ON THE COLOURS AND ntorERTIES OF ROSES. 296 



two feet six inches high. The (lowers are produced in un-at 

 abundance, and being of a line rosy crimson, make a very QttV 

 appearance, rendering it a desirable plant for giving a distant 

 attracting effect. It blooms from Jtmc lo the end of October, 

 unless cut off by frost. Seed should be sown in pots, early in 

 March, and be raised in a hot-bed ; or may be sown upon a hot- 

 bed, under a frame or hand-glass. The plants may be set out in 

 the open border by the middle of May. I find it best to raise 

 them in pots, as I can divide the plants without injury to the roots, 

 and thus retain all the fibrous ones ; this is essential for their 

 striking again. Plants thai arc raised upon a hot-bed, and have 

 the privilege of extending their roots to any desirable length, run 

 lo a gmct extent. The librous roots being very distant from the 

 stem of the plant, are, in taking up, generally broken o/l, and it is 

 diflicult to get I he plants to grow again ; if they survive at all, 

 they are generally very weakly : so that, if raised on a hot-bed, 

 ureal care riawat be given, to get all the librous roots. The plant 

 blooms most profusely in a good loamy soil, mixed with a little 

 manure or leaf-mould. If the soil be very rich, the plant will be 

 Halle to grow too vigorously, and produce a vast profusion of 

 foliage, which will rather conceal the llouers; but if moderately 

 enriched, it will produce one mass of bloom. I find it profitable 

 to give all my (lower-beds an addition of fresh soil every winter, 

 generally adding about two or three inches deep. If the Malopc 

 grandiflora is not desired to come into bloom before (he befuuunq 

 of Avfutt, the seed may be sown in March, in the open border 

 whrie ii is desired the plants shall blossom. The plant produces 

 •I. ,1 in abundance, which ripens well from plants that bloom early 

 in the summer. — {To be conliimed.) 



I Notb. — In the former put of this Article (p. ^01), for Calandria, red 

 Caiandrinia.] 



ARTICLE I\. — Remarks oil the Colours and Proper- 

 ties of One Thousand Species and Varieties of Ruses. 



\\\ Si. Patrick. 



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 IKIi DESCRIPTION. 



ialainant(ui Beautiful pole scarlet. 



• >Jh Waive l'iuu red. 



