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Pearson, Chilwell, a raiser who has distributed some fine things in this \va)'. 

 Two of the latter are very promising : viz., Principle, having a fine shade of 

 magenta-rose ; and Margaret Wilson, salmon-scarlet, lit up with orange ; both 

 varieties of good habit, and having dark zonate foliage. 



Two roses received first-class certificates, viz., climbing Rose Duchesse de 

 Mecklenburg, with pale silmon rose colored flowers, from J. H. Arkwright, Esq., 

 Hampton Court, Leicester ; and to H. P. Mons, Woolfield, bright pink, sufi'used 

 with rose in the centre of the flowers, which were large and full, a beautiful ana 

 delicate flower ; this came from Mr. Turner. A much darker-colored flower 

 was shown by Messrs. Paul & Son under the same name ; the flowers appeared 

 to be deeper in the build, and less globular in shape. It was thought that diflfer- 

 ences in the mode of cultivation might have caused this divergence, though by 

 some it was fancied that they were two distinct flowers, one incorrectly named. 

 — R. D., in Gardener'' s Chronicle. 



New Method of Growing Roses. — All the world loves roses : half the 

 world grows them ; some account therefore of a novel method of growing them 

 will be sure to be acceptable. There is in the gardens of F. Pryor, Esq., of 

 Digswell, Welwyn, which are under the able management of our excellent cor- 

 respondent, Mr. William Earley, a rose-hedge about two hundred and eighty feet 

 long. This hedge skirts one of the principal walks in the kitchen-garden, and, 

 notwithstanding the heavy showers of rain and hail of the preceding day, pre- 

 sented on Wednesday last a charming mass of bloom. The hedge was originally 

 a row of half-standards, of which the crimson Boursault formed the mass ; this 

 row was afterwards trellised over with wire to the height of about four feet si.t 

 inches, and four feet in width at the bottom. Many of the original trees were 

 then removed, and some of the best of the old and well-known sorts were planted 

 in their place. They have all since been grown on what Mr. Earley aptly calls 

 the "extension system." Plenty of wood is left in, and this is tied to the trellis, 

 and all vacant spaces are filled by budding. The whole of the row is now com- 

 pletely covered with growth, and literally loaded with blooms in all stages of 

 development. The following varieties, which form the principal mass, seem to 

 be admirably adapted for the purpose : Charles Lawson, fine flowers and a very 

 free bloomer; Lord Raglan, Comtesse de Chabrilland, first-rate ; Blairii, No. 2, 

 beautiful flowers, very free ; Gloire de Dijon, profusely bloomed ; Jules Margot- 

 tin, grand ; General Jacqueminot, Caroline de Sansal, Chenedole, Anna Alexieff, 

 all first-rate ; the yellow and copper-colored varieties of the Austrian Brier ; and 

 last, though not least, the Manetti, now so much in favor as a stock, and which 

 gives relief and variety to its more showy rivals. That this method of cultiva- 

 tion is a very successful one, there can be no doubt, as the result of Mr. Earley's 

 skill amply proves this. As the trellising can be made to any height or width, 

 the plan cannot be too strongly recommended for furnishing tall or dwarf edgings 

 along the walks of either kitchen or flower gardens, or even to form back rows 

 in ribbon-borders ; and there is no doubt it would succeed equally well on tiie 

 outskirts of shrubberies, which sometimes present a very rough appearance 

 near the jrround. — Gardetier's Chronicle. 



