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lings this season in the second week in July, after I had 

 selected all the strongest mnners for forcing in pots : 

 therefore they had the same time to make and ripen then- 

 growth as those in pots, this being a considerable time 

 before the setting-in of winter, as your correspondent wiU 

 perceive. The plants are now 2 feet in diameter, with fine 

 luxuriant foliage, and every particle of them well matured. 

 Nothing is left to present an unsightly appeai'ance or for 

 the wind to blow away into any other part of the garden 

 through the winter months. 



Tour contributor remarks that his plants are 2.\ feet in 

 diameter. I presume that includes the old spent or decayed 

 foliage. Unquestionably his plants will make some growth ; 

 but I cannot see in what way they are ripened when almost 

 entirely concealed by their old spent leaves ; and if we should 

 have any such cutting winds during severe weather, I fear it 

 wiU deprive his plants of their clothing that he allows to 

 remain throvigh these mild autumn months. That appears 

 to me like heating a house full of tender plants during mild 

 weather, and allowing the fire to go out when severe weather 

 sets in.— J. B. C. P. 



RIPENmG GEAPES IN A GEEENHOUSE 

 WHERE FLOWERING PLANTS AEE GEOWN. 



Mt Grapes do not ripen well, and many bunches have 

 been both soft and sour, though having as much fii'e as the 

 gardener wished for. I am told that the reason is, that I 

 have Geraniums in the house ; and I have been told, also, 

 that "Grapes never do well in a greenhouse." I shall be 

 much obliged by your telling me whether this is the case, 

 and whether Grapes cannot be successfully cultivated in a 

 greenhouse where they are not required to be ripe before 

 August or September, and from whence the flowers (with a 

 few chance exceptions), are removed in May to a cool con- 

 servatory to bloom there ? The Grapes are chiefly the Black 

 Hamburgh. — Agnes. 



[Tours is just one of those cases where we would like to 

 have more minute information regarding the particular con- 

 ditions under which your Grapes have failed to ripen pro- 

 perly. There is no reason arising from the atmosphere of 

 your greenhouse why they should not ripen if the plants are 

 removed in May and the house then managed as for Grapes ; 

 but if the gardener has not fall liberty to study the Grapes 

 independently of any paa-ticidar consideration for the plants, 

 then you must not blame your gardener if yoiu- Grapes are 

 not good. Grapes may be thoroughly ripened and be ex- 

 cellent in a greenhouse in the one case, but there are many 

 chances against their being so in the other. If yoiu' Grapes 

 have ripened under similar cu-cumstances in former years, 

 then the cause of failure this year must be looked for in 

 something else. 



Generally speaking. Vines that are left to take their chance 

 in a greenhouse till early summer require a good deal of 

 fire heat during the latter part of the season to insure their 

 ripening properly, particularly in cold localities. We cannot 

 give any more definite answer to your questions as to the 

 correctness of yom' gardener's statement in the absence of 

 other details.] 



ROSES IN THE SUBURBS. 



As the season for transplanting has now commenced, 

 perhaps a continuation of my last paper on the above sub- 

 ject may be considered not without interest and utility by 

 those readers of The Jouknal of Hortictjltuee who are 

 dwellers in the vicinity of large towns, particularly as space 

 compelled me to close my former communication with the 

 Eioses of 1862. Before proceeding further, however, I would 

 impress upon aU who are about to procure fresh stock the 

 absolute necessity of careful planting if they wish to attain 

 success. When plants on the briar are received from the 

 nurseries it will usually be found that they have been 

 planted mxxch deeper than they ought to be, especially when 

 placed in their final positions. There ai-e many reasons for 

 this system of deep planting at the nursery which it is 

 needless to enlarge upon here ; bixt they do not apply to 

 private grounds, in which it ought never to be practised. 



No briar stock ought ever to be deeper in the ground than 

 the collar ; and if plants have ah-eady been planted so, upon 

 removal the error should be rectified, and a few handfuls of 

 soil placed round that portion of the stock which has pre- 

 viously been buried too deeply, in order to protect it for 

 a time from exposiu-e to the atmosphere, to which it has 

 not been accustomed: this soil may be removed gradually 

 at a favourable season. It is also a good plan to place a 

 handful or two of light earth round the bud of plants worked 

 upon the Manetti before finally covering-in. It encoiu'ages 

 root-action from the bud itself as well as from the foster- 

 stock ; so that eventually a double set of roots exists, and 

 the stock, if preferred, may be. entirely cut away, leaving 

 a Rose upon its own bottom. 



