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many collections, the old rose geranium is often seen in a 

 weak and spindling condition, with leaves hardly large enough 

 to identify the kind. To grow it handsomely, continued shift- 

 ing we believe to be injurious ; one good potting is enough, 

 and then disrooting should be sparingly done. 



In the rose house, the roses were in fine bloom, and among 

 the new ones, Opliire was a prominent object. Noticing some 

 very fine specimens of the old yellow tea, Mr. Monck informed 

 us that he had succeeded in producing these fine specimens 

 by budding on the yellow Banksian rose, which we some 

 time since alluded to. No other stock seems to suit it; 

 on its own roots it is always a weak growing plant, and on 

 the Boursault, Indica major, or Dog rose, it does not grow 

 freely ; but when worked upon the yellow Banksian, it push- 

 es up shoots with the kindness and vigor of the strongest 

 growing Bengals. The same remark may be made with the 

 Tea Compte de Paris ; though a most superb variety, it is 

 rarely seen in collections ; this is owing to its constitutional 

 weakness, which it retains until worked on the Banksian. 

 We doubt not there are many others which might be greatly 

 improved in the same wa3^ Tea Elize Sauvage, Belle Alle- 

 mande, Safi'rano, and others, are well worth the trial. These are 

 the important objects of the gardening art ; we all know that 

 there are many kinds of pears which will not grow on the 

 quince, or, at least, so as to produce any good results. No 

 doubt the same causes which produce this, are equally appli- 

 cable to the rose, as Avell as all other tribes of plants. To as- 

 certain these results is one of the triumphs of the gardener's 

 art, — to make them known should be his pride and aim. 



In the stove we found a few new and pretty plants ; one of 

 them was Cestrum diurniun, an evergreen shrub, Avith camel- 

 lia-like foliage, and terminal umbels of the most delicate tu- 

 bular corols, with the edges quite curled over ; it is slightly 

 fragrant, and is a very pretty fiower for a bouquet ; it needs 

 a good heat to bloom freely. A very handsome fuchsia, called 

 afFinis, but which we believe to be the F. rddicans, of the Bot. 

 Reg-1 and of which we have before given a full account, (Vol. 

 VIII. p. 138,) was finely in bloom ; the foliage is quite differ- 

 ent from others of the family, and the plant has a very strong 

 and rambling growth, throwing up shoots, in a short time, six 



