64 BRIEF REMARKS. 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



Soil suited for Roses. — If planted in a light or sandy soil, tliey 

 always pnsh weakly, and generally die in a year or two. They flourish 

 in a rather strong brownish-yellow loam, upon a dry substratum ; if it 

 be not so naturally, it must be made so by drainage. The soil should 

 be at least a foot deep, and be well enriched with old rotten cow-dung. 

 Tliis is cool, and suits well. — Rosa. 



Fine Autumnal-blooming Bourbon Roses. — The following are 

 strongly recommended by a correspondent : — Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 cream-coloured, very large, full double. Cerese, brigiit rose-colour, 

 fine form. Madame Angelina, a delicate creamy-white, petals stout 

 and of a fine waxy appearance. Souchet, crimson and violet, richly 

 blended, petals stout and of a waxy appearance. Gloire de Rosamene, 

 brilliant scarlet, exceedingly showy. Madame Souchet, bright rose, 

 witli a deeper coloured margin, fine form. Queen of Bourbons, buff 

 coloured, very fragrant. L'li^nfant de Ajaccio, a very rich scarlet, 

 abundant bloomer. George Cuvier, a very beautiful rich pink colour, 

 always admired. 



DouBLE-FLowERED PoMEGKANATE. — I observB a correspondent 

 complains that after numerous efforts with a plant growing against a 

 south-aspected wall, he has hitherto failed to bloom it. I had one for 

 years in similar circumstances. At last I thinned away three parts of 

 the young shoots, and cut-in short those I reserved, in order to obtain 

 strong young wood the following season. This operation was per- 

 formed in February. When the new shoots pushed, they were much 

 more vigorous than I had had any previously. Judging that I had 

 kept the plant too crowded with wood during summer, I rubbed off 

 what I deemed superfluous shoots when they were about three inches 

 long, and only retained sufficient to form the plant properly in every 

 part, similar to what is done with the peach or nectarine. As the 

 flowers are borne on the present season's shoots, and they were much 

 stronger than any previous ones, I anticipated a good bloom. My 

 expectations were more than realized. This was in 1843, and by a 

 judicious pruning in February, and hand-dressing early in May, I have 

 had a fine bloom each successive summer. It far more than repays for 

 the attention given. — A. JB., The liectory. 



Transmission of Seeds and Roots to distant Countries, — 

 Some experiments have been most successfully tried of having the 

 seeds, &c., well dried in the air, then wrapping them up in brown 

 paper, previously dried in an oven, and the packets put into coarse 

 canvass bags, and, finally, these are laid between dry blankets. A 

 suitable box being provided, which will admit air, the blankets, folded 

 up properly, are placed in it tier upon tier. The flannel is a non- 

 conductor of heat, admits air, and at the same time, any seed rotting, 

 &c., and causing moisture, it is readily absorbed by the flannel. — A 

 London Seedsman. 



TiGRiDiA FAVONiA AND T. CONCHIFLORA. — To grow thcse hand- 

 Some flowers vigorously, pot the bulbs in autumn, have rather deep 

 pots, place a free drainage, and upon it fill in four inches deep of old 

 rotten stock bottom and well-rotted cow-dung, mixed together ; then 

 fill in two or three inches deep of good rich loam ; place upon it the 



