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liable to rot as if planted in heavy soil, 

 the tender shoot thrown from the bulb 

 not being able to ])enetrate the coarse, 

 heavy soil as well as the sandy soil. 

 Again, the reason for planting the bulb 

 six inches below the surface, is that it 

 will remain in the ground all winter 

 without being covered, whereas many 

 amateurs plant them about two inches 

 below the surface, and cover with straw 

 during winter, but in my experience, 

 and 1 have tried both ways, I find the 

 deep planting is preferable. Another 

 very good plan to raise Lilium Aura- 

 tum, and one that the amateur would 

 probahly prefer, is to plant the bulb in 

 a pot, in months of January, February 

 or March, keep in the cellar and treat 

 similar to the Easter Lily, as previously 

 explained in one of the back issues of 

 the Horticulturist, with the exception 

 that not so much water is used, only- 

 keeping it constantly moist. L. Lanci- 

 folium roseum and Lancifolium album 

 are treated in a similar manner to the 

 L. Auratum, but are not so easily 

 grown in pots. In Holland, where 

 acres of lily bulbs are grown, the soil 

 is exceedingly sandy, being however 

 well enriched with manure. 



THE ROSE OF ENGLAND. 



Sir, — The enclosed lines were written in 

 my manuscript book now over thirty years 

 ago, by one of my lady friends ; and as it 

 has never, I think, seen printers ink, I 

 thought it might not be unacceptable to 

 some of my fellow English colonists who 

 are readers of the Canadian Horticulturist. 

 This is my apology for sending them. 



Yours tfec. , J. BissfL. 



Meaford, Ont. 



Hail beautiful rosebud 1 Queen of the flowers, 

 The iflory of England, the pride of her bowers, 

 The brightest and fairest of Flora's gay host. 

 The cotters delight, his glory and boast 

 To plant it with c ire round his happy home. 

 There to blossom and die, with no wish to roam 

 From the peaceful haunts where his children play, 

 Breathing its perfumes the livelong day. 



It blooms in the bowers of the lady fair, 

 Scenting with odorous sweetness the air, 

 Tis dear to her heart, and she owns with a smile, 

 Tis the favourite flower of this favoured Isle. 



How varied its dyes from the rich red glow 

 To the spotless rosebud as white as snow. 

 Which young maidens gather in girlish pride 

 To garland the brow of their sister bride. 



***** * 



In childhood I loved it, and tended with ca-e 

 The flower of old England, the rosebud so fair. 



Then say 1 are the flowers of England more fair 

 Than all the gaj- flowerets that perfume the air, 

 Unfolding their leaflets in gorgeous array, 

 Neath the tropical skies of a summer's day? 

 Oh no ! for the same Great Being made all — 

 The scentless, the scented, the great and the small. 

 And fixed the abode where each gem may shine ; 

 So we all love the flowers of our own native clime. 



Then, of all the dear homes of this beautiful earth, 

 Happy England for me, the land of my birth ; 

 Then Brittania's bright roseliud I hail with a smile. 

 The Flower of my country, the pride of our Isle I 



Mildew on Roses. — An exchange 

 recommends sulphate of potassium as 

 effectual ; half-au-ounce to a gallon of 

 water. 



The Rose is the most highly prized, 

 and, next to the Geranium, the most 

 generally cultivated flowering plant. 

 These remarks apply to amateur culti- 

 vation. Professional florists make 

 rose-growing a very prominent part of 

 their business, and immense quantities 

 of flowers are raised during the winter 

 season for cutting. The statement is 

 made by a competent authority that in 

 I'^So " the trade .sold twenty-four mil- 

 lion cut Roses." This indicates, to 

 some extent, the popularity of this 

 particular flower. — Vick's Magazhxe for 

 J ane. 



THE JARDIN ANGLAIS, GENEVA. 



BY JAS. CROIL, EDITOR PRESBYTERIAN RECORD, MON- 

 TREAL. 



This is, to Geneva, what the Thames 

 Embankment is to London — a large 

 emplacement reclaimed from the water, 

 and converted into a beautiful garden. 

 As nearly as I can learn, this was done 

 some thirty -five years ago ; a time at 

 which a large sum of money, levied on 

 the municipality, was expended in im- 

 proving the city : and it was certainly 

 done in good taste. I am sorry I can- 

 not give such a description of the gar- 

 den as I could wish, for I am not a 