But to return to the discussion of suburban Roses. Tea 

 Gloire de Dijon, hardy in constitution, free in growth, in 

 bloom the fii-st and last, is the best of all Roses for unfavour- 

 able localities, and indeed for anywhere else. Even an 

 inferior flower of this variety is striking and better in quality 

 than the best of some kinds, while a perfect bloom is unsur- 

 passed. I can scarcely believe this shoxdd be considered 

 a Tea Rose except in scent, but rather a hybrid from some 

 of the strong-growing Bourbons, possibly fr'om Souvenir de 

 Malmaison, which it much resembles, though stronger ia 

 growth and different in hue. 



Jacqueminot it is scarcely necessary to comment upon, 

 except to remark that it is the parent of almost aU the 

 high-coloured varieties introduced dm-ing the last few years. 

 If a cross could be obtained between this and Gloire de 

 Dijon (and I do not see why it should not succeed), we 

 should acquh'e a new strain of Roses of most valuable pro- 

 perties and of novel lines of colour, much superior to the 

 loose high-coloiu-ed Hybrid Perpetuals, almost aU alike, and 

 the flimsy Teas that are now season after season foisted 

 upon the Rose-growing' pubKc. 



Jules Margottin, Mesdames Knorr, de Cambaceres, Do- 

 mage, Rivers, Laffay ; Anna Alexieff, Comtesse de Chabidl- 

 lant. Lord Raglan, and Triomphe des Beaux Arts, are so 

 well known that to describe them in detail would be useless 

 repetition. The following, however, are less common. Hy- 

 brid Perpetuals : Mdlle. Therese Appert, a sort of pale 

 peach or blush, vei-y free and late bloomer; full, flatfish 

 flower; of moderate growth. Madame Bruny (this I am 

 disposed to set down as really a Bourbon), peach ; full 

 flower ; strong grower. Pisonia, bright crimson ; large, full 

 flower ; free and late bloomer, good habit. Prince Imperial, 

 rose colour; one of the largest and fullest flowers grown; 

 not popular at the nui-series, as it is one of those kinds that 

 send up one or two leading shoots only, and consequently 

 take two or three seasons to make a saleable head— never- 

 theless, it is a good flower in the rosery. Large Roses that 

 open well generally make the best for unfavourable situ- 

 ations. Marechal Pelissier, hght rose, globular, succeeds 

 where Auguste Mie wiU not, and is somewhat in that line 

 of colour. Nai-cisse (query. Tea or Noisette ? — is entered as 

 both in the lists), though small is always in bloom; the 

 flower is beautifully formed, and the colour exquisitely puie, 

 light yellow, canary centre; the growth is slender, yet it 

 does well near town. Bourbon ApoUine, light pink, pretty; 

 rampant, straggling grower. The above-named I have 

 found or seen to do veiy well, and ai-e worth the attention 

 of subui-ban rosaxians. There are a few old favourites, such 

 as General Brea, Madame Guinoisseau, Mathurin Reguier, 

 and Glofre de Vitry, stm under trial. 



To such enterprising spii-its as are inclined to venture out 

 of the beaten track, and experimentalise a little on their 

 own account, I would point out the following vaiieties of 

 1863 as likely to repay investment. I have seen them 

 myself, and have received accounts of them from sources 

 which I have every ground for believing to be entirely 

 trustworthy. 



HTBKID PERPETUALS. 



Alfred de Rougemont. — Crimson purple; fine shaped and 

 full flower ; vigorous habit. 



Baron Adolphe de Rothschild. — Fiery red; laxge, full, and 

 vigorous. I am assured that this is likely to be a first-rate 

 vai'iety. The raiser is to be depended on. 



Baron de Rothschild. — A fine Rose, more lilac than the 

 above, and scarcely so large and vigorous. 



Jean Goujon (Mai-gottin). — BriUiant red; a large saucer- 



