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old French kinds, which it is now intended to remove. We 

 noticed on the wall a plant of the Jaune Desprez, blooming 

 most profusely, and somewhat deeper in colour than is 

 usual. We were told of a curious circumstance in connec- 

 tion with this plant. It was on a three feet stem, and was 

 originally planted at some little distance from the wall. 

 The stem was bent downward till the head reached the 

 wall, the former was then covered over with some depth of 

 soil, in which state it remains flourishing as above de- 

 scribed. At each end of one of the greenhouses there is a 

 bank of Roses planted in pure clay under a wall with a west 

 aspect. It was obvious to remark how well the plants 

 throve, and how large the flowers were. All were worked 

 on the Dog Rose. The Hybrid Chinese were especially 

 luxuriant, but Bourbons, Noisettes, Chinese, and even Tea- 

 Scented, seemed alike to flourish. The following were 

 noted as large plants bearing fine flowers French: 

 Village Maid. Hybrid Chinese, &c.: Brennus, Beauty of 

 Billiard, and Velours episcopal. Damask: Madame Hardy. 

 Brier: Harrisonii. Hybrid Perpetual: Comtesse Duchatel. 

 Noisette : Aimee Vibert and Miss Glegg. Bourbon : 

 Queen. Tea-Scented: Camellia blanc. Crossing the 

 lawn we caught a glimpse of a handsome Abies 

 Douglassii, thirty feet high, and then passed between 

 high laurel hedges overtopped with cedars, beeches, and 

 elms. We again entered the park, passed through an 

 avenue of limes, and crossed the river Rib whose sedgy 

 banks were in full beauty. In the nursery, which we had 

 now reached, we found ourselves in company with more 

 Roses, and observed as standards Hybrid Perpetual: 

 Madame Damene, Dr Marx. French: La Ville de 

 Londres, Kean. Damask : Deeseflore. Hybrid Chinese : 

 Grilony, Paul Perras, Lord John Russell, Belle Marie, and 

 Brown's Superb. We here met with a new enemy of the 

 Rose in the shape of a green caterpillar with a black head ; 

 it was tolerably abundant, rolling up the leaflets for a 

 dwelling. It may not prove a pest of great magnitude, 



