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been too liberally distributed) witnessed several instances in which Pines and 

 Grapes have been ripened in the highest perfection in houses heated solely by 

 Mr. Corbett's apparatus. The opinion in favour of this method which we ex- 

 pressed in an early number of your valuable paper has most satisfactorily been 

 confirmed in every place where this apparatus has been erected. — (Lucomb;, 

 Pince, and Co., Eieter Nursery.') 



On Perpetual Roses — Too much praise cannot be given to the persons by 

 whose industry so many beautiful and fragrant Roses have been raised which 

 adorn our gardens for so long a season, more especially ornamental, from Sep- 

 tember to November. The following kinds are what I can^ most confidently 

 recommend to every Rose grower who desires to possess a select collection : — 



Crimson (Rose du Roi), fine rosy crimson, very fragrant. 



Bernard (Pompon Peipetuel), fine rosy carmine, fine shape, and very double. 



Autinous, fine rich crimson purple. 



Duchess of Sutherland, beautiful rose colour. 



Clementine Duval, handsome rose colour. 



Madame Lafi'ay, very handsome deep rose colour. 



Reiue de la Guillotiere, fine rich dark crimson, very double. 



Billiard, beautiful bright rose. 



Conronne de Beranger, fine purple, very double, very fragrant. 



Prince Albert, sometimes red, lilac, or crimson velvet, very fragrant. 



Fulgorie, beautiful rose colour. 



Piincess Helena, fine rose colour, beautifully veined. 



Flora, very beautiful red. 



Gloire des Perpetuelles, very brilliant carmine-red. 



Madame Desprez, fine lilac. 



Delice d'Hiver, vivid rose colour. 



Josephine Antoinette, fine rose, beautifully veined. 



Perpetuelle d' Angers, beautiful pale blush, very fragrant. 



Portlandica carnear., beautiful flesh colour. 



Stanweil Perpetual, beautiful flesh colour. 



Bernard, fine rich rosy salmon. 



Comte de Paris, deep rich crimson. 



Lady Fordwich, deep rose colour, very rich. 



William Jesse, bright pink, a beautiful rose. 



La Mienue, rich deep red, very double and compact. 



Du Trianon, beautiful light pink, fine rose. 



La Magnanime, deep rose, beautifully veined. 



Rose de Roi, pauachee, rich crimson with white stripes. 



Torrida, very rich deep crimson. 



Volumineuse, beautiful blush colour. 



Coquette de Montmorency, beautiful bright red, very handsome. 



Clementine Duval, pretty delicate, rose colour. 



Julie de Loynes, beautiful white. 



Peipetuelle Rivers, blight rose, fine grower. 



The above contain not only the best kinds, but a beautiful contrast in colours 

 and fragrance. I think it necessary to add that Perpetual Roses require a 

 superabundance of food every year, therefore a fresh supply must be added. 

 Early in November the surface soil should be stirred, not dug, and four inches 

 deep of well-rotted hotbed dung (cow-dung is best) be laid over entire, upon which 

 lay a sprinkling of earth to hide the appearance of the dung, or cover it with 

 green moss. Attention to the above is particularly necessary when the Roses 

 are grown singly upon lawns, nor should one ever have the roots covered with 

 turf, or they will soon perish. Perpetual Roses require to be pruned twice 

 a-year: first, when the beds are diessed in November, then cut off about two- 

 thirds from every shoot of the preceding summer's growth, and if too crowded, 

 cut some entirely away. In the early part of June following there is usually a 

 number of luxuriant shoots, each crowned with flower buds; from such profusion 

 half of the shoots must be cut back to half their length : this will cause the 

 shortened branches to put forth fresh shoots, which will produce a profusion of 

 bloom in autumn. 



August lGth, 1S42. Ci.Eiiicus. 



