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be better to write them with a hair pencil than to indent them 

 with type, because, in the former case, the accents and cedilla 

 may be added to them with ease; for, if they be left out, it would 

 puzzle a person, not a French scholar, to pronounce them pro- 

 perly. A memorandum book will be required, in which the 

 names must be arranged according to their classes, and each 

 class numbered separately, that is, each class must commence with 

 No. 1.; which number and abbreviation will be found convenient 

 in case of budding. As some of the names are to be found in 

 several of the classes , it is necessary to have an abbreviation of 

 the class and number of the rose on the label, as shown in Jig. 7. 



The following; is a list of the abbreviations : — 



A. 



Alba. 



Au. B. 



Austrian Briar. 



B. 



Bourbon. 



C. 



China. 



D. 



Damask. 



D. Per. 

 G. - 



Damask Perpetual. 

 Gallica. 



H. C. 

 H. Per. 

 H. Pr. 



Hybrid China. 

 Hybrid Perpetual. 

 Hybrid Provence. 



H. S. B. 



Hybrid Sweet Briar. 



Mac. - 



Macartney. 



Mic. - 

 Min. - 



Microphylla. 

 Miniature. 



Ms. - 



Moss. 



Mk. - 



Musk. 



N. - 



Noisette. 



Per. - 

 Pr. - 



Perpetual. 

 Provence. 



S. 



Sc. - 



Sulphurea. 

 Scotch. 



S. B. - 



Sweet Briar. 



T. 



Tea-scented China. 



CLE. 



CI. M. 



Climbing Evergreen. 

 — Multiflora 



CI. H. 



— Hybrid. 



The following are climbers : ■ 

 CI. A. Climbing Ayrshire. 

 CI. Bk. — Banksian. 

 CI. Br. — Boursault. 



In writing the names, the letters should be placed at 

 equal distances, except between words, which should be a 

 little further apart. Short names will go in one line ; but the 

 name should occupy nearly the whole length of the label, and 

 not with the letters crammed in a heap in the middle of the 

 line, which gives them an unsightly appearance. 



To the writer of the names, Wood and Son's Descriptive 

 Catalogue of Roses would be found very useful, the names being 

 accented according to the French language. 



Osberton, December 16. 1841. 



Art. XIV. On forcing the Melon for early Fruit. 

 By R. B. Wilson. 



As it is drawing towards the time when it is necessary to com- 

 mence forcing the melon for early fruit, I beg leave to lay before 

 your readers a few remarks on that head. The method that I 

 have adopted with success varies, in some respects, from what is 



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