JULY. 



335 



Vicomtesse des Cazes, 



Madame St. Joseph, - - - 

 Princess Marie, ... 



Devoniensis, - - - - 



Goubault, . . . - 



Madam Guerin, _ . . 



Surabondante, . - - 



Comte de Paris, - . - 



Belle Allemande, _ - - 



Adam, . . . - - 



Mansais, - - - - - 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison, 



Comte Brobinsky, . . . 

 Cramoisie sup6rieure, 



Abb6 Mioland, - - - - 



Souvenir d'un Ami, - - - 



Marshal Bugeaud, - - - 



Georges Cuvier, . _ - 



Lovers of roses ! only think of flowers in which the whole face may be 

 buried in fragrance ; of Devoniensis eighteen inches round, — of Mansais, 

 Madame St. Joseph, Adam, and Surabondante almost as big ; only conceive 

 Madame des Cazes bursting forth into seventy such blossoms at the same 

 time. Perhaps you may not recollect how much six inches are ; cut, then, 

 a paper circle as wide as half the length of one of our columns — carry it to 

 your own roses, place it by their side and see the difference. 



Such is the result of substituting good treatment for bad. It is clear that 

 roses like to be well lodged, well fed, and well attended — like their betters. 



And now for the receipt to make such a house as this : — 



1. Let the soil be Wimbledon loam, or any such soil, and old cowdung. 



2. Prune hard back at Christmas. 



3. Cut off the dead flower-stalks as soon as flowering is over. 



4. Water once a week in summer. 



5. Give no water in winter, or at least never let the surface soil be wet 

 at that season. 



6. Let all the plants be on their own bottoms, and not worked. 



7. If mildew appears, immediately dust sulphur on with a piece of gauze 

 or coarse muslin. This is much better than " sulphurators." 



8. Sulphur in the evening, and wash all off next morning. If the mildew 

 does not go, repeat the dose as often as necessary. 



9. Give tobacco smoke once a week when the roses are growing. 



10. Give air to the utmost of your power, always by day; and at night 

 also if the weather is warm. 



11. But shut up close at night if cold, and keep close the ventilators next 

 a sharp east wind. 



12. Never shade. 



