416 General Notices. 



roots from frost. At the time of starting, let the pots be top-dressed ; a lit- 

 tle fine bone-dust may be used amongst the top-dressing. Apply liquid ma- 

 nure once a week at first, and twice a week when the fruit is set; but dis- 

 continue it entirely when the ripening process begins. Do not leave more 

 than eight or ten bunches of fruit on each vine ; the bunches should be well 

 thinned, and the growth judiciously, but not too severely stopped. After 

 the fruit is cut, if tlie soil is all shaken out from the old plants, and they are 

 re-potted in fresh soil, and headed dow'n at the proper time, they will make 

 superior canes the next year. By using a very porous soil with good drain- 

 age, and keeping up a good supply of stimulants, I have taken good fruit 

 from the same vines lour successive years ; this w as done by training a 

 young cane from the base of the fruiting one, and removing the latter as 

 soon as the fruit was cut. — {Farm, and Garil. Journal, 1847, p. 4.) 



CuUivation of Tea China Roses. — The following article, though relating 

 to Tm roses, may be applied, in our climate, to some of the other kinds, 

 and especially to the Bourbon, Noisette, and China varieties : — 



Having seen in print, and often heard the fact remarked, that this de- 

 scription of rose rarely succeeds, if grown in the open borders of gardens 

 near London, perhaps a few remarks, deduced from experience, might prove 

 interesting, more especially respecting this particular iamily ; ibr it is ad- 

 mitted by every one, that no collection of roses, however small, can be com- 

 plete without them ; their general appearance being so distinct, and, adding 

 to this their delicate and tinted colors, the beauty of their foliage, and pe- 

 culiar scent, renders them objects of special admiiation to all who see them. 



About three years ago, I for the first time procured several of these roses, 

 and planted them in a south border, in ordinary soil, tolerably well manured, 

 but they grew poorly, and made only a few blooms, and certainly did not 

 repay the trouble they had cost; and, moreover, the ground would liave 

 been belter occupied in growing Verbenas, or other bedding plants ; and, 

 by most people to whom I mentioned my disappointment, I was told that the 

 suburban atmosphere was not sufficiently pure to allow of the growth of 

 these roses. But, determined noi to abandon their cultivation without a 

 further trial, I removed them, in the autumn, into a much richer soil ; but, 

 in spite of carefully protecting them from severe frost, 1 lost about half dur- 

 ing tiie winter ; those, however, which survived, grew and bloomed beauti- 

 fully through the summer and autumn, and which tended to sliow, that soil 

 and treatment had more influence than, the slightly impure atu.ospheta; 

 and, encouraged by this partial success, I determined, if possible, to render 

 it more general in the following season ; and, being convinced tliat damp 

 was the cause of so many dying in winter, 1 saw that it was essential to pro- 

 vide drainage. 



As iny garden is not nalurall}' drained, nor is it exactly practical to do so 

 artificially, I therefore adopted the iollovving plan to efiect that object, upon 

 that part wlierc 1 intended to plain tliese ruses, by taking away ilie earth 

 entirely to the depth of about 12 or 13 inches, and then filling up a or 3 in- 

 ches with stones, or other rubbish, and placing a little moss or straw above, 



