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them, in view from my house, and they succeed well. The first three 

 seasons I watered them in dry weather, but now they are established. 

 I planted the following- Ayrshire Roses : — Dundee Rambler, white, 

 edge-pink; Queen, dark purple; Myrrh-Scented, blush, peculiar 

 scented ; Queen of the Belgians, white ; Ruga, pale flesh ; Bennet's 

 Seedling, white ; Splendens, white and rose ; Countess of Lieven, 

 creamy-white ; Miller's Climber, bright purple. I added a few others, 

 which bloom most profuse, although they do not spread as rapid as the 

 Ayrshire : some of the latter have shoots ten yards long. Boursault 

 Hoses : — Elegans, crimson-purple, white streaks ; Gracilis, bright 

 rosy-red ; De LTsle, blush, rose centre. Other Climbers : — Wood's 

 Garland, pink, then white ; Myrianthus, blush and pink ; Rampante, 

 pure white ; Felicite perpetuae, creamy-white; Leopoldine d'Orleans, 

 white and rose. These are a beautiful collection, and I procured them 

 very cheap. I have had a few round, oval, and irregular-shaped beds 

 planted with these various sorts of Roses. The round and oval beds 

 I had iron rod at the centre of the former, and inclining wires from it 

 to the edge ; to these I tied the branches at first, and then allowed 

 the shoots to run rampant : they now cover with a mass of beauty. 

 A stout oak-stake or two, instead of iron, will do equally well for 

 many years. The two formal beds had a formal surface of Roses ; 

 but the irregular-shaped beds I had the surfaces formed hill and dale, 

 so as to harmonize with the broad and narrow parts of it. These beds 

 are particularly pretty. I recommend these Roses and methods of 

 ornamenting to all who have the means of adopting the system. The 

 plants have not been pruned, nor will they require it. 



EuPHORBrA jacquiniflora.— In your recent numbers mention is 

 made of the flowers exhibited for sale in Covent Garden, and the above 

 named is one of the list. A few days back I passed through the 

 market, and carefully inspected the fine variety of flowers in the shop- 

 windows. None attracted my attention so much as the fine specimens 

 of E. jacquiniflora. I have grown two plants of it the last three years 

 in my small plant stove, and both have bloomed profusely each season. 

 - I have a free drainage, a compost of equal parts of loam and sandy 

 peat. I allow the plants a season of rest after blooming, then re-pot, 

 give water, and a higher temperature ; and by this process with the 

 two, one started at an early period, and the other midway, of the 

 season, I have a plant in bloom all the year. The planj; is of graceful 

 growth, and the shoots are naturally long, curving downwards. The 

 flowers are numerously produced in constant succession along the upper 

 side of the shoots. Each blossom is about the size of a fourpenny- 

 piece, of a bright scarlet colour, and borne in profusion produce a most 

 beautiful effect. The plant is easily kept somewhat bushy by stopping 

 the leading shoots, and thereby induce the production of side-shools, 

 and this object once realized can be readily retained. "When the plant 

 is at rest it may be pruned in, and a selection of the new-pushed shoots 

 upon the previous year's branches should be retained, rubbing off the 

 surplus : such become the blooming ones. One or more plants ought 

 to be grown in every stove, or in a warm greenhouse, in summer. It 

 is a charming winter blooming plant, offered at a cheap price, and of 

 easy cultivation. 



