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<leeper than Charles Lawsou, and Gloire de Dijon h;id as much 

 i:)mk as buff about it. The first two or three blouins o{ Juha 

 Hopper came true to character, but those that followed were 

 of one shade of colour, deep carmine. Di'.i:huss6 do Cum- 

 baoeres was striped, and Jules llarj^ottiu hud the colour nearly 

 bleached out of it. 



King's Acre, about which I ventured to express a favourable 

 opinion in a former letter, like many others in my collection, 

 did not open well, which i much regretted, as I intended to 

 have sent a bloom or two to the ollioe of this .Touvnal. It has 

 an immense bud and great depth of petal. Had the season 

 been favourable I feel certain that it would have made some of 

 the more highly-favoured varieties around it look jjoor in 

 comparison. 



The whole of my Roses were, more or less, affected by the 

 catting winds before mentioned, but from the following I had 

 some fair blooms : — kuna, Alexieil', Harouue Prevost, Baronne 

 Hallez, Charles Lefebvre, Colonel de Eougemont, Coratesse de 

 <Jhabrillant, Due de Bassauo (fine colour), Einpereur de Maroc, 

 General Jacqueminot, Gloire <3e Sautenar, John Hopper, Lord 

 Kaglan flirst few b'.ooms large and fine). Souvenir de Leveson 

 Oower, Monsieur de I'.Iontigiiy, William Griilith, Mrs. Bosan- 

 ijuet, Gloire de Dijiin, Celine Forestier (eictra tine), Triomphe 

 de Rennes fthis variety, like Gloire de Dijon, was in a few of its 

 blooms mottled with jjiuk), Charles Lawsuu, and Kean. I have 

 many other varieties, but the majority of them were most 

 Xntifol-lookiug objects, so far as their flowers were concerned. 



In conclusion, allow me to thank Mr. Kent for his letter at 

 page 4(j, more especially that portion of it regarding the uu- 

 pronouuceable names given to Eoses by the French raisers. I 

 am not aware that it is absolutely necessary for a person to 

 have a thorough knowledge of the Fiench language in order to 

 be a good Piosi'-grower, but it would certainly make everything 

 connected with the cultivation of our favourites much more 

 agreeable were names given which the generality of people 

 ■could pronouuce. Perhaps some of our eminent nurserymen 

 may be induced to take pity on us, and give the Euglish pro- 

 nunciation of the French names in the next editions of their 

 catalogues ; I feel sure that a large number of their customers 

 would not only be very wUliug to pay for such a catalogue, but 

 would hail its publication as a boon. — Locn Ivess. 



Okefokd FiTzr.uNE, DoiiSET. — The Hose plants hero stood 

 •the first frost well, but they have in some instances suKered 

 severely from the last one. I do not thiifk that more than four 

 or five are absolutely dead, but there are msny of ihe hardiest 

 Roses skin-blaskeued, and, what is remarkable, the wood of last 

 year is less discoloured than that of preceding years. I have 

 dug up one or two of the ground plants most smitten, and I 

 find that they are sound in root and wood beneath the mulching 

 and snow-line. The few standards here have borne the severe 

 weather remarkably well. Our leader, the Piev. S. Reynolds Hole, 

 •sent me, a3a.<0Hr('i(ir, twelve half-standards of his own buddiug, 

 ■which have escaped uninjured. The same may be said of Mr. 

 W. Paul's kind present of seedlings on Briars — namely, two 

 plants of Dr. Lindley, two of Black Prince, one of Globosa, 

 two of Lady Siiffield, and a purchased Souvenir de Dr. Jamain. 

 They are evidently hardy Roses. I have no other standards 

 •except those fine Tea-scented Noisettes, Triomphe de llenues, 

 Celine Forestier, Gloire de Dijon, and Marechal Xiel. These 

 withstood the first frost well, with only a little Utter over their 

 roots ; but when the second frost set in, I tied up all my Yellow 

 Roses (about fifty-six — famous specimens), wholly with straw. 

 Here straw is scarce, otherwise I should liave wholly tied up 

 -every Rose of all kinds. Every Rose, however, has been 

 littered twice, and I think that I shall come off as well as most 

 people ; still many fine plants will have to be cut doivn, wholly 

 or in part, to the snow^-line. 



I have had dismal accounts from Yorkshire. Mr. Taylor, of 

 Bedale says — "I lost tivo thousand standards in 13G0 ; and I 

 do not think one in thirty of two thousand standards will 

 lecover. The Manetti Roses are dead to the snow-line, but will 

 ■spring up again. Henceforth I am all for Manetti." He has 

 found out two truths which I told him years ago — viz., " Y'ou 

 will become sick of propagating heaps of untried novelties, 

 and you will adopt ground plants in preference to standards, 

 as they are more easily defended." 



I consider that the frost of this year has been more severe 

 than in I'JGO, though not so lasting. In 18C0 the winter suc- 

 ceeded the summer without an autumn. Had such been the 

 •sase this year, I do not think a vestige of a Rose would have 

 been left. A genial spring and autumn are merciful inter- 

 ipositions between summer and winter, and vice vena. 



