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other Tegetable ; and the last especially, if the soU is in good 

 heart, will produce a larger profit per square yard thau any- 

 tliing else. Carrots and Parsnips may also be gi-own, and the 

 latter will hold their own, and produce large roots, even if 

 quite overshadowed by the bushes, when nothing else will 

 succeed. But the most profitable crop for the first few years 

 will probably bo the Potato, especially the early varieties which 

 do not make too much haulm, such as the Ashleaf , Early May, 

 Alma, The King, and other kidneys, which are always in 

 demand before the later Potatoes come in, and even then seem 

 to be preferred before them. Of the later sorts the best and 

 the most prohflc (but this again is a question of soil), are the 

 Red Regent and the Victoria, both of which will keep perfectly 

 sound tUl Potatoes come in again. But if a part of a field is 

 left open, and not planted with trees, nothing, probably, will be 

 more profitable than Asparagus beds, if the farm is near to a 

 good market. 



With regard to manures, there is none which can be com- 

 pared with farmyard manure, more especially if the crop is to 

 be planted among bushes and fruit trees. Some persons have 

 a prejudice against " green " manure ; but I would say, When 

 you are planting, put on eveiy bit of maniu-e you can scrape 

 together, rotten if you have it ; if not, green. I have seen 

 just as good and healthy crops of Potatoes, if not better, grown 

 from manure full of soakage wheeled straight from the pigstye, 

 as from the well-matured heap which had accumulated during 

 the previous year. I say, then, there is nothing like farmyard 

 manure. It lasts for two or three seasons in the soil, while 

 artificial manure is exhausted in one. But among artificial 

 manures there is a difference. I have tried experiments with 

 many varieties, and have found nothing so efficient for Potato- 

 gi'owing as Peruvian guano, if it can be procured unadulterated. 

 A httle goes a long way, if dropped by hand upon the set when 

 it is planted iu the ground. AJad this mention of manure leads 

 to a consideration of the sources from which it is to be derived. 

 A fruit-farmer )m(.5( have it, and as it is not always to be pur- 

 chased, he must keep a certain amount of stock to produce it. 

 What that stock should be we will consider in another paper. 

 (To be continued.) 



ELECTION OF BOSES. 



Mk. RiBCLYFFE, in your last, after commending the hsts of 

 Roses on the whole, thinks there are two shy bloomers, six bad 

 gi'owers, and sis. prcsqtu p?t'!Ht', iu the thirty-six. 



With regard to the presque pltine , I think that not only some 

 of the very best garden Roses, but some of the very finest 

 exhibition Roses belong to this division ; and though some of 

 them are dangerous friends, in a stand, as in a hot tent, they 

 are apt to open too rapidly and show an eye, yet, as a rule, 

 their constitution is better than the very double ones, many 

 of wliich, Uke La Heine, Reiue du Midi, Alpaide de RotaUer, 

 and others, at times utterly refuse to open, and others, agam, 

 open flat and rough, like Thyra Hanunerick, Souvenir de 

 Poiteau, Baronne Prevost, &a. What Roses can be finer than 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Xavier Ohbo, Pierre Notting, Victor 

 Verdier in their half -expanded state ? There are very few 

 Roses that wUl bear, as I sometimes see done, a .Judge's 

 pencil stuck into the middle to poke in and see if there 

 is a yellow eye, and then they are condemned, because they 

 say, " Oh ! that Rose wo'n't do, it will open directly and 

 show a yellow eye, very likely by the time the public are ad- 

 mitted." 



There are some of the Roses which have incurved petals, like 

 Prince Henri de Pays Bas, Fehx Genero, and Louis XTV., which 

 keep their shape longer, but many of these Roses have quite 

 as much a yellow eye as the presque pleine, only on account of 

 the incurved petal they do not show it so much. 



I am induced to write this, as I am myself a great admu-er 

 of that section on account of the beauty of the bud and half 

 and three-parts-opened flower, as instance General Jacqueminot 

 and La France. In my opinion, as a general rule, they are the 

 most useful Roses that can be grown, and I should be sorry to 

 have them discarded as exhibition blooms on account of then' 

 tendency to show, not the cloven foot, but the yellow eye when 

 past their best. — C. P. Peach. 



have about sixty Hybrid Perpetual Roses which may be relied 

 upon with perfect confidence as really first-rate. Those Roses 

 which have only had one vote are, I beUeve, mostly excellent, 

 but so far- scarcely sufliciently accredited. Now, I propose 

 that this election be carried a little further, and that the same 

 able rosarians be canvassed again for then- opinions as to what 

 other Roses, besides those aheady elected, are really worth 

 growing either for the garden or for exhibition. This woiHd 

 enable the public to understand, once and for all, what Roses 

 are reaUy w<n'thy of cultivation, and nurserymen what Roses 

 they may with perfect confidence propagate. 



