THE G ARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



J^exwlble sorts, and we entirely 

 5^ though perhaps on other grounds than 



t Mr. Paul's work 

 ce, founded a 



Hii with Mr. Rivers. 

 jBtetrth, especially m heai 



gj&toliea 

 B collect them i 

 wb,of»semic 



of pruning, 



•yswn on the top, and earth is gradually c 

 £e fire breaks through. 



■During the first two or three days gre; 

 Maiate to keep the pile on fire. Here is 1 

 IK re many fail. They allow the flame 1 



hen a layer of earth. Follow up 

 i will spread through the ' ' 

 it of earth may be burnt, b 



3 sides of ditches and 



three annual dressings of it appear so to have altered 

 rigorous, and healthy, are free from suckers, and pro- 

 ds* roots completely matted with fibre. The like 



T , '*? d ! on the contrary, he is perfectly aware of 



«^and the kind in general use for Roses, is not of 

 ^er them 8tl ll lighter ; and if it can be dispensed 

 ftSLft ".desirable to do so. Manures should 

 ppuea nere in a more concentrated form. Cow- 

 ? B ?J XCe i ' es P eci aHy for the tea-scented Roses j 

 «p^eon.dnng rabbit- dung, and night-soil, are all 

 PJunprovers of light soils. The unpleasantness a 

 iS£2 T T r f un and use of night-soil may in 



fflAermnnTf r 5 , 1 ?' or reserv oir, should be forme 

 J£ P»und, to hold a given quantity. In the bottoi 

 ■fl my tV' thr ° WD ' hea 7 ° r H 8H turf y or 





is perhaps the maximum of height desirab'e evei 

 Pillar- Rose. Beyond this, not only are the best i 



heplan\ffromthewind,inpru 



Iiould wish to see the plant alludec 

 '"'it, it i- m the garden of Mr. Anderson, of Bui 

 ross, near Cheshunt, growing within a few feet of 

 oad. V,'ii, u J inspected his Moss Roses last winl 

 ome of the shoots of the previous year's growth w 

 bove 6 feet long, and extremely robust, and the m 



*- " considerable size. The mo 



alyces were still hangin 



!.ii,:rst 



Partly, I Should say, to all? The 

 arden lies open to the sun ; the Munition is airy ; the 



fid containing a go 1 share o •, 



nl in which Wallflowers and Fuchsias vie with Roses 



i vigour. The ages of the largest Rose-trees are pro- 



ably from VI to 20 years." 



no small praise to the author that there should be so 



f garden Roses should i 

 peless corruptions, the origin of which it woSd^bea 



ong the ignorant people employed by nurserymen, 



graphy. To this class evidently belong Arterresea, la 

 Cenamone, d'Autiel, Sorrel, Malherbe,and Graim Dosk. 

 Common French words, not proper names, would also 

 L ive been better in English, and even proper names 



ample, instead bf df " * 



We must also expre 



ts illustrating plans of Roseta or Rose-grounds would 



ircely better than the quarters of Roses in any good 



Parrot-weed. The 

 icus nigra, or Elder tree of Europe ; and its leaves 

 bear a miniature resemblance to those of the 



i, or Bread-fruit ti 

 The flowers grow in ten 

 1 in no respect striking ; 



r Cn-li ] , p. 



;- 1'Ut of it* .].., 



is acrid, detergent, and escliarotu 

 employed in the removal of films f 

 m the 1st vol. of 1; 



of this plant, peel off the bark* thenTcrar 

 through a fine rag, when it may be put i 



ho recommends the 

 r, as he says, «s« 



, occasioned by the small 





at can be said 

 :e is due to the ugly squares 



^jj* :*Ws,' and th 0Us . ma y De fashioned into 



& doi *t JJ'm!^ ^ ""Madera 'ma'y 

 aZ? ' *>d writ^ i Ioss Roses are suited for this 



C^^sav.* - d , warf and delicate growth. 

 X^S ffi ? ^ fomed w "h the old red 

 2L*> 1 «L.° * e . he 'gnt of 15 feet ? That «n,h a 



[a whose garden it has flowered, 

 s from 4 to 6 feet high, and flowers about the 

 tig of June. In September and October it Ins 

 ision of large black berries. It is easily in- 

 , either by seeds or by cuttings of the half- 

 wood, treated in the usual way, and grows 



o have it from ] 



Greenhouse Shrub. (Legum 

 River Colony. 



is retarded by the growth of fungus, or, as it vulgarly 

 - 1 flesh. The cataplasm is prepared by 



: ': 



d applied to the part affected, eti 



' ::.!■_-..-.•'. 



correspond— it certainly deserves a tiial on account 

 -'* imony; however, its first exhibition will demai 



Mibstances.— Dr. Hamilton, I 



Calendar of Operations. 



I form of the plant. These things involve, 



CE5 



■ding to Preiss, 



mountains. It flowered 



similar plants. It should 

 . peat, and plenty 





er-sand. Ins 

 protected from heavy rains am 



e Lindley's " Vegetable Kingdom" i 



ound to add greatly to the spring display, as also to the 

 liffusion ofa most gratifying fragrance, 'riucli should be 

 ! t iiui i " rt iw it . potted in smallish pots, and plunged 

 i the warmest corner of the garden, from whence they 

 lay be successively introduced to the forcing-house, 

 ram the middle of November until February. Such, 

 gradually cooled down when out of b!< ssoiii, may be 

 irned out into a reserve garden of bog earth in April, 



decoration of the shrubbery, i 



