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DAMASK ROSES, {Continued.) 



NAME. COLOIR. FORM AND CHARACTER. 



Madame de Maintenon rose, edged with 



white compact, and very double 



PulcheiTima pure white cupped, large & very double 



1 s Fainted Damask or Leda white, edged with 



purple compact, large & very double 



Heine de Faysbas pale rose cupped, very large & double 



3 Striped white, pink stripes cupped and small, not con 



stantly striped 

 Tendresse Admirable pale flesh compact, large & very double 



In this distinct family are some of the most delicately beautiful roses in 

 existence, as with the varieties of rosa alba their tints cannot be described ; 

 in habit they are uniform, not growing very erect, but much inclined to 

 spread; their foliage is mostly pubescent, and in some varieties, large and 

 very profuse; — the original damask rose may be found in many old gardens, 

 with ragged pale rose-coloured flowers, very fragrant, branches very thorny 

 and pidely straggling in their growth ; it forms a good stock for many tender 

 roses, not throwing up suckers. 



T. Rivers, Jun. 

 (to be continued.) 



ARTICLE IT. — On the Propagation of Dwarf Flowering 

 Plants of the Brugmansia suareolens. By J. W. D. 



As late in the spring as possible, before the buds are moving, 

 make choice of a strong shoot well furnished with buds ; cut the 

 shoot into as many divisions as there are buds ; insert each bud 

 into a large GO pot, just covering the eye with mould; plunge the 

 pot into a hot-bed of moderate heat, being careful of too much 

 steam. When the plants appear you may give a little water, but 

 nt first moderately, or your cuttings will rot ; when your plants 

 are well rooted, remove them into a colder frame, and by degrees 

 harden them off. About the latter end of May or beginning of June, 

 tnrn them carefully out of the pits into the open ground, where 

 the soil is not too rich ; water them occasionally, but not too often. 

 About the beginning of September they will shew for bloom : as 

 soon as this is perceived, they must be taken up carefully with as 

 iimch mould as possible, potted into pots suitable to their roots, and 

 set in a cold frame, keeping them close until recovered from being 

 potttd, when they will flower freely, and form a striking object for 

 the greenhouse. I have written the above in answer to J. (}. 

 1'aimeh's request August No., p. 183. J. W. D, 



(•'mat Bookham, 9wrty, Avgvtt 3l$t, 1896, 



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