EOSA HAERISONII. 295 



Mr. Francis' catalogue contains the following observations : — 



" In cultivating Roses, nothing delights in rich soil more than tliis 

 handsome flower. They should always be planted in a composition of 

 stiff loam, rotten dung, or leaf-mould. Where Eoses have grown 

 strong after three or four years' standing, they may be taken up, the 

 ground well renewed, the roots pruned, as well as their shoots very 

 much thinned, and then planted in the same situation ; they will then 

 produce as fine blooms as when first transplanted from the nursery. 

 This sliould always be done in the early part of November. lioses 

 bloom well the first year after being transplanted, if carefully attended 

 to. They should, when transplanted, have a strong stake attached to 

 each standard, to preserve them from the wind moving tliem, and then 

 well mulched round. If dry weather the ensuing spring and summer, 

 they should be occasionally watered with liquid manure. 



" In pruning Roses, much requires to be observed. With the ex- 

 ception of Teas and Chinas, December and January are considered the 

 best months for pruning ; many sorts, such as tlie Hybrid China, Hybrid 

 Bourbon, with some of the strongest growing Noisettes and Bourbons, 

 require very little pruning ; about every third year they should be 

 pruned in close, so as to make them produce new wood, and to prevent 

 the plants getting too old and ugly in appearance. The Persian 

 Yellow requires merely to have just the top of the shoots taken off, it 

 being found to flower only on the last year's wood. Another excellent 

 plan for Standard Hybrid Chinas, many of the Pillar Roses, and 

 Standard Climbers, is to prune them in pretty close just after they 

 have done flowering. They will then produce new slioots the same 

 summer, and flower abundantly tlie next season. February and March 

 are considered the best months for pruning Teas and Chinas. 



" In protecting Roses, the past severe winter has fully proved the 

 necessity for protecting all the Tea kinds, with many of the Chinas, 

 such as Sulphurea superba, Infidelites de Lisette, Alexina, &c. Very 

 few young plants have survived, except where protected. Dry litter 

 or short dung should be laid round tlie plant, while branches of fir or 

 fern should be stuck round, to break the severity of the frost." 



ROSA HARRISONII. 



A MAGNIFICENT plant of the Rosa Harrisonii has brought to perfection 

 at Coleshill House, Berks, the seat of the Earl of Radnor, upwards of 

 350 blooms. Mr. Cowie, the gardener, states, that, along witii other 

 Roses, it had been subjected to a gentle heat, and to all appearance 

 the blooms were more perfect than when produced out of doors. The 

 plant in question is a standard, about four feet in diameter, and forms 

 a fine conservatory ornament at this season. It has been treated strictly 

 in conformity to its liabits ; after it lias done flowering, it is partially 

 cut back and planted out of doors in rich soil, and is well supplied with 

 liquid manure during the growing season ; if required, it is again taken 

 up in autumn for forcing, or allowed to bloom out of doors. 



