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have said, only a part of the outside, and I have wrongly attributed it 
to the frog, for, on turning up the grass around the strawberry plant, 
I have almost always found a snail underneath it; add to this, upon 
finding some of the plants dead or ina sickly state, I have taken up 
such plants, and found under or amidst the roots one of these snails; 
hence the traps are set amongst the strawberry-beds, and thereby I 
have caught many.” —( Gardeners’ Chronicle.) 
EDGING OF THE PINK. 
In another Magazine a writer on the properties of the Pink objects to 
the white lacing of the flower, and advises all growers for showing to 
diseard such. He says there should be no white margin beyond the 
coloured lacing ; and he asks why there should be a white margin to a 
Pink any more than toa Picotee or a Tulip. Dr. Horner, of Hull, 
has answered his question by saying, simply because a Pink is not a 
Picotee nor yet a Tulip. Dr. Horner regards the white margin at the 
outside a Pink as we do, a leading feature and property in its excel- 
lence. It is well Dr. Horner checked such a whimsical fancy at its 
outset. 
LATE-BLOOMING ROSES. 
A CORRESPONDENT in the Florist states, that having planted some 
Roses very late in spring, and the tops had been cut in very close, 
they were planted in a very rich loamy soil, watered daily, and the 
result was a flourishing bed of Roses in fine bloom up to December 8th, 
when he gathered a fine bouquet of flowers. The following were 
among the varieties grown, all of them being hybrid perpetuals :— 
Baronne Prevost, Mrs. Elliott, Robin Hood, Geant des Batailles, La 
Reine, Dr. Mars, Comte Montalivet, Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis 
Bocella, Madame Laffay, Comtesse Duchatel, Rivers, and Sidonie. 
He further suggests the propriety of taking up some suitable Rose- 
plants in February, and after cutting in some of the strong roots (not 
small ones), laying them in a border with a north aspect, where they 
should remain till late in April, at which time they should be re- 
planted in any other situation desired, in a very rich loamy soil, cutting 
in the heads closely. The result will be a fine display of Roses in 
November. Such plants will endure the removal for several successive 
years. 
, [We have adopted this system for many years, but took up the 
plants before the middle of October. They then pushed fresh fibres 
before winter, and at the time of planting in April were provided 
with a good supply of new rootlets (the removal of the plants does 
not injure them), which soon push afresh into the soil, and the new 
shoots (which are the blooming ones) are much more vigorous than 
any we have taken up in February. | 
