuriant plants will never realise 

 all that is expected of them. But there is no reason why the necessary preparation should take 

 place in the flower-garden. The reserve-ground is the proper place for preparation, and Roses 

 may be prepared there as well as in the beds in which they are to flower. Suppose two seasons' 

 probationary treatment is required, they can there be attended to, and transplanted in full con- 

 dition to their allotted beds in the garden. To treat Roses as ordinary bedding plants, and 

 selecting from them at random, must evet end in pai'tial disappointment ; and from not giving 

 the subject due consideration, and taking the necessary precautions, doubtless arises most of the 

 disappointment in this branch of gardening. — G. L., in Gardeners^ Chronicle, London. 



New Pelargoniums at Regent's Park Show. — Of seedlings, there was a considerable number. 

 The medal for the best scarlet was awarded to Mr. Hoyle, for Regalia, a flower brighter than any 

 other yet exhibited, and of good form ; it is also much freer than scarlets generally. Among 

 other seedlings from Mr. IIoyle we noticed Zeno, a large even flower, of good shape, dark top, 

 with rosy bottom petals, and clear white center ; Carlos is another of this class, but darker in 

 the top, and larger — a noble flower for exhibition. Nonpareil has the best shape and is the 

 freest bloomer of all the spotted kinds, being large ■ and very smooth. Eugenia, another of this 

 showy class, is well marked, and also of good shape. Rival Queen is warm orange rose, with 

 clear white throat ; large, and a free bloomer. Majesty has black top petals, margined with rosy 

 purple ; lower petals light, throat clear white ; a very large flower. Mr. Turner exhibited two 

 seedling whites, free bloomers, and of good shape. Also Astarte and Una ; these were raised by 

 W. HocKEN, Esq. Duchess of Wellington appeared to be a good stout flower, darker, and of 

 better shape, but as free as Constance, which it resembles in habit. Pilot is a bold fi-ee crimson 

 scarlet. Others were of less note. — Qardeneri Chronicle^ London. 



