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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



WEEKLY CALENDAR. 



LIBS 



NEW 



bOTA 



UAH 



JULY 1—7, 1869. 



Koyal Botan'C Society's Show closes. 

 Tuubridge Wells Horlicultural Show. 



6 Sunday after TnrNiTT. 

 Meelinc of EntomolOL'ieal Society. 

 Royal Horticultural Society. Fruit, Floral, 

 [iind General Meeting. 



Average Tempera- Kain in 

 tme near London. 1^^ years. 



DaT. 



74.9 

 73 3 

 74.1 

 76 

 748 

 76.1 

 73.6 



Night. Mean, 

 6U.8 62.8 



51.0 

 50 2 

 50.4 

 SD.4 

 61.0 

 50.9 



62.1 

 62.2 

 63.2 

 62.6 

 635 

 62.2 



Days. 

 18 

 16 

 IS 

 13 

 16 

 20 



Sun 

 Bises. 



Sun 

 Sets. 



Moon 

 Rises. 



Moon 

 Sets. 



m. h. ' m. h. 



morn, i alter. 



6 at I 81 



2< ; 37 1 



48 I 44 2 



la 1 51 3 



40 1 ! 59 4 



16 2 I S 6 



Moon's 

 Age. 



Days. 

 21 



26 



27 



Clock 

 before 

 San. 



Day 



of 



\ear. 



182 

 183 

 184 

 185 

 186 

 ib7 

 188 



From observations taken near London during the last forty-two years, the average day temperature of the week is 74 7°; and its night 

 temperature 50 T The greatest heat was 97°t on the 5th, 1852 ; and the lowest cold 85'^, on the 7th, 1864. The greatest fall of rain was 

 1.18 inch. 



THE ROSE. 



N no flower are usefulness and beauty more 

 happily combined than in the Rose ; so highly 

 are its blossoms esteemed, that although those 

 of some members of its family expand early 

 in spring, and other sections flower through- 

 out the summer, and continue to do so till 

 winter nips them, yet we are not satisfied, 

 for no sooner do we perceive the approach of 

 winter than our thoughts revert to our pot 

 Koses, which, having matui-ed their growth, 

 and been gradually prepared for the purpose, are now 

 brought forward in successive relays, in order to afiord a 

 continuous supply of their charming flowers throughout 

 the -winter. And thus do we wreath the year round with 

 a bright garland of the blossoms of our floral queen, most 

 gladly yielding ourselves to the refining influence of her 

 gentle sway ; never swerving from our allegiance, never 

 faltering in our loyalty, although at times rudely assaulted 

 by the rampant followers of the republican Mi-s. Pollock, 

 who, shaking their tricolor flags in our faces, seek to dazzle 

 us with tlieir brilliancy. Tricolors forsooth ! let them try 

 colours with the Rose, and their harsh leaves will quickly 

 Lave to succumb to the delicacy and polish of a Rose petal. 

 Amongst the different sections of the Rose family, none 

 are more justly e.^teemed than the Tea and Noisette Roses, 

 which are invaluable on account of their coming into bloom 

 early in spring, and also succeeding the latest autumnal 

 blooms of the I'erpetuals : and wlien planted in sufficient 

 numbers, they will always ensure a supply of flowers until 

 severe frost set in. The weaker kinds, such as Gloire de 

 France, Elise Sauvage, and Devoniensis are admirably 

 adapted for filling up any vacant spaces between fruit trees 

 on walls ; and the more rampant kinds are quite worthy of 

 the greater space which their vigorous growth demands. 

