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throughout the winter), or would a drier treatment he desirable ? Some infor- 

 mation on this would much oblige, "• 



October, 1844. 



P.S. I had a Chelone Barbata this summer, which threw up four principal 

 flower stems, 5 feet G inches high, besides smaller ones, and I think it formed 

 the most perfect specimen of what a flowering plant should be I ever saw. It 

 had no protection whatever last winter. 



REMARKS. 



Grafting Fuchsias. — Your readers may exercise their taste in combining 

 very opposite groups of blossoms, if they take the present opportunity of graft- 

 in" or inarching the strong young growing shoots of the Fuchsia. For this 

 purpose a warm moist atmosphere is necessary. I find the readiest mode is to 

 select two plants, and within three inches of the heads to cut away half the 

 thickness of the shoots, extending about 1^ inch; the two mutilated heads are 

 firmly bound with soft bass, and the intended scion is then nearly severed just 

 below the junction ; within three days the scion may be cut clean through, and 

 no check to its growth will be perceived ; the head of the stock is now removed, 

 the scion takes the lead, surrounded by laterals of the other variety. _ The best 

 stocks are the strong growing kinds, as Fulgens, Cormackii, &c. ; this latter, in 

 combination with Conspicua arborea, is very effective. 3. _ 



Best climbing Roses.— The following are among the best Roses for training, 

 as they are rapid-growing, hardy, abundant bloomers : — Noisette Lamarque — ■ 

 flowers very large, white, double, and rather early ; Noisette Jaime Desprez— 

 flowers in large clusters, of a buff or nankeen colour, rather late in the season ; 

 Aimee Vibert — flowers in large clusters, of pure white, flowering during the au- 

 tumn ; Bougainville— flowers purplish lilac, lather small, very double, and in great 

 abundance ; Charles the Xth— flowers bright red, a free bloomer, rather small, 

 and early ; Madame D'Arblay— pale flesh, very double, and late ; Ruga— pale 

 blush, sweet-scented, free bloomer, and very rapid growing, early ; Champneyana 

 — a very desirable kind, with large clusters of nearly white flowers, late in the 

 autumn, and of rapid growth ; Marie Leonida, or Double Macartney — a beauti- 

 ful large double white Rose, of rapid growth, flowering freely in the autumn ; 

 De Lisle — large pale blush with pink centre, and very double, rather early ; 

 Boursault — bright red, free bloomer, but only semi-double, early ; Blairii — rosy 

 lilac, very large, and a free bloomer, early. There is no Rose that blooms all 

 the year round ; the old China is the longest in flower. There are several semi- 

 double Roses, which are well suited for covering rough trellises or walls, such as 

 the Perthshire, Dundee Rambler, Lovely Rambler, and Roseangle Blush. 



Rosa. 



On Japan Liliks. — Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Duke of Portland, writes, in 

 the " Gardener's Journal,'' that last August he had a plant of L, lancifolium 

 rubrum, having one flower ; when the petals were just about to expand he opened 

 them a little, in order to find the stigma, and then impregnated it with the pol- 

 len from L. punctatum, the result was a large pod of seed. He also impreg- 

 nated others of the Japan kinds of Lilies with pollen from the common Tiger 

 Lily, and had the like success. He sowed the seeds as soon as ripe, in pots, 

 now placed in a cool frame and kept dry, purposing to start them in heat in 

 February. No doubt the result will be the production of beautiful hybrid 

 varieties, and probably of a hardier race too. 



Luculia gratisima. — In the plant-house at the gardens of Lady Rolle, Bic- 

 ton, Devon, there is a fine specimen of this noble plant, three years old, 8 feet 

 high, and 16 in circumference, in profuse bloom, having 'Jl heads of flowers, the 

 heads as large as those of the Hydrangea. The lovely sweet pink blossoms pro- 

 ducing a delightful effect. The co:inpost consists of one-third light turfy loam, 



