BRIEF REMARKS, 817 
place in the bottom a few pieces of clarcoal, and over this lay about 
two inches of the same broken very small ; then fill up with equal parts 
of leaf-mould, peat, loam, and silver sand; mix the whole well together, 
and press firmly. 
The proper time to select the cuttings I find to be when the wood is 
approaching ripeness in September; choose a dull day for the opera- 
tion, and cut toa heel if possible; then insert the cuttings with a 
small dibble, so that the heel of the cutting may be near the charcoal 
at the bottom of the pan; press each cutting firmly in the soil, about 
an inch apart, and when the pan is full, give a good watering, and 
sprinkle the surface with silyer sand and charcoal-dust to the depth of 
a quarter of an inch, Then plunge them in a well-glazed cold frame, 
amongst coal ashes, up to their rims; give air occasionally throughout 
the winter, and keep them clear of decayed leaves and weeds. They 
will require a little water by March, when they begin to grow. 
By the beginning of May they will be ready for potting off or 
planting out eight inches apart in beds. Introduce a piece of slate or 
tile under each, and fill up with a handful of material similar to that 
they were struck in. The soil should be rich and well pulverised pre- 
vious to planting, which should take place in a warm shady situation 
if possible; then give them a watering, and shade for a few days from 
sun and cold winds. The tiles are for causing the roots to take a 
horizontal direction, in order that the plants may be removed more 
readily in the autumn to their final destination. 
‘The following is a good method of treating Roses intended to flower 
the following March and April: pot in the autumn, and plunge the 
pots in a bed of leaves, with the tops exposed to the atmosphere; 
they will make roots then, and be in a fit condition for gentle forcing 
in spring. 
The Roses that I struck in the way mentioned above were Chinas, 
Teas, Bourbons, Noisettes, and Hybrid Perpetuals. If well managed, 
they blossom freely the first season.—(D. Hay.) Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
GLADIOLUS FLORIBUNDUS.— The following beautiful varieties have 
recently been raised in Belgium, and figured in the Ghent Annales. 
The description of these is as follows :— 
Rembertus Dodoneus.—The perianth is regularly formed with six 
divisions, of which three are yellow and three red; but most frequently 
the two first red divisions have their margins yellow, or a portion of 
that colour on the purple base. The inferior divisions are striated 
with purple, their point being entirely of that tint. 
Christophe Longueil_—This variety is much more lively. The 
perianth has eight divisions: four are red, tinted with white, with the 
nerves also white; two are uniform purple, and two golden yellow, 
with the points purple. 
Regnerus Bruitsma.—F lowers delicate and graceful. The perianth 
is almost regular, with six rosy divisions, ornamented with a white line 
or stripe in the middle; the under division smaller, with only a single 
tint of dull yellow. 
Georges Van Rye.—In this variety the perianth has six unequal 
divisions ; the three upper broad, rose and purple, these tints merging 
