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Heureuse surprise, carmine. 

 Ranunculus, purple, compact. 

 La capricieuse, purple crimson. 

 Royal Provins, superb pink. 

 Uu Roi, perpetual, bright red. 

 Harrisonii, yellow Austrian briar. 

 Moss single, crimson, veiy mossy. 



" common, rose. 



" Luxembourg, crimson. 



" white, perpetual. 



" crested. 



" Adelaide. 

 York and Lancaster, red and white. 

 Provins Belgic, large pink. 

 Four Seasons, pink. 

 Moretti, light rose. 

 Burgundy, rose, compact. 

 Persian, this is the finest yellow rose 



now in cultivation. 

 Characteristics of Excellence. — Petal s 



form the female parents. Among tlie 

 moss, the Single Crimson, Du Luxem- 

 bourg, and Eclatante, occasionally seed. 

 Among the briers, the Double Yellow, 

 and Harrisonii. Among the Bourbons, 

 the old or de Lisle, Augustine Lelieur, 

 Dubourg, Gloire de Rosamfene, Emile 

 Courtier, and Bouquet de Flore. Among 

 the Chinese, Camellia Blanc, Fabvicr, 

 Therese Stravins, Alba, Belle Elvire, 

 Henri Cinque, and Madame Bureau. 

 Among the tea-scented, Odbrate, Jaune 

 Hamon, Lyonnais, Hardy, Lady Gran- 

 ville, Caroline Gonbault, Belle AUe- 

 mande,and Bardon. Many of the least 

 double Gallica roses also seed freely. 

 As the female parent will, in many 

 cases, be but semi-double, we should 

 endeavour to counteract the probable 

 results of this by crossing with farina 



thick, broad, and smooth edged; highly gathered from the most double varieties 



perfumed; outline of flower, circular ; 

 outer petals, curving slightly inwards, 

 and imbricated in distinct rows ; colour, 

 distinct and permanent ; flowers, uni- 

 form in size, well above the foliage, 

 and on foot-stalks stiff but elastic; 

 foliage, bright green; habit of the 

 plant, shrubby. 



Propagation. — We give the direc- 

 tions lor propagation by budding, graft- 



that we can collect it from. The plants 

 intended to seed should be selected in 

 a good state of growth, and never al- 

 lowed to suffer from drought. When 

 the bloom is in trusses, the backward 

 flower buds should be cut out, leaving 

 not more than six of the plumpest and 

 most perfect buds on one flower-stalk." 

 — Card. Chron. 



Those who wish to raise seedling 



ing, cuttings, &c., and the general j roses should not gather the hips until 

 management of this plant, just as it they have been exposed to frost, for it 

 appears in the English edition of this j is a curious fact that the seeds of those 



work. The American florist has greatly 

 simplified much therein described — 

 still it is well to exhibit what is done 

 by others. 



By Seed. — Mr. Paul, the eminent 

 florist, recommends the following, — 



which," he says, " seed freely, and 



thus subjected to a low temperature 

 germinate with less failures. This is a 

 lesson probably from nature, for it is 

 certain that the hips of the rose never 

 fall or shed their seed to the ground 

 until they have been frosted. 



Budding. — Preparing Stocks. — The 



appear well suited for female parents. Boursault and De Lisle roses have been 



First among the hybrid Chinese are, 

 Athelin and Celine; Ne plus Ultra; 

 Duke of Devonshire ; Chatelain ; Prin- 

 cess Augusta; Henri Barbet; Globe, 

 White Hip ; General AUard, Aurora, 

 and others. These might be crossed 

 with some of the freest blooming da- ' a stick, it will allow a bud to be in- 



ested as the best stocks for pot- 

 culture, and if grown in a rich shel- 

 tered soil, and cut down for stooling, 

 some of the shoots of the second year 

 may be layered the same season. If 

 the end of the layer is tied carefully to 



mask, perpetual, or Bourbon roses, to 

 endeavour to obtain an increase of, and 

 an improvement among, the hardy au 

 tumnal roses. The Ayrshire and Sem 

 pervirens, among which there 



serted in a few weeks. The tongue 

 being cut on the layer's upper side will 

 save the shoot from breaking. Mr. 

 Reid, of Noble Thorpe, near Barnsley, 

 from whom these directions come, re- 



paucity of high-coloured flowers, might commends a piece of clay or a small 

 be fertilized with the farina of some stone to be inserted in the opening, to 

 dark varieties selected from those sec- ', prevent its adhering before roots are 

 tions which approach nearest to them formed. About the end of October 

 in natural character. Here Ruga Splen- these early layers will be rooted, and 

 dens, and Leopoldine d'Orleans, might , may be potted. Only one bud to be 



