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Gallica. 



Boula de Nauteuil, — large, handsome, 



purple-violet. 

 Kean,— large and full, bright crimson. 

 Letitia,— good form, rich deep rose. 

 Bizarre Marbree, — beautiful marble rose. 



■Charles Lawson,— very large and double, 

 deep rose. 



Coup d'Hebe, — the most perfectly shaped 

 and beautiful of all roses, bright flesh- 

 pink. 



Paul Eicaut, — exquisitely beautiful, large, 

 bright crimson. 



558. Climbing Roses : — 



The white and yellow Banksian are universal favourites; and Fortune's 

 large double white is a useful addition to this class. 



559. Of A5n-shire, perhaps Queen of the Belgians, a creamy white, and Riga, 

 a pale flesh-coloured variety, are as good as any. 



560. Amadis and Inermis are also good varieties of Bomrsault roses. 



561. Of Evergreen i-oses, the following are very good : — 



Laure Davoust, — bright pink, changing to 



white. 

 The Garland, — white, lilac, and blue. 



F^Iicite Perpetuelle, — creamy white. 

 Princesse Marie, deep reddish-pink. 



562. I will give a descriptive list of some good varieties of Bourbon, Noisette, 

 China, and tea-scented roses next month. Tender sorts of either of these 

 varieties will be safer it planted towards the end of March or beginning of 

 April. It is not a good practice to prune roses when planted. Planting ought 

 to be finished as soon as possible, and the tops left on for a month or six 

 weeks. They should then be cut back, or headed in to three or four buds 

 from the stock. This will insure a healthy vigorous growth. After the plants 

 are established, the shoots may vary in length, from 4 to 16 inches. The 

 weaker the growth, the closer should they be pruned, and vice versd. Esta- 

 bhshed plants of hybrid perpetuals and summer roses should be pruned at 

 ■once ; the more tender varieties will be sater unpinined till another month or 

 six weeks. 



563. Flower Garden. — Where the beds are filled with shrubs in winter, they 

 should be hoed deeply sevei'al times during the month, to expose a fi-esh surface 

 to the air. Beds occupied with crocuses and snowdrops should have the surface 

 broken with a rake occasionally, before the plants appear. Borders similarly 

 furnished require the same treatment. This not only imparts additional neat- 

 ness, but, by breaking the crust, enables the plants to appear more easily 

 and speedily, and in dry weather it considerably modifies the power of the 

 frost. Beds planted with herbaceous plants, as well as herbaceous borders, 

 would be benefitted by similar treatment, provided they were dug early in 

 November. Finish digging among herbaceous plants, circumscribing, divid- 

 ing, rearranging, and replanting all where necessary, during mild weather. 

 The nld-fashioned way of arranging these according to their height is still tho 

 most eff'ective. The modern bedding system has well-nigh banished herbaceous 

 plants from our gardens : nevertheless many ot them are very beautiful, and 

 a collection containing Phlox, Asters, Campanula, Delphinium, Aconitum, 

 Pentstemon, Helleborus, Aquilegia, Cheiranthus, Gentiana, Iberis, Lathyrus, 

 Lupinus, Monardia, Paeonia, Potentilla, Primula, Salvia, Saxifrage, Sedum, 

 ^ilene, Spiraea, Iris, Statice, Chelone, Lychnis, Alyssum, Acanthus, Fraxinella, 



