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tInv'iiKli. .MviUlUloii I'.iMii i-> «.iiuil;ii in ;ill ri-spi-rls. 

 <'Xiept tlwil it lias pink tlowiTs. Soinc of tlu" m-w 

 slinibs were noti'd in ttic April iiiimlHT of this Vfar, Imt 

 otlu'is luay now bo aiUloil lo tlu«si>. 



Tlu- bvuiillfias at lUasncvin lUnvi-r.-d wi-ll. Thi- llni-.- 

 toinjs o( Iv variabilis lalU-il nia>jni(K-a, snporba, anil 

 N'l'ilchiana may he pl.uoil in tlu- ortli-r f^ivi-n, rna^j- 

 iiifioa bt'ini;^ I ho bi-st. l-'nr a small );ardcMi ono variety 

 •>lu>iiUl bi- siitVuii-nl, as ihoy an- ratlu-r siniilai-. H. ni\oa, 

 .1 m-wt-r Chinesi- spocies, has whilo, woolly U mm-s ami 

 sti-nis, but tlu- tlowi-is arc tlccidodly poor. 



Hydranijoa arbon-soons ifraniliflora is a really jfooil 

 freely-flowerinj; shrub, soniethinij like a tlwarf ('uieliler 

 rose. 



Taniarix hispiila iesti\alis is a shiiib wliieli ileserxfs 

 to be better known, for it is the nuvsl biaiitiful of the 

 Tamarisk family, and received first prize at the I'aris 

 Exhibition in 1400. The habit is ifracefiil, with liijhl 

 jfreen foliajje and pink flowers (July aiul Auj^ust ). 



Robinia Kelseyi, with pink flowers, is a promisins; 

 introduetion from North Anu-riea ; it m-ikes a small 

 tree, .and bears pink flowers in June, followed by fruits 

 covered with reddish li.iirs. 



juniperus pach\phcca comes from the mountains of 

 Arizona, and is a ver}' ornamental shrub of pyramidal 

 habit, but the varieties J. pachyphiva elej^antissima and 

 stricta are far more glaucous than the type, and well 

 worth procuring. 



Spir^a Aitchisoni does not flower satisfactorily in all 

 gardens. Where this is the case Spiriea assurgens will 

 be found a good substitute ; both have divided leaves 

 and large panicles of white flowers like S. sorbifolia. 



The Chinese brambles are getting very numerous ; 

 some are quite distinct and harmless, others just the 

 reverse. Rubus bambusarum is a climber with leaves 

 composed of three lance-shaped leaflets, making long 

 trailing shoots five to ten feet long. Rubus flagelli- 

 florus so far seems to be the best of the climbers ; it has 

 evergreen leaves marbled in a young state, later on 

 becoming deep green, covered on under surface with a 

 buff lomentum. The older rubus delicious, from the 

 Rocky Mountains, is still the best of the ornamental 

 flowering species, its thornless character and beautiful 

 white flowers in spring make it a valuable sliruii. 



Rost's. 



H.\ O'DoNKL BiiowNK, M.n. 



TllK other day I was reading an account of a 

 medical show in London, aiul was greatly 

 amazed and interested in a passage of that 

 article where cultures of living bacilli, the causes of 

 our so-called winter colds and pneumonia, were shown 

 to an admiring public. Then these living cultures were 

 xposed to a solution of •' Formarose"— a new prepara- 

 tion made from the extract of certain heavily perfumed 

 roses — and lo and behold ! these bacilli were killed. 

 It seemed to act on them in a very short while and 

 mattered not whether the solution containing the bacilli 

 was acid or alkaline the result was the same, a horrible, 

 quick death to bacillus catarrhalis and bacillus pneumo- 

 coccus. Now comes another step towards this cure. 

 Germany, we are told, has begun to inhale perfumes 

 from a particular rose— viz., Duke of Edinburgh. How 

 Messrs. Paul, the raisers of this rose, will chuckle to 



ihemscUis when Ihey s»-e this. |-"aniy in their c.ii.i 

 logiK- next ye.ir an appi-.ir.ince of a lu^tici- to say thai 

 iMjly for tlu-nt we shouUI all havi- coltls. .Some (lerm.in 

 docti>rs .ilready dt-cl.ire that tlu- perfunu- of I^uki- o( 

 l-AJinburgh when exir.icleil aiul converitil inio ;inMnatic 

 pills will completely curi- colds. 



I have often wondereil why we wi-re given such .1 lot 

 of roses whose jierfume is their chief charm, and oft»-n 

 has llu- thought occtnri-il lo nu- that hidden away in ;i 

 iusc there is ;i iiire for some of the terrible- ills which 

 man is heir lo. There was a time when I was very sus- 

 ceptible to cold catching, but siiu-e I took to rose growing 

 I find that my colds have almost entirely disappeareil. 

 There are two reasons now clear to me that h.ive acleil 

 for my cure: ( i) more fresh air, (2) accidental inoculation 

 with •' Eormarose." Asked for a cure for a coUl I would 

 say "grow roses," work as nuu'h as possible at them in 

 your garden, and never wear a hat when ;il your wi^k. 

 Codling oneself up and wrapping oiu-'s body up 

 must keep one's body move li.ible lo i-hills ; this you 

 cannot do with a rose garden. Where lan you fitul 

 work the whole yeai- rounti in a garden nu>re than in a 

 rose garden ? There is always a great deal to do from 

 March lo November, and for the rest of the months 

 there is generally something to be done, be it thatching, 

 staking or planting. It is this constant something lo 

 do that m.ide me taki- lo roses more than any other 

 flower, and I envy the man with a greenhouse from the 

 holtom of my heart. Here he can have his pets when 

 oulsitle nature says " no " to his jileadings ; here he 

 can ]iropagalc I lu- ru^w \arietii's by grafting in thai 

 dullest of dull inontlis, January; lu-re" he can try his 

 haiul at that most exquisitely interesting subject, 

 cross breeding ; and here he can have in all iheir glory 

 those lovely varieties which an- rarely seen oul of 

 doors. Truly the man wiih .1 grcfniuMise shoukl be a 

 happ\' contented rosai ian. I wish I were I To my 

 mind there was never a greater tri-at to a rose lover 

 than to enter a greenhouse during early spring and see 

 loveh' pol plants, and at the same tinu- to inhale 

 " Formarose." Will it ever come that we doctors will 

 establish homes where patients can do a rest cure 

 anil be Irealeii bv the otlour of rosi-<i to cure 

 llu'ii- winlcT colds y I am ;ifraiil if it does the lirsl 

 patient will be the writer, anil when I have ilone 

 my cure I shall start a honu> aiul receive palienls 

 lo be treated to Duke of Edinburgh perfume or 

 ;iny other. There seems to be something genuine in 

 this new cure. Last year I sat next a well-known 

 Dublin doctor who, I suppose, knows more about the 

 ravages of bacillus catarrhalis than anyone else. He 

 commenced by chaffing me, n' my pets, but by the end 

 of dinner I had persuaded him to try and grow roses for 

 himself. "Well, Browne,'' he replied, "I will on condi- 

 lion that yoH ifivc me a list of those tliaf smell." "I do 

 not care for a rose unless it smells. ' Forthwith went 

 ;in order to the nursery for a host of hea\ ily perfumed 

 roses, and when lately I met him in consultation he 

 finished our consultation with a most important five 

 minutes' chat on not the patient but roses! Thank 

 goodness he is another convert to rose growing, and 

 though he does an enormous amount of work year in 

 year out he has always time to see and smell his rose.s, 

 and I have not heard of his having caught a cold lately 

 from anv of his clients I 



