6 Retrospective View of the 



bridization, are of so brilliant a character that they have 

 changed their whole appearance. The Bonrbons, and the 

 liybrids between them and the hardier sorts, as well as be- 

 tween the Bengal and Noisette roses, are so splendid, and 

 mostly such perpetual flowerers, that roses in autumn are 

 now almost as common as in June. Thousands of seed- 

 lings are yearly raised by eminent French rose cultivators, 

 from which a few of the best are selected and propagated 

 for sale, and the remainder destroyed. The Bengal, Tea 

 and Noisette roses are admirably adapted for turning out 

 into the border daring summer. 



While speaking of roses, we should not forget to name 

 the new and splendid acquisition which has been made to 

 the class of climbing roses. This is the Queen of the prai- 

 ries, a large, double, and beautiful rose, flowering in July, 

 after the common roses have completed their bloom. A de- 

 scription of it will be found in our last volume, p. 131. 



The pelargonium, though cultivated to some extent, and 

 withal a most supeib ornament of the greenhouse, is not so 

 great a favorite as we should be glad to see it. The im- 

 provements which have been eflected in the form of the 

 flower, and shape of petal, have entirely changed its char- 

 acter. Some of the most rare new kinds have been import- 

 ed, but many of them are too near alike to deserve dis- 

 tinct names. Mr. Meller, of Roxbury, has raised a few 

 seedlings which will compare successfully with many of 

 the choicest foreign varieties which have yet been intro- 

 duced. 



We have already alluded to the new manure which has 

 been so highly spoken of in England, for gardening purpo- 

 ses, in our review of Mr. Teschemacher's address (Vol. 

 Vlll., p. 41S). We have copied the several experiments 

 which he made with the guano, and refer to the extracts 

 for more particular information. Some of this manure, we 

 believe, will be imported to this city the coming season, 

 when cultivators will have a good opportunity to test its 

 merits themselves. We have no doubt it may be used with 

 the best efiect on many kinds of plants; but, as a general 

 thing, we apprehend that it will be found more valuable to 

 garden, than to pot, cultivation. 



There is one flower which, upon a review of the past 

 year, does not seem to have received due attention at the 

 hands of the florist ; this is the pansy. Either from the 



