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France last season, under the above name, and this year it has again been for- 

 warded, under the fresh name of Argo. 



Emelie Labois. — A small flower of very pretty shape, rosy in colour, with 

 white tips. 



Queen Victoria (Freestone's). — This is the most distinct, new-coloured flowe 

 I have seen, being a clear bright lilac. It is also a good-shaped flower, and no 

 grower should be without it. 



Lady Hemlohe.— Rather dull lemon-yellow in colour, but it is very distinct 

 and remarkably well-shaped. 



Cyclops. — This is something after the same colour as the last, of compact and 

 good shape. 



Madame Salter. — A full and fine-shaped flower, of middle size, and every 

 bloom appeais good. The colour is deep ciimson-red. 



Striatum. — A great novelty, the colour being white, beautifully pencilled and 

 striped with crimson. The flowers are not large, but well-shaped, and produced 

 in clusters. 



Satyr. — Lemon colour, of good shape. 



Bride. — Not a compact-formed flower, but quite double, and very beautifully 

 coloured with shaded blush. 



Orlando. — Light red, with fine broad petals; well shaped. 



JEndumion. — Light crimson-purple ; compact form. 



Sphinx.— Of similar form to the last, but more red in the colour. 



Nancy de Sermet.— This is quite an anemone flower, and very pretty. The 

 colour is pore white, except the inner petals, which are tipped with yellow. 



Remarkable.— This also is an anemone-flowered kind, of veiy large size and 

 exceedingly showy. The colour is crimson, the inner petals being tipped with 



gold. 



Grafting Roses. — I budded some Roses for the first time in my life last 

 summer, and this spring (end of March and beginning of April) 1 grafted 

 some. Of the budded ones about half the number grew, but none have 

 flowered. Of those grafted this spring, the whole, except what were broken off, 

 have flowered. One of the grafts (a Ruga on a Boursault stock) has had fifteen 

 flowers. I have no experience in these matters, but 1 think, if this is wonderful 

 good luck, it beats budding hollow.— Gardeners' Chronicle. 



On the Cloth ov Gold and Tea Rosks, &c— I should feel very much 

 obliged to you if you would give me any directions as to the blooming of the 

 Cloth of Gold Rose. I have a very magnificent plant budded on the Dog Rose, 

 which covers eight or ten square feet of my garden wall. It continues pushing 

 strong shoots ; but there is no symptom of a flower. Can you tell me whether 

 this Rose has been floweied in England out of doors, or under what treatment? 



I have a nice collection of Tea Roses, but cannot get them to grow or to flower. 

 They are in pots sunk in the border. I keep them in a cold frame in the winter. 

 Will you give me a few hints as to soil, &c? I am much pleased with your 

 Fioiuculiukai. Cauinet; it deceives much credit, and ought to be well sup- 

 ported. I think a list of the new florists' flowers occasionally would be acceptable, 

 such as a description of the Verbenas of the year, the Fuchsias and Petunias, 

 &c. Could a corresponding member, possessing extensively of the best, tavour 

 \ou with a review of the flowers of the season, it would save purchasers from 

 imposition. I could have wished the Penstemou gigantea elegans had been 

 seen by you before the plate was sent. I am rather disappointed m the plant, 

 which is now in full flower; it is not as sufficiently distinct from P. genlianoules 

 coccinea as is desirable. Ku * A - . 



[The Cloth of Gold Rose is a vigorous grower, and if in a very rich soil it is 

 liable to produce what are termed gross shoots, and such rarely produce flowers. 

 In order to induce it to bloom, the branches should be trained more horizontal; 

 and by checking over-luxuriance of leading stems, it will promote the desired 

 vigour of the laterals, and contribute to their floral fertility. 



The lateral shoots should be so regulated as only to retain the proportion that 

 will admit a free effect of sun ai.d air UOOH them, so that they may be properly 

 ripened and the buds duly perfected. It will, therefore, on some occasions be 



