ON THE TREATMENT OF CACTI. 



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Names. Description, 



*Celestine very superb blush. 



Duchesse ci'Augouleme large, pale silvery blush. 



General Foy crimson., expanded, large, and double. 



*Gloire de France ■ . . . pencilled, bright rose, large. 



La Volupte vivid rose colour, cupped, large, and very 



double. 

 Pompon de la Queue very superb blush 



HYBRID CHINA ROSES. 



•A Odeur de pate d'amande globular, bright red, very peculiar fragrance. 



Aurora large, bright rosy lilac, striped with white. 



♦Billiard bright dazzling scarlet. 



*Blarii, No. 1 very large, bright rose. 



Blarii, No. 2 beautiful pale rose. 



*Brennus brilliant red crimson, very large. 



♦Camuzet Carnee bright rose. 



Capitaine Sissolet rich fulgent rose colour. 



♦Charles Louis, No. 1 large, bright deep cherry colour. 



*Charles Louis, No. 2 rich lilac blush, compact. 



Comtesse Lacepede large deep blush. 



Coutard bright rich rose colour, large. 



Duke of Devonshire rose colour, sometimes striped. 



Fimbriata rich rosy red, with incised petals. 



♦Fub'ens deep scarlet, very beautiful. 



♦General Allard large, bright rose. 



General Kleber very deep rich scarlet. 



Grilony purplish slate colour, immensely large. 



Lord John Russell light cherry colour, curiously veined and 



marbled. 



Lord Nelson velvety crimson, shaded with lilac and 



purple. 



• Madame de St. Hermine very rich deep cherry colour. 



Magna rosea delicate light rose. 



''Richelieu very deep rosy lilac. 



Triomphe d'Angers most brilliant crimson, sometimes striped, 



very highly scented. 

 Vingt-neuf Juillet rich vermilion scarlet. 



I have marked thus * those sorts which I consider the most de- 

 sirable. I have selected the above twenty-five varieties of Hybrid 

 China Roses as being very beautiful, and which I can with confidence 

 recommend; still there are many other varieties of perhaps equal 

 beauty. Should a more lengthened list of Hybrid China Roses be 

 required by your correspondent " Rosa," I shall be most happy to 

 furnish it. 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON THE TREATMENT OF THE GENUS CACTI. 



11Y K. II., BTIKLINOSHIBE. 



Observing, in one of the late numbers of the Floricultural 

 Cabinet, a query on the Cactus, as to growth, soil, &c, I am 

 induced to oiler you a few observations on the same ; but shall not 