 Nothing suits Cloth of Gold so well as a large gable or 

 two over which it may ramble unchecked by tlie pruning 

 knife. Solfaterre, too, and Gloire de Dijon are lovely 

 ramblers, which if pruned much make a strong growth, 

 but do not bloom so freely as they would if their gro^vth 

 were only slightly shortened. Lariiarque is not so rampant 

 as some, but for purity and delicacy of colour it is' un- 

 rivalled. In cutting some flowers for bouquets a few days 

 ago, I accidentally happened to put a partly-expanded 

 blossom of Laniarqne with two flowers of the old Crimson 

 China ; each Rose had its buds and foliage, and I thought 

 nothing could be more lovely. The best kinds of Roses 

 of this section that I have cultivated are those already 

 named, together with Louise de Savoie, Celine Forestier, 

 Marechal Ni.-1. Safrano for its beautiful buds. Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, and Miss Isabella Grey, a fickle maid in whom 

 no dependauce ciin be placed. Last summer the blossoms 

 of this expanded freely, and were most beautiful, but this 

 season, although producing a profusion of buds, not one 

 good flower has expanded; the whole of those on one 

 strong pUint, about two hundred in number, are " green- 

 eyed monsters." 

 Nothing cau be more beautiful than a wall covered with 



No. 431.— Vol. XVn., New Seeies. 



a weU-arranged collection of Roses in full bloom ; and 

 although wall-space is generally devoted to the choicest 

 and more delicate Tea and Noisette varieties, yet the 

 beauty of Roses of these classes is much enhanced if an 

 occasional deep crimson, such as Charles Lefebvre, Sena- 

 teur VaissG, or the more brilliant Souvenir de Charles 

 Montault, or perhaps such sterling pink varieties as a 

 Jules Margottin and a John Hopper be introduced. My 

 own rule in planting is to have every third plant either a 

 crimson or pink. 



In concluding these few notes on my favourite flower, 

 permit me again to urge upon all lovers of the Rose the 

 adoption of pyramids in place of standards. I feel quite 

 certain that no person after seeing the effect produced by 

 a symmetrical pyramid will ever plant another standard. 

 Of a few plants of various sizes growing here, and just 

 coming into bloom, I have selected one as a model plant, 

 whose size and shape I shall endeavour to imitate as 

 closely as possible in a number of young plants which I 

 have in training. The plant I allude to is a Jules Mar- 

 gottin ; the diameter of its base is S feet 8 inches, and it 

 is 3 feet inches high ; it has a crop of at least fifty trusses, 

 the principal buds of which are just beginning to expand : 

 its foliage is abundant and thriving, and altogether it is a 

 picture of health and beauty ; so when I state that this 

 plant is the offspring of a cutting made by my own hands 

 in August, 1800, 1 think it will be granted the result 

 obtained is very satisfactory. One or two plants of the 

 same age are larger than this, but they are not so sym- 

 metrical ; for unless the height of a plant increases in 

 proportion to its diameter, it quickly assumes the appear- 

 ance of the old-fashioned bush : but a true pyramid pre- 

 sents a happy medium between the squat ungaiuliness of 

 the bush and the stiff formality of the pillar. — Edward 

 LccKHURST, Eyerton House Gardens, Kent. 



THE REV. W. F. RADCLYFFES, OKEFORD 



FITZPAINE. 

 It is not given to Sir Joseph Hawley alwa3s to win the 

 Derby, to Oxford always to carry oil' the laurels at Lord's, 

 to the best marksman to pocket the Queen's prize at 

 Wimbledon : so neither is it given to every horticulturist, 

 however distinguished, to record successes. Here is Mr. 

 Pearson telling us at last, what I recollect being severely 

 taken to task for, that orchard houses pur et simple {i.e , 

 without heat), are of very little use when seasons ai'e 

 unpropitious. Here are our beautiful Peach trees all brown 

 and burnt, Cherries by the bushel lying underneath our 

 trees, and failure of fruit crop the too-general cry. So 

 instead of having to sing, as I have previously done, in 

 loud tones of our friend's garden, of his Roses and his 

 Peach trees, I must this year as a faithful chronicler state 

 that he has sufl'ered Iremendously, and that only his in- 

 domitable perseverance and skill could have surmounted 

 the disastrous influences to which he is exposed. He 

 neither possesses the beautiful Rose soU of Hertfordshire 

 or Essex, nor rejoices in the shelter that enables many to 



No.loes.— VoL.XDI., Old Series. 



