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here without any green centre whatever ; and Charles Louis, a beautiful Rose but for this fault, 

 is reduced to good behaviour, although he cannot in every instance forget his bad habits. 



Though I heard on all sides last year complaints of the abundance of green centres, yet my 

 Roses flowered most perfectly, with one solitary exception — Great Western. This Rose did not 

 grow sufficiently well during the summer of 1845 ; therefore the following February some new 

 manure was forked in around it : hence the cause of the green centres. 



I think I have now sufficiently shewn that the indiscriminate use of manure is the principal 

 cause of the developement of bunches of leaves instead of perfect flowers, in that most lovely of 

 all shrubs, the Rose. — A Rose Amateur. 



Season for Planting — We are told by some that October is the best of all months for the 

 shifting of trees, and the reason assigned is, that the ground then still retains a sufficiency of 

 warmth to establish the plants in their altered position. This seems a good and feasible reason ; 

 but while I observe you say that, supposing ground to be in order, " autumn planting is thought 

 preferable " to spring operation, others speak of the autumn season of putting in as in November. 

 And in seasons like the present, while the plants are, in numerous instances, still loaded with 

 fresh and vigorous foliage, I cannot dare to shift plants which I am anxious to have transposed 

 and arranged at the very best season that can be taken for the operation. Is it, then, to be un- 

 derstood, that Roses are to be held as an exception to the recommendation for removal in Oc- 

 tober ? and that it would be unsafe to shift them while in growth and clothed with fresh-looking 

 foliage ? In many respects the question is an interesting one ; the answer to be found in a know- 

 ledge of Vegetable Physiology, to which many amateurs like myself can make no pretensions. 

 But it is further interesting in this : if the practice of October planting be allowable and con- 

 sistent with the perfect safety of the plants, it is quite clear that the knowledge of the fact would 

 tend to promote the cultivation of the " Queen of Flowers," inasmuch as the greater inclemency, 

 in general, of the later month tends in no small degree to damp the enthusiasm of those not the 

 most deeply infected with the Rose-mania. — M. X. 



[The state of the season, and the condition of the plants, must regulate our operations here. 

 In early autumns, the wood is, in most cases, sufficiently ripened by October ; then the plants 

 cannot be removed at a better time : and if the icood is well ripened, the fresher the foliage the 

 more advantageous. In late autumns, the first or second week in November is an excellent 

 time.— W. P.] 



Sticks for tying up Pot-Rosf.s — I have found Willows, such as the basket-makers use, peeled, 

 very good for the purpose. They are light and graceful ; more flexible than deal sticks, and 

 can be brought to any position with great exactitude. — R. 



Roses whose Flowers expand indifferently — It is not always the fullest Roses whose 

 flower-buds remain sealed till they drop from decay. I believe much depends on the degree of 

 elasticity of the claw of the petals. I have observed that the very double flimsy-petalled flowers 

 expand less surely than the full stiff- pet ailed ones. The former should never be grown in the 

 immediate vicinity of London. — O. 



Spotted Roses — If Rose amateurs would rise at day-light for only one or two mornings in 

 la belle saison, and view their Spotted Roses before sun-rise, they would find ample compensation 

 for quitting the " falsely luxurious," and set a greater store by these lovely varieties. Alas ! 

 that their beauty should be so evanescent. An hour's sunshine fades them. — S. 



Striped Unique — Pray are you aware that there are two or three varieties of the Striped 

 Unique Rose ? I have purchased and cultivated two inferior kinds ; but, two years ago, I saw a 

 flower at the Norwich Exhibition, which, for colour and size, surpassed all I had previously seen, 

 ^hewing a fine deep crimson stripe upon the white ground. I then supposed it was extra culti- 



