On the Repotting and Management of Chinese Roses. 3G3 



sured. This is particularly the case with P. maculata, suaveo- 

 lens and var. serotina. A valuable hint may thus be acquired by 

 some young or unexperienced amateur, of considerable advan- 

 tage to him. 



Mr. William Carter, who has the charge of the Botanic Gar- 

 den in Cambridge, has succeeded in raising two or three very 

 fine varieties of the species P. pyramidalis. One of these he 

 lately pointed out, with very large flowers in a compact head, 

 suggesting a trivial sub-specific — globosa. A very curious for- 

 eign variety, with white flowers and variegated foliage, was also 

 quite attractive, from its peculiarity. Mr. C. evinces much zeal and 

 taste in the culture of the phlox, and this garden perhaps possesses 

 as good a collection of the species as any in the United States. 



To grow the phlox to perfection, but one rule can be given, 

 true in this as in every other plant, — copy nature. This, we 

 fear, is too much neglected; and the comphcated artificial means 

 of horticulture have heretofore reduced to one and the same 

 treatment, species of widely differing habits. In general they 

 all require more moisture and richer soils than are afforded them 

 by the scanty provision which our florists furnish. I have now 

 a single stem of P. paniculata, planted in May last, in a moist, 

 light and rich soil, mostly vegetable mould, and instead of a few 

 depauperated flowers, a splendid panicle of great dimensions and 

 of brilliant color has convinced me of the just and proper mode 

 of its treatment. 



Art. II. On the Repotting and Management of Chinese Roses. 

 By J. W. Russell. 



As this is the season for repotting Chinese and all tender roses, 

 I herewith send you a few brief remarks on the method of per- 

 forming this kind of work. 



For Chinese and tender roses a quantity of good fresh earth 

 should be procured; preference should be given to that taken 

 from an upland pasture field; the sod, with about four or five 

 inches of earth adhering to it, is the very best part of the 

 soil. If this has been procured three months before wanted for 

 use, and turned over once or twice, breaking the whole and mix- 

 ing the turf well with the soil, so much the better; however, if 