To caiTy out this desirable object I would suggest that the 

 Roses be divided into three classes — 1, Hybrid Pei-petual, 

 Bourbon, and China Roses ; 2, Noisettes and Tea-scented ; 

 3, Summer Roses, such as Pairl Verdier, Miss Ingram, Paul 

 Ricaut, Ac, first-rate, but only siunmer Roses. I would further 

 suggest that the electors prefix an asterisk to those Roses 

 which, however beautiful for the exliibition table, are unsuit- 

 able for the garden, either as too tender aud weak, or too un- 

 willing to open then- blooms ; also that they should prefix the 

 letter P to those Roses which are most perpetual in their 

 habit.— R. T. 



[I think your suggestion a very good one, and shall be glad 

 to receive hsts from rosarians, which I would analyse aud 

 pubhsh the results, leaving out the thu-ty-six aheady named, 

 naming in addition, say, thirty-six Hybrid Perpetuals and 

 Bourbons, add the Chinese to the Teas and Noisettes, and 

 name twenty-four and twelve summer Roses. Tliis would give 

 seventy-two, in addition to the thirty-six already selected. If 

 more than these are named it adds seriously to the trouble of 

 compilation, and 108 Roses are a goodly number, though I 

 have httle doubt twice that number will be named to obtain 

 the requisite seventy-two. — C. P. Peach.] 



EvEKTONE will agree that Mr. Peach has rendered valuable 

 assistance to Rose-growers by canvassing the most eminent 

 rosarians of the day for the election of the twelve best and the 

 thirty-six best Roses. From this election we find that we 



EOSES— HYBEIDE EEMONTANTE. 



I CAN find neither of these words'in my French dictionary, 

 De Porquet's. There is no such word as Hybrid in Walker's 

 Dictionary. [There is in Johnson.] There is "Hybridous — 

 begotten between animals of different species ; produced from 

 plants of different kinds." "Remontant" is neither French 

 nor EngUsh. I tliink the tei-m Hybrid Pei-jjetual is quite as 

 good as Hybrid Remontant, and more generally understood, 

 Both the French and EngUsh terms are equally apphcable to 

 the Tea-scented Noisettes, which are mules or hybrids, and 

 likewise Remontants. The French probably derived the word 

 from " remonte — new horses bought to remount the troopers." 

 If so, Hybrid Remounts or Remounters would be an intelligible 

 aud exact translation. The verb " remoriter — to go uji again," 

 may probably be the origin of the term. In the EngUsh 

 part of De Porquet's dictionary " remount " is " remonter." 

 I am satisfied with Hj'brid Perpetuals, but if we are not to 

 have that I can see no better term than " Hybrid Remoun- 

 ters." 



I agree with " D.," it is difficult to get fresh terms generally 

 adopted. The EngUsh love to copy the French, as if they had 

 no ideas of their own. They, moreover, love to intersperse 

 Latin, French, and Greek words, or crackjaw derivatives, into 

 their articles to the confusion of humble readers. This is 

 " philosophy vainly so caUed," because it conveys no instruc- 

 tion to the ilUterate. 



One word about "belle tenue" and " se tenant Men." No 

 doubt they both mean "erect habit." Ferme pedoncule or 

 pedicule droit would set the matter at rest. The EngUsh word 

 is pedicle and not peduncle, which is Anglo-French, and is not 

 to be found in Walker's dictionary. I cannot find either the 

 word peduncle or pedicle in the English part of De Porquet's 

 dictionary, but in the French part I see both pedcmcule and 

 pCdiculc. — ^W. F. Raiicltffe. 



MEADOWBANK. 

 This, the residence of T. Dawson, Esq., is at Uddiugstone. 

 It is small in extent, but well worthy of a visit. The gi-ounds 

 are weU laid out and kept in good order, and have also the 

 advantage of being beautifully situated on the banks of the 

 Clyde. In taking a hunied walk through the grounds, where 

 the modem style of flower gardening has been adopted, I noticed 

 amongst other minor features a rather extensive coUection of 

 herbaceous plants. These, very properly, occupied a quiet 



