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BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS. 



Any biennials that are intended to be removed, and not 

 done last month, must not be delayed longer. The roots of 

 many of them will be very strong, and, if possible, a cloudy 

 day should be chosen for the operation. Give one or two 

 copious waterings, and, if necessary, shade them from the 

 sun till they begin to grow. 



Perennials. For a limited description of several genera 

 and species, see last month. Where dividing the root or 

 replanting is required, let it be done forthwith. If the wea- 

 ther is dry, they must be carefully watered and shaded for a 

 few days. 



ROSES. 



The subject of garden roses was touched upon last month, 

 as far as our limits would admit. We will now give short 

 descriptions of the other varieties of Roses that are of more 

 delicate character and, for distinction and perspicuity, we 

 will give them under the various divisions to which they 

 belong. 



HYBRID CHINESE ROSES. 



All the varieties of this fine division of Roses owe their 

 origin to the Chinese tea-scented, Noisette, and Bourbon 

 Roses, impregnated with the French Provins, and other 

 garden Roses. The seeds of such fertilized flowers produce 

 hybrid Chinese Roses. These have, in many instances, re- 

 sulted from accident; but latterly, from the regular impreg- 

 nating process. The superb varieties of this fine division 

 give a combination of all that is grand and beautiful in roses, 

 Their flowers are of the most elegant forms and richest 

 colours; their foliage of great luxuiiance, and their branches 

 flexible and vigorous. Many of them are of first-rate im- 

 portance for covering pillars and trellises, their shoots fre- 

 quently growing from six to ten feet in one season ; these 

 ihoots may be thinned out year after year, but never short- 



