512 General Notices. 



'ared to a circulation of air. Tilting the sashes at the sides, by placing the 

 'tilter between them and the rafler, will be found to answer better than 

 sliding, or only tilting at the back. The object is to give strength, without 

 draAving the plants up, and by keeping the glass close to their tops, to cause 

 them to set flower-buds, which they will readily do under such treatment ; 

 and by pianting-out time, which with us is about the beginning of June, 

 every plant, if well managed, will have its head of bloom perfectly formed} 

 and beginning to expand. 



Kalosanthes look best planted in circular or oval beds, placing the tallest 

 in tiie centre, and gradually descending to the edge ; the last row should be 

 placed in the ground a little deeper than the rest, and should slightly in- 

 cline outwards, in order to give a rounded appearance. Any good border 

 soil seems to suit them ; but if poor, some fresh loam and leaf soil should be 

 added. We always water the plants well before turning them out of the 

 pots, and tlie bed also when necessary. Some green moss laid upon the 

 surface of the bed, gives it a neat appearance, and prevents evaporation. 



It will be found that no plant which is so beautiful can be more easily 

 managed ; and when in flower, it always attracts more notice than anything 

 e\se.—[Gard. Chron., 1850, p. G14.) 



New and Rare Roses of the Present Year. — As the season for 

 transplanting roses is now approaching, it may be interesting to some of 

 yx3ur readers to know what novelties are to figure on the stage during the 

 coming year. In offering a brief description of some of the finest modern 

 roses, we would not altogether confine ourselves to those of the present 

 year, surmising tliat many of the previous season are stdl rare and compar- 

 atively little known. The opinions as to the merits of the individual vari- 

 eties, have been formed principally from plants bloomed at tlie Cheshunt 

 Nurseries, although, during a recent tour of six weeks, we have seen the 

 whole in flower in the most renowned nurseries in Belgium and France. 

 Do not, however, let it be supposed that we are about to describe all the 

 new roses : this would prove almost an endless task, and, in our opinion, 

 scarcely worth the pains. Many we have seen, the names of which are not 

 worth recording ; otliers are of doubtful merit ; and certain raisers assured 

 us that tliey had splendid seedlings — charming, superb — but which, unfor- 

 tunately for Monsieur Anglais, were not then in flower ! It is, therefore, 

 possible that we may have missed some of the " lions ;" but we are resolved 

 to introduce such only as we saw and considered of first merit, not wishing 

 to perplex tlie cultivator witli mere additions, unless they are also improve- 

 ments. We may mention at the outset, tliat so little profitable have tlie 

 French growers found the raising of summer roses, that tliey have almost 

 abandoned this branch of culture. With tlie exception of Harriet Martineau, 

 a superb white Damask rose, and Paul Ricaut, a crimson hybrid Bourbon, 

 which is now familiar, at least by name, to most amateurs, we know of no 

 stars in this one great division of the queen of flowers. For new roses we 

 must turn to the autumnals, and among them, the hybrid Perpetuals have 

 been the most productive of novelty. First on our list stands Baronne Hal- 

 lez, wliich is certainly a rose of merit. It has the same elegant foliage and 



