December 31, 1874. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE, 



583 



posed to be composed of plants supporting themselves. Wo 

 may therefore be reasonably excused calling the latter screen- 

 plants, and as these might form the subject of an article by 

 themselves we need say no more on the matter of evergreen 

 hedges ; but at the same may remark that deciduous ones are 

 also not without their merits. And amongst those having a 

 olaim to be called ornamental the Fuchsia does not rank lowest, 

 and some time ago I noticed an ordinary road or lane in Corn- 

 wall that had a Fuchsia hedge on the top of a sort of ridge on 

 each side of it, being the only living fence there was, and being 

 in flower at the time I need not say it looked well. 



There is certainly nothing gives a district a more dressy ap- 

 pearance than nice well-trimmed hedges. Whatever the objec- 

 tions of those who olaim to be authorities iu what constitutes 

 rural beauty may be, the hedge is one of the things that com- 

 mon people take a pleasure in ; and whether it be the tall 

 carefully trimmed Holly hedge that screens a villa from the 

 highway, the broad roof-shaped Yew hedge that marks the 

 boundary of the dressed ground belonging to the mansion in 

 the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries, or the neatly trimmed 

 quickset which everyone can remember being planted, all and 

 each have their admirers, not alone for their beauty as objects 

 of art, but for their useful purposes as well ; and much as 

 hedges have been condemned, or rather wore condemned, in 

 purely agricultural districts aa encouraging small birds, &c., 

 we are not sure but that even the latter have their good proper- 

 ties, and in places where shelter is required there seems nothing 

 so well adapted to the purpose as the hedge. Some that have 

 been encouraged in the Hop-growing districts have attained a 

 height of upwards of .SO feet, and are trimmed to that height ; 

 but as these are mostly of the deciduous class nothing more 

 need be said on the matter. Suffice it to say that the hedge 

 as a feature in the dressed grounds does not occupy so impor- 

 tant a position as it did many years ago, the irregular shrub- 

 bery effecting the object mostly accomplished by the hedge ; 

 but as the latter only takes up a small fraction of the space 

 required for the former its utility is often called upon. And 

 the list of plants now available for the purpose is such as leaves 

 little more to be wished for ; and those wishing to have one 

 differing from that of their neighbours can easily obtain it by 

 looking over the list given by Mr. Kout as well as those named 

 above, besides which there are doubtless some adapted to 

 certain localities or conditions that have not been mentioned 

 at all, as the nnmber of hedge plants is almost legion.. — 



J. EOBBON. 



SELECTION OF KOSES. 



SUIIIIEE KOSES. 



I DO not recommend summer Eoses to persons who keep 

 only a few Roses, nor do I recommend them to be placed in 

 the rosery ; but I recommend them to persons who have large 

 domains with long walks and glades, and places away from the 

 rosery. Summer Roses only bloom once in the year, but give 

 an abundant series of from three to five weeks duration. This 

 may be prolonged by duplicates, by cutting-back at different 

 times, and also by removal. 



Summer Eoses have these good qualities :— They are hardier 

 than the autumnals (excepting CEillet Parfait) ; they are better 

 scented ; you may cut them for bouquets without injury to 

 their future prospects ; as they make their wood for the next 

 year after blooming, and though they give only one series, 

 they produce probably more Roses in that series than the 

 autumnals do in a season. They are very suitable for bouquets 

 during the London season. Autumnals do not like being cut 

 till after they have dropped their first flowers, the wood is 

 then ripe. 



Li the year 1860 and the spring of 18C1 I lost only three 

 Briar summer Roses out of 150. Only four of my Briar au- 

 tumnal Roses survived — namely, Mrs. Bosanquet, La Yille de 

 St. Denis, Sir J. Paxton, and W. Griffiths. My Manetti 

 Boses suffered much, but not so severely. 



The following summer Roses are the finest in their class : — 

 Provence Roses. — Dometille Becar, the old Cabbage Rose. 

 Damask Eoses. — La Ville de BruxeUes, Madame Zoutman or 

 Soetmans, an improved Compte Plater, and still one of the 

 finest in the creamy-white hue. Moss Ilnscs. — The common 

 Moss, Crested, Gloire des Mousseuses, Vandael, and White 

 Bath. I know of only one good autumnal Moss Rose — viz., 

 M. E. Ory. French Hoses. — Boule de Nanteuil, Kean or 

 Shakespeare, Cynthia, William Tell, La Volupte or Letitia, 

 Napoleon, Ohl, and Triomphe de Jausseus. CEillet Farfait is 



too tender for glades, but it is the most beautiful of all the 

 variegated Roses. Tricolore de Flandres and Madeline are 

 beautiful variegated Eoses, strong growers, and hardy, and 

 suit glades and long walks. Ihjhrid Bourbon Hoses. — Coups 

 d'H('bu, Paul Ricaut, Charles Lawsou, Juno, Charles Duval, 

 and Paul Perras. White Roses. — Madame Audot, true flesh; 

 Queen of Denmark, very beautiful. Hybrid China Roses — 

 Madame Plantier, pure white ; Brennus, Chenedolc, G^noral 

 Jacqueminot, the best of its class; Fulgens as a weeper, and 

 Frederick 11. as a lofty pole Rose. These are the cream of 

 the summer Roses, and well known to me, though I do not 

 keep them now. 