Such a severe frost as we have had is a good test of the eoo- 

 stitution and toughness of Rose plants. The following Pvoses 

 of the newer kinds have withstood the frost well, with no other 

 protection than litter over their roots. Some have been cut to 

 the snow-line, but these are quite uninjured — namely. King's 

 Acre, Rev. H. Dombrain, Souvenir de W. Wood, Madame C. 

 Verdier, Duchesse de Medina Cceli, Marguerite Eonuet, Dr. 

 Andry, W. Bull, J. Keynes, Duke of Wellington, Eufditon P^ad- 

 clyffe, Achllle Gonod, George Prince, Duchesse de Cajlus, and 

 Marguerite de St. Amand. Not a Rose here has withstood the 

 weather better than King's Acre. 



I did not see the foregoing Roses hero last year owing to re- 

 moval, but I hope to prove them f idly this j ear. Much has been 

 said about the growth and constitution of Rushton RadclySe. 

 I pointed out a plant of it to '"D.," of Deal, when here, and I 

 have examined it since the iast two severe fioats, and I cannot 

 see a stain in its skiu. I have never found it a bad grower or 

 tender; audi have never yet seen a defedive bloom of it. I 

 have at any rate boug'ut twelve more plants, which is a test of 

 sincerity. 



So many bad Roses have been dedicated to the English that 

 one cannot be surprised that a good Rose should elicit severe 

 criticism. No doubt there are many inferior Roses " edited " 

 every year, but the following varieties wijl be found to do credit 

 to their year — namely, Duchcsde de Cajlus, RiL-^hton Raddyf Ci 

 Marguerite de St. Amand, Duke of Wellington, Madame Moieau, 

 and Mdlle. Amclie Hnlphen. I have not placed ihem in the 

 order of merit. Time will do that for me. 



I must not close without thanking my friend " D.," for 

 noticing so humble an individual and his retired residence, at 

 which I shall hope to see hitii in the Ruse and Strawberry 

 season ; also, my friend, Mr. Kent (who promises me a visit), 

 for his many good Rose observations, with one immaterial 

 abatement — namely, that I do not think that " Hosier Hybride 

 Eer,'.o:tta)Ue," however well understood by the French, would 

 be as we.'l understood by the English generally as Hybrid Per- 

 jjetual. The Lite Dr. Lindley told me, " No one but a gardener 

 could translate gardening French." Hybrid Perpetual, though 

 •we underbtatid the class to which we restrict it, is equally ap- 

 plicable to Tea-scented Roses — a noble class. — W. F. Radclvffe. 



Cheshihe. — On the 1st of January we had 4° of frost in a 

 small greenhouse till seven or eight o'clock at night, every- 

 thing beiug very dry at the time, and consequently there was 

 little or no damage. In earth pits covered with glass and one 

 mat, besides an inch or two of snow till the frost ended on the 

 22nd, yellow Calceolarias and Gazanias seem unhurt. Roses 

 do not appear to be much the worse. They are not nearly 

 so much injured as they were in 18G0-C1. Portugal Laurels 

 are none the worse, wliilst in that winter many were killed 

 down to the ground. Escalionia macrantha seems very much 

 injured, the leaves being very brown : I may say the ^ame of 

 Buddlea globosa ; indeed, I am afraid this is quite killed. 

 There are some deciduous shru'os here, I cannot ascertain 

 how they are at present. Arbor Yit;e and Rhododendrons do 

 not appear to be injured. I am sorry I cannot positively state 

 the lowest degree of cold here, but we have scarcely ever been 

 witho'dt snow more or less since the frost commenced. The 

 snow is a great protection. All the Broccolis and Savoys are 

 very much iujured, and many are killed. — A. B. 



C.iSTLE Caiiet, SoiiEKSEi. — The following are the readings 

 of the thermometer hereon the undermentioned dates : — Janu- 

 ary 3rd, 9° ; 4th, 0°; oth, 12'. Then the thaw came, and the 

 temperature rose as high as 17° on the nights of the 8th and 

 tKh. The second frost commenced on the 11th, 27° ; 12th, 18° ; 

 13th, 3°: 14th. 5°; 15th, S'; ICtb. 21°; 17th, 22°; 18th, 22° ; 

 19th, 19° ; 20th, 21°; 21st, 23° ; 22nd, 22° ; 2Jrd, 27°, and on 

 the following night it rose to 47°. The thermometer is one of 

 Negretti and Zambra's, and is hung 4i feet from the ground 

 in an unvvalled garden. A Deodar has turned quite brown ; all 

 Cabbages, except Brussels Sprout.s, have bet-n killed or nearly 

 so, and some fine Pampas Grass is quite white, whether killed 

 or no I can hardly tell. — G. T. 



Middleseof.occk-ox-Tees, Yorkshire. — I send you the 

 names of a few plants I noticed in flower in this locality 

 between the two winters we have had, which have been very 

 severe. Yegetation has suffered very much. In our garden 

 most of the Cauliflowers and Broccolis have been killed; 

 Savoys, Curled Kale; Early Sprouting, Lee's White Sprouting, 

 and Snow's Winter Broccoh, are for the most part killed. 

 Cottagers' Kale and Brussels Sprouts have endured the frost 

 pretty well. Endive, Lettuces, Onions, and the other occu- 

 pants of the garden have been injured very much. Shrubs, 



