80 General Notices. 



" 2. Moss Roses, all of which are easily distinguished. 



"3. BaiAR Roses, which will include the Sweet Briar, Hybrid Sweet 

 Briar, and Autumn Briar. 



" 4. The Scotch Rose. 



" 5. Climbing Roses, which are again divided into all the distinctive 

 subdivisions.'' — pp. 237, 239. 



Now we cannot see that our author's classification is any 

 more simple than the old. So far as possible, we would al- 

 ways adopt words in our own language to express any ob- 

 ject. Now, although the French word remontant may do very 

 well for those who are conversant with the French language, 

 those who ore not, — and they comprise the greater part of cul- 

 tivators, — will have no conception of its meaning, while the 

 good old word perpetual carries with it its true appellation, 

 ^rhe remontant roses are perpetual until cut off by frost, as 

 all roses are. We, therefore, cannot admit the innovation, 

 but adhere to the old classification. In ihe great intermixture 

 of classes by hybridization, it is expected that there will be 

 some which it will be difficult to place in any particular class. 

 But tliis is not important. That to which they come nearest 

 is sufficient for all practical purposes. 



But these are only exceptions to the general character of 

 the volume. Upwards of two hundred varieties are described, 

 and beautiful colored plates of La Reine and Chromatella 

 accompany it. As a handsome ornament for the parlor-table, 

 and a desirable addition to the rose-fancier's library, we heart- 

 ily commend the volume. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Slrawberry Runners. — T beg to give my opinion in favor of cutting the 

 runners off strawberry plants. Being a lover of this fruit, and therefore 

 anxious to procure information upon its cultivation, my attention was ar- 

 rested by an able leading article in the Chronicle some years ago, against 

 mowing off the foliage of the strawberry at the fall of the year, as also 

 against other abuses which had crept into its cultivation. The directions 

 given in this article 1 implicitly obeyed, and have every reason to be grate- 

 ful for the knowledge which it imparted. But the cutting off the runners 

 being a subject upon which that article did not enter, I was induced to ex- 



