436 Gore's Bose-Fancier' s Manual. 



third has declared that it smells as angelica tastes. The tail- 

 piece to this description is Lycopodium involvens, after a draw- 

 ing by Lady Jane Walsh. 



Two pages more of introductory matter are given, and of 

 these we have extracted the essence ; but we think it will be 

 given with more effect when some future part appears, so as to 

 present a greater mass of information on the subject at once. 



Art. IV. The Rose-Fanciers Ma^iual. By Mrs. Gore. 12mo, 

 pp.434'. London, 1838. 



In the preface, Mrs. Gore informs us that she has undertaken 

 this work " for the use of the inexperienced English amateur; 

 and, in order to make it practically available, scientific terms 

 have been, as far as possible, laid aside, and the simplest form of 

 language adopted." (p. vi.) In the remainder of the preface, we 

 are informed that, though roses are easier of propagation in 

 France, they attain their highest perfection in England ; in proof 

 of which, reference is made to the nurseries of the principal Eng- 

 lish rose-growers. The rose attains a larger size in England, 

 from the comparative moderation and humidity in the climate ; 

 and the blossom of any individual kind of rose remains a longer 

 time expanded in our cloudy atmosphere, than under the intense 

 heat and light of a Continental sun, unobscured by clouds or 

 mists. 



" The real source of the eminence of the French in the culture of roses, is 

 the fact that it absorbs the almost exclusive attention of their horticulturists. 

 The high price of fuel places the cultivation of the tender exotics (by which 

 Enfrlish amateurs are chiefly engrossed) almost out of the question ; and, as 

 the French adhere to the wise custom of repairing to their country seats in 

 May, and quitting them in December, their attention and money are appro- 

 priated to the improvement of such plants as adorn the flower-garden during 

 the summer season. They care little for any that cannot be brought to per- 

 fection in the open air ; and precisely the same motive which promotes the 

 cultivation of the dahlia in England, has brought the rose to greater perfection 

 in France. 



" The first impulse was given to the culture of the rose in France at the 

 commencement of the present century, under the auspices of the Empress 

 Josephine, who caused her own name to be traced in the parterres at Mal- 

 maison with a plantation of the rarest roses, at considerable expense, by 

 Dupont, the gardener and founder of the celebrated collection attached to the 

 Luxembourg palace. 



" At the death of Dupont, Monsieur Hardy succeeded to his office ; who 

 for twenty-five years has been making annual sowings of seed obtained from 

 all quarters of the globe, with a view to the creation of varieties; and is pro- 

 bably the most scientific rose-grower in Europe. The Chamber of Peers, 

 however, and its grand referendary, by whom his services are remunerated, 

 have lately rendered the rose school of the Luxembourg Nursery secondary to 

 the school of vines ; a matter of important national interest to the landowners 

 of France. 



" The original roses of the Luxembourg, as well as those of the royal nursery 



