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11. sanguisorbifo'lia (burnet-leaved). 3. White. 

 June. 



sarmenta'cea (twiggy). 6. Pink. June. Britain. 



semper flu' r ens (ever-blowing). 10. Crimson. 



All. China. 1789. 



sempervi'rens (evergreen). 20. White. June. 



South Europe. 1629. 



Leschenuultia'na (Leschenault's). 60. 



Violet. June. Neilgherry. 



se'pium (hedge). Pink. June. Britain. 



S/iera'rdi (Sherard's). 6. Pink. June. England. 



Si'nica (three-leaned. China). 5. White. June. 



China. 1759. 



spinosi'ssima (spiniest. Scotch). 2. White, red. 



June. Britain. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented. American Sweet* 



briar). Pink. June. N. Amer. 1800. 



sua'vis (sweet). 4. Purple. June. 1818. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur). 4. Yellow. July. Levant. 



1629. 



sylve'stris (wood). 7. Red. June. England. 



sy'stylu (clustered-styled). 6. Pink. June. 



Britain. 



Tau'rica (Taurian). 6. Red. June. 



tomento'sa (Aowny-leaved-Dog). 6. Red, white. 



June. Britain. 



scabriu'scula (rather- rough) . 6. Pink. June. 



Britain. 



turbina'ta (top-shaped-ra^.rerf. Frankfort). 



5. Rerl. June. Germany. l62Q. 



Francofurta'na (Frankfort). 5. Rose, 



purple. June. Frankfort. 



Qrbessa'nea (double. Orbessean). 4. Rose- 



coloured. June. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 6. Red. June. Britain. 

 pomi'fera (apple-bearing). Red. June. 



Europe. 

 resino'sa (resinous). Red. June. Ireland. 



Wilso'ni (Wilson's). 3. Dark pink. June. 



Britain. 



Woo'dsii (Wood's). 3. Pink. May. N. Amer. 



EOSCO'EA. (Named after Mr, Boscoe, 

 the founder of the Liverpool Botanic 

 Garden. Nat. ord., Ginyerworts [Zingi- 

 beracese]. Linn., l-Monandria 1-Mono- 

 gyma.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials, all but one purple- 

 flowered, and all natives of Nepaul. Division in 

 spring ; sandy loam and leaf-mould. Winter 

 temp., 48 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 JR. capita'ta (headed). 1. July. 1819. 



ela'tior (taller). 1. July. 1820. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1. July. 1821. 



lu'tea (yellow). 1. Yellow. May. 1839- 



purpu'rea (purple). I. July. 1820. 



spica'ta (spiked). 1. July. 1820. 



EOSE. Eo'sa. 



Propagation. Most kinds of roses can 

 be propagated hy cuttings. By this 

 method we only obtain dwarfs; yet, as 

 many sorts do best on their own roots, 

 the China and Tea-scented for instance, 

 for these we must adopt cuttings. The 

 best time for making the cuttings is in 

 April. 



Cuttings in Pots. The most convenient- 

 sized pots are five inches across; fill them 

 with moderately rich, light earth, press 

 it firmly down, then fill the pots quite up 



to the rim with silver sand, or with finely- 

 sifted river sand ; give a gentle watering 

 from a fine-rosed watering-pot, then cut 

 the cuttings into lengths of about four 

 inches, remove all the leaves except those 

 belonging to the top buds, make the cut 

 very smooth across, just under the lowest 

 bud; the cutting is then ready to be 

 planted. Have a small stick about as 

 thick as a quill, and thrust it into the 

 soil just the depth of the cutting, so as 

 to leave the top bud out; close the earth 

 firmly to the bottom of the cutting with 

 the stick; place the cuttings close to the 

 edge of the pots, with the leaves of all 

 pointing inwards ; then close tip the 

 holes with a little of the sand, and 

 give a gentle watering. The best situa- 

 tion to place the pots in is a pit, with 

 hand-glasses over them. If you have 

 not that convenience, plunge the pots in 

 coal- ashes on a shady border, covering 

 them with hand-glasses. Shift into larger 

 pots as they require. 



Cuttings in the Open Ground. Choose 

 a shady border, next a low wall or hedge 

 the latter to be close-clipped with the 

 garden-shears. Let the soil be well dug 

 and chopped small, and the surface raked 

 very fine ; then pour some water upon it, 

 and let it stand a day, to become mode- 

 rately dry again. Prepare the cuttings 

 as above directed, and always expose the 

 cuttings as little as possible to the sun 

 and air; they may be preserved fresh by 

 having a little damp moss or hay at hand 

 to cover them with as soon as they are 

 prepared. When a sufficient number 

 are ready, open a trench with a small 

 spade at the end of the border. Chop 

 the side of the trench furthest from you 

 straight down just a sufficient depth to 

 leave the topmost bud and leaf out of 

 the soil; then place the cuttings against 

 this uprightbank about threeinches apart. 

 When the row is filled with cuttings, with 

 your spade put the soil against the cut- 

 tings, and with your foot tread it firmly 

 to them. Take great care that the soil is 

 quite close and firm around each. Then 

 nil up level with the top of the row of 

 cuttings another portion of soil, until 

 there is a bank of earth six inches dis- 

 tant from the first row. Chop down the 

 outermost edge of the soil, so as to leave 

 another upright bank to set the second 

 row of cuttings against, and so proceed 

 from row to row, till you have filled the 

 space set apart for this purpose. Examine 



