The Augusta Rose. — I infer from rojidin^ your last Magazine that you may not have 

 succociled very well with the Augusta Rose. I have succeeded so well with one which 

 I liavo, tiiat I thought you might be interested to see a specimen of the rose in their 

 ditlorent states of development from the bud to the full blown rose. I have accordingly 

 enclosed to you what I regard the finest which I have. Though not as large as the CJloth 

 of Gold it is more fragrant, and, what is more desirable, it is much longer expanding 

 from the bud to a full blown rose, than any rose which I have ever seen. I have had it 

 put out some 11 months. When it was put out it was some 1} feet long. It has iico main 

 stocks, about 7 feet high each, one of which the gardener says would have been 10 feet 

 high if he had not headed it down. The lateral branches would average near, or quite, 

 3U feet long. It had 48 healthy buds, which, from the time they were large enough to 

 be counted until they fall oiF, will be fully 2J month-. It is on its own root, and, from 

 the hasty description which I have been obliged to make to get the box to you by this 

 morning's express, you will sec that it is a strong grower and fi-ee bloomer. The beauty 

 and fragrance of the sample which I now send to you Avill, I think, establish its reputa- 

 tion as one of the most desirable roses which is now known. — I. Washburx, Worceater. 



This letter of Mr. Washburn was mislaid, or it would have appeared before. W'c are 

 glad to have such good evidence of the character of this rose, which has been the cause 

 of much discussion among cultivators. Such testimony as that of Mr. Washburn and 

 Mr. Ivivers is sufficient to show the difference between the Augusta and Solfatare, Avhich 

 by many rose fanciers have been considered identical. 



[We publish the foregoing, from Ilovey's Magazine of last month, with pleasure, but 

 it must be noted that there is a difference of opinion about the Augusta Rose ; many 

 think a comparison with the Solfatare shows it to be identical ; it appears that many do 

 not think so, and having been unfortunate with our specimen we shall leave the subject 

 where it is for the present. — Eu.] 



The Gixko. — Salisburia adiantifolia, is one of the largest forest trees in China. The 

 fruit has somewhat the appearance of an almond, and is much esteemed by the Chinese. 



To TEE Editor: — I notice that in the August number of the Horiiculiurist, you have 

 adopted Don's derivation of the genus adlnmia from ad lumino, to fringe with purple. 



Rafinesque, whose rage for making new genera was even greater than his sagacity — and 

 he was no mean botanist — gave no clue to the name in the paper in which he founded 

 tliis genus ; and Don's derivation is a mere guess at what he thought would explain it. 

 There is no doubt however about the name being given in honor of Adlum, one of the first 

 large vine growers of the United States. This happy method of commemorating genius and 

 industry, will preserve for ages names that would otherwise have been long since sunk 

 into oblivion. When such men as our own Darlington, Torrey and Gray, as Bartram, and 

 Marshall, and Colden, receive the honors, we can all applaud the distinction. What a 

 pretty thought to have a commemorative garden. Sir James Edward has forestalled the 

 name in his Smiihia, or we might have a niche* in this floral Temple of Fame for the 

 Editor of the Horticulturist. A Rambler in the Woods. 



* Instead of a niche only, why not have a mile of plants in the temple, so that all "the genus" might he commemo' 

 rated. i^'rAe — It is no longer considered fashionable to remark upon names, else we should ohservethat a scicutifio 

 writer in the Ohio Farmer, and a good writer he is, was named l>y his parents, Theodatus Garlick, and that gome 

 the learned have added M. D. to it ; we have too iu I'hiladelphia a Dr. Toothaker. 



