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President. Rose, shaded salmon. 

 Safrano. Apricot. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS. 



Alfred Colomb. Carmine red. 



Annie Alexieff. Rose colour. 



Baroness Rothschild. Light pink. 



Beauty of IValtham. Rosy-crimson. 



Captain Christy. Salmon-flesh. 



Catherine Soupert. Rosy-peach. 



Centifolia rosea. Bright rose. 



Charles Lefehvre. Bright red. 



Dr. Andry. Bright red. 



Duchessede Vallombrosa. Rosy-peach. 



Duke of Connaught. Briglit crimson. 



Duke of Edinburgh. Crimson. 



Edouard Andre. Red. 



Emily Laxton. Bright rose. 



Fisher Holmes. Bright scarlet. 



General Jacqueminot. Red. 



Henri Ledechaux. Carmine. 



Jides Margottin. Red. 



La France. Silvery-peach. 



La Rosiere. Deep maroon-crimson. 



Madame Lacharme. Pure white. 



Madame Therese Level. Rose colour. 



Mademoiselle Eugenie Verdier. Rosy- 

 salmon. 



Marie Baumann. Crimson-red. 



Marquise de Castellane. Rose colour. 



Pierre Notting. Deep red. 



Souvenir de Victor Verdier. Bright red. 



Star of Waltham. Carmine. 



Victor Verdier. Rose colour. 



White Baroness. Pure white. 



The undermentioned are suitable for 

 climbers : — 



Belle Lyonnaise. Lemon colour. 



Celine Forestier. Sulphur-yellow 



Cheshunl Hybrid. Light carmine. 



Climbing Devoniensis. White. 



Desprez a, fleur jaune. Sulphur, red, 

 and buff. 



Gloire de Bordeaux. Silvery-white and 

 rose. 



Gloire de Dijon. Yellow, shaded with 

 salmon. 



Jeanne d'Arc. White. 



Lamarque. White. 



Madame Marie Lavelley. Rose. 



Madame Trifle. Lemon colour. 



Marechal Niel. Golden yellow. 



Ophirie. Copper and nankeen. 



Reine Olga de JVurtemberg. Bright red. 



Mildew, which has already been noticed 

 as the worst enemy of Roses grown under 

 glass, must be continually sought for, and 

 as soon as the least sign is seen of the 

 young leaves puckering or curling, flowers 

 of sulphur must be dusted on the affected 

 plants. If the parasite is left unchecked 

 for even a few days it spreads in all direc- 



tions, causing the leaves to fall off with the 

 inevitable weakening of the plants that 

 follows. 



Insects. — Red spider and aphides are 

 the insects that affect Roses ; to keep the 

 former doA\Ti it is necessary that the plants 

 should be syringed freely every day during 

 the active growing season, and twice a 

 week at lea.st in mnter, doing the work 

 thoroughly by getting the water to the 

 under side of the leaves as well as the 

 upper surface. If the syringing is well 

 and regularly done aphides seldom give 

 much trouble ; but if they appear fuiuigate 

 with tobacco moderately, repeating the 

 application until the insects are destroyed. 

 When Roses are used as roof-climbers in 

 houses where other plants are grown, such 

 as in conservatories, the syringing recom- 

 mended must be regularly attended to ; 

 neglect of this is generally the cause of 

 Roses doing indifferently when grown in 

 this way. 



RUSSELIA. 



These are graceful-habited stove plants, 

 and very distinct as regards general cha- 

 racter. R. juncea is the best known and 

 most usually cultivated species. It has 

 slender. Rush-like branches, which droop 

 in such a way as to give it at all times a 

 handsome aj^pearance, enhanced by its 

 scarlet tube-shaped flowers. Russelias 

 root freely from cuttings made of small 

 pieces of the shoots. If, in spring, these 

 are inserted, five or six together, in 4-inch 

 pots filled with sand, and put in a warm 

 house or pit, shaded and moist, under a 

 bell-glass, they will root in a month, after 

 which shift them singly into 3-inch pots 

 in fibrous loam with a little sand added. 

 Place them in a light position in a tem- 

 perature that will do for ordinary stove 

 plants, give air in the daytime and main- 

 tain a moderately, not too humid, atmo- 

 sphere ; little shade will be required, except 

 in very blight weather. 



Plants of these Russelias are inclined to 

 branch naturally, but it will be advisable, 

 as soon as the growth is fairly commenced, 

 to pinch out the points of the shoots ; this 

 will promote a bushy condition. Syringe 

 overhead daily through the summer ; by 

 the end of July shift them to 5 or 6 inch 

 pots. Each plant should have a stick to 

 support the centre shoot, the side branches 

 being allowed to hang down naturally. 

 Reduce the heat towards the end of 

 September ; a minimum temperature of 

 60° will be sufficient in winter. In spring, 

 about ]\Iarch, give them 7 or 8 inch pels, 

 and when fairly got into growth pinch the 



