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require separate culture to have them in perfection ; but this, of course, will 

 only apply to rather extensive flower-gardens. Climbing roses for pillars 

 should be planted in a very rich soil, as they will then put forth strong central 

 branches, of 8ft. or 10ft. in length; these, when fastened to the stakes, will 

 furnish a plentiful supply of lateral blooming shoots for many seasons. The 

 application of climbing roses to cover a sloping bank, their flexible branches 

 being pegged to the ground, is, perhaps, a new idea. Thus treated, they will 

 form a beautiful carpet of foliage and flowers ; the dark crimson and white 

 varieties blending with peculiar elegance. The majority of roses bloom much 

 finer when budded on the dog rose than under any other mode of culture. 

 The great objection is, their throwing up suckers so as quickly to impoverish 

 the budded part of the plant. To remove these as soon as they appear, the 

 gardener must be continually on the alert." 



We have no hesitation in stating it as our opinion, that this 

 is by far the most useful catalogue of roses which has yet been 

 published either in France or England. The collection, though 

 select, is sufficiently ample for every purpose; and the descrip- 

 tions are such, that any person who reads them, with a view to 

 becoming a purchaser, is in no danger of buying the same rose 

 under different names ; which can hardly be avoided when 

 choosing from mere lists of names without descriptions. The 

 prices of the described sorts vary from Is. 6d. to 75. 6d., not 

 above a dozen being at the latter price. The miscellaneous 

 roses are sold at 21. 10s. per hundred; and a general mixture 

 of sorts is 1/. 5s. per hundred. 



Art. V. Floriadtural and Botanical Notices of netv Plants, and of 

 old Plants of Interest, supplementary to the latest Editions of the 

 " Encyclopedia of Plants," and of the " Hortus Britannicus" 



Curtis 's Botanical Magazine; each monthly number containing 

 eight Plates ; 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Hooker, 

 King's Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



Edwards's Botanical Register; each monthly number containing 

 eight plates; 4s. coloured, 3s. plain. Edited by Dr. Lindley, F.R.S., 

 Professor of Botany in the London University. 



POLYPETALOUS DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



A Twining Leguminous Plant which inhabits St. Kitfs. — We 

 have received, for distribution, from the botanic garden at Bury 

 St. Edmunds, a portion of legumes and seeds of a plant of this 

 kind, which had been presented to that establishment by J. E. 

 A. Sadler, Esq. M.D., of St. Kitts. Dr. Sadler conceives that 

 the plant is an undescribed one; and, from his description of it, 

 we present as follows: — 'It has trifoliate leaves, and axillary 

 flowers on long footstalks. The corolla is of a pink colour, with 

 a greenish spot at the base of the vexillum. The calyx has two 

 little bracteas at its base, is 4-cleft, persistent, and has a gland 





