Domestic Notices. 83 



In pelargoniums, I have produced from seed some dozen fine liinds, of 

 which three, 1 hesitate not to say, are superior to any I have imported. I 

 find, however, in those produced from seed, saved from my plants, a greater 

 similarity than is desirable between them and their parents. Hence my 

 wish for seed from abroad. 1 do not think that the passion for this beauti- 

 ful exotic will be lasting here. Only a few, comparatively, have the means 

 of protecting them during the winter, and very few will take the pains to 

 follow the excellent directions, as to their culture, given by Messrs. Russell 

 and Beck. I would be delighted to send you specimens of some of my 

 plants. 



But the rose, — the rose is my passion. I have about fifty varieties, and 

 have succeeded in raising two from seed which are worthy of preservation. 

 One is, I know, a seedling from the hybrid remontante " Madame Laffay." It 

 resembles its parent in foliage. Wood, however, is constantly glaucous-green. 

 Rose rather larger and expanded, with a rather duller color. My other 

 seedling reminds me of a rampant hybrid, which Mr. G. C. Thorburn sent 

 me in 1841, and of which we are uncertain whether it be Prince's " Pal- 

 lagi panachee," or the " Saudeur panach6," of the catalogues. Mine is 

 a cluster rose, though not a climber. I think both these will improve, as 

 they bloomed, for the first time, only last May. I have now, in boxes, in 

 my little shed, several hundred seed saved from fine kinds. — Yours, Jas. P. 

 Waclde.U, Athens, Ga., Dec. 1847. [We certainly hope our correspondent 

 will send us an account of the routine adopted to produce such seedlings as 

 he has mentioned. — Ed,] 



Seedling Fuchsias and Devoniensis Rose. — Is the "Maria Leonida" a 

 microphylla or a McCartney ? It is almost as vigorous here as the " Chero- 

 kee" or Laevigata. 1 have some fuchsias from seed, sent by you last Feb- 

 ruary, which are three and four feet from the surface of the pot, one 

 (which, in repotting, I discovered to be tuberous,) is about sixteen inches 

 high, and all exceedingly vigorous. Please describe the " Devoniensis" 

 rose. I have a beautiful rose received as such, which, however, certainly 

 does not answer the specifications of the catalogues. It is large and ex- 

 panded ; very beautiful in bud ; of a very pale creamy blush ; rather deeper 

 in the centre, just before full expansion, and exquisitely fragrant. Y^oung 

 wood, pale green, and dull red. — Yours, J. P. W., Athens, Ga,, Dec. 1847. 

 [The description of the Devoniensis answers to that fine rose, and is un- 

 doubtedly true ; it is only beautiful when in bud, but its odor is remarka- 

 bly exquisite. The Maria Leonida is not a microphylla. — Ed.] 



Best Stocks for Roses. — I observe, in one of your back numbers, (in reply 

 to an objection to the Boursault for stocks, that it throws up suckers,) you 

 ask, " What stock will notl" Let me give you a little of my experience on 

 this point. I have done some budding, and with remarkable success. I 

 believe that the cheapest and best stock for rose-budding, is to be procured 

 by sowing sefeds of the Champney Noisette. Sow them in the greenhouse 

 in boxes ; transplant in convenient rows, whenever safe, and, by June of the 

 second year, they will have thrown up each a distinct and luxuriant fascicle 

 of shoots. Select of these one or more ; insert the buds ; keep down all 