AUTUMNAL KOSES. 



Macartney Roses. — Maria Leonida, curious and very beauti- 

 ful. Moss Roses. — M. E. Ory. Hybrid rerpetual Roses. — 

 These and the Tea-scented Noisettes are the most desirable 

 and successful. Achille Gonod, Abel Grand, Alfred Colomb, 

 Anna Alexieff, Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Baron de Bon- 

 stetten. Baron Chaurand, Baronne Prevost, Baroness Louise 

 UxkuU, Beauty of Waltham (it is not the same as M. C. 

 Crapelet), Black Prince, Caroline de Sansal, Charles Lefebvre, 

 Claude Levet, Gomte de Nanteuil, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 

 Countess of Oxford, Devienne Lamy, Dr. Andry, Due de Cazes, 

 Duchesse de Caylus, Duchesse d'Orleaus, Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Duchesse de Cambaceres, Edward Morren, Elie Morel, Em- 

 pereur de Maroc, Etienue Levet, Felix Genero, Fisher Holmes, 

 Gloire de Dncher, Gloire de Vitry, Glory of Waltham, for 

 poles ; John Hopper, Jules Margottin, Lady Suffield, Duchesse 

 de Morny, La YiUe de St. Denis, Leopold Premier, Lord Clyde, 

 Louis Van Houtte, only on seedling Briars; AUce Dureau, 

 Madame Boll, Madame Chirard, Madame C. Joigneaux, Mad. 

 Creyton, M. C. Crapelet, M. E. Boyau, often like Madeline; 

 M. G. Swartz, M. J. Darau, M. la Baronne de Rothschild, 

 Madame Rivers, M. Vidot, both require rich loam; Mdlle. 

 Annie Wood, Madame Louise Cariqne, for poles or walls ; 

 Monsieur Woolfiold, Pierre Notting, Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Marguerite de St. Amaud, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Maurice Ber- 

 nardin, Marechal Yaillaut, Mdlle. Therese Levet, Maximo dela 

 Rocheterie, a strong-growing, very large, and splendid purplish 

 maroon; Monsieur Boncenne, Pierre Seletzky, Prince Camille 

 de Rohan, Prince de Portia, Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir Dr. Jamin, Souvenir de Reine 

 d'Augleterre, Souvenir de W. Wood, Baronne Pelletan de Kin- 

 kelin, Thyra Hammerick, Triomphe de Caen, Vioomte Vigier, 

 Ticomtesse de Vezins, Victor Verdier, and W. Griffiths. Bour- 

 bons and Bourbon Perpetuals. — Acidalie, Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison. Baron Gonella, and Baronne de Maynard. Tea- 

 scented Noisettes. — Marechal Niel, Triomphe de Rennes, Celine 

 Forestier, and Gloire de Dijon. Tea Roses. — Devoniensis, 

 Souvenir d'Ehse Vardon, Madame Willermoz, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Duchess of Edinburgh, Sombreuil, Madame Levet, 

 Marie Sisley, AdrienneChristophle, and Madame Margottin. If 

 the reader selects six, let him take the five first and last Rose, 

 and he will have six of the best. Sombreuil I beUeve to be 

 a China Rose. It has no scent, but is very hardy, and a fine, 

 late, autumnal bloomer. — W. F. Eadclyffj!:. 



OUB ANEMONES. 



The herbaceous Anemones will thrive in most ordinary soils 

 and situations, but I am inclined to believe, when they are 

 provided with suitable soil and situation, they are more in- 

 teresting, showing their character much better than when 

 starved and left to linger out a miserable existence. 



A deeply-cultivated border of good loam, with well-rotted 

 manure, vegetable matter or leaf mould, a little coarse sand 

 well incorporated together, with good drainage, and watering 

 in dry weather, is essential to their well-doing. If the situa- 

 tion is sheltered, bo much the better. 



The taller kinds will require staking to prevent their being 

 broken with the wind. They should not be tied into bundles, 

 for that spoils their appearance. A neat stake placed iu the 

 centre of the plant, two or three of the centre shoots tied 

 loosely to the stake, and a string of twisted matting loosely 

 round all the stems, arranges them well. 



The border should be kept free from weeds and vermin, and 

 with such treatment there will be a chance to succeed. 



To make a selection from a numerous family all beautiful 

 would be a difficult task, yet some may appear more attractive 

 than others. Anemone japonica should have a place in all 

 herbaceous borders; it does well in partial shade, but delights 



