498 GENERAL REVIEW. 



Ayrshire Roses. Ruga, Bennet's Seedling. 



Damask Perpetual Roses. Du Roi. 



Moss Perpetual Roses. White. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Annie Wood, Baron Prevost, Centifolia rosea, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Dr Andry, Due de Rohan, Geant des Batailles, General 

 Jacqueminot, John Hopper, Peter Lawson, Senateur Vaisse, Madame 

 Charles Crapelet. 



Bourbon Roses. Bouquet de Flore, Louis Odier, Sir J. Paxton. 



China Roses. Mrs Bosanquet, Old White. 



Tea-scented Roses. Many varieties seed freely, but most of them require 

 artificial heat to enable them to perfect their seeds well. 



Comparatively few Roses have been raised in England, owing 

 to an old idea that our climate is not suitable for raising seed- 

 lings ; but this is a mistake. It may be difficult to obtain per- 

 fectly ripe seed from the tender varieties ; but this is not 

 wanted, for seedlings from the kinds enumerated above will be 

 far hardier and better suited to our climate and soil in every 

 way than those raised in France under what are often erro- 

 neously considered more favourable circumstances. Mr E. Y. 

 Teas, of the Cascade Nursery Co., Richmond, U.S., where 

 Roses are a specialty, in a letter to the 'American Agricul- 

 turist,' mentions that in April last he sent Roses by mail to 

 Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, and that they arrived safely, and 

 have since grown well. 



Budding. June is the month generally selected for budding, 

 and in mild, showery weather the buds take best. The opera- 

 tion may be continued through July and August ; but in the 

 latter months select dormant buds that is, such as will not 

 push into growth until the following spring. Buds from the 

 centre or upper part of the shoots are more floriferous than 

 those from the base that is to say, buds are floriferous in 

 proportion to their proximity to the flowers on the stem from 

 which they were taken. Cut the buds (see Bud-grafting) with a 

 clean, sharp knife, and insert them under the bark of the stock 

 quickly, for much of the success of the operation depends on 

 the inner bark of the stock and scion or bud being placed in 

 close contact when in a fresh and naturally moist state. The 

 bud is then to be bound with coarse cotton, worsted, or bast 

 matting, and will unite with the stock in a fortnight or three 

 weeks, at which time they should be examined, and the ties 

 loosened. In the spring following shorten back the wild shoot 

 or stock, as this induces the bud to push more vigorously; and 

 when the stock has grown a few inches, cut the stock off close 

 to the bud. 



Mr W. Paul gives the following instructions on propagating 

 Roses in the ' Florist : ' " Grafting is usually done in winter, and 



