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SEPTEMBER 19, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRON Fe tits. 
369 
may know also ; pe t many go away—and this is 
ly so in the cas of what, for want of a better 
ill call = shall amateurs ’ ’—with th heir note- 
inly n This so, and admitting ‘the 
aiy that exists of ude cating all Rose growers 
e matters, I hold that the frances of 
neighbour. 
aternal or r Otherwise, presenti 
khe sis Re m D aE 
Rose Pest by th 
Teverse. not more likely t 
o 
ening. clusion, 
he Rose or for gard Im 
ition—Let priza be stasa for r legitimately 
oses, not maiden 
Teat 
Pi re 
Then 
ely Britis E Parder Fee rotate enone e gene- 
site ; then should we weak an em ait whose 
uld be cultural ‘Skill, per- 
it Then would Rose 
ae vee ew Roses ‘* go nad 
d the merits of a Rose for 
is own. would by 
th the display of maiden blooms, 
age comes fee and so, in the 
of things, diisohniðk; a a falling apart of what 
: mig once have been a noble superstructure. William 
may r arda A be hoped bev out pih ey 
of Mr. 
Wie Hvala in 
sent method of exhibiting Roses may be dis- 
Tf, hein a system is to be 
iduals, there is 
“into regions 
r woundi ing t the susceptibilities of t 
E skinned TR but ee tone stoned s 
m espon de eces ates specific reply. 
TE P sasali 
ate an opponent’s arks, 
de of discussion a either 
first place I neither ‘‘ attacked 
upon which, peradventure, our reas 
of pri ieee culti- 
ns of my want of knowledge 
r with the most part of 
they are altoge ether 
A writer for nearly twenty 
organs of high 
S ose a and who 
amit of the Ings R ose Zrounds i in 
urbons 
“ove o ascertain e 
wish to call the atten 
= com 
ior did I ‘‘decr ilthy ground.” | 
y, ei adi the latter as one t hose 
t trade 
London par 
ants at a certain wee 
heap to move oat 
ld aeie “ small stunted. apta 
that any respectable nurseryman would sel aa i is 
simple balderdash. I did not ‘‘attack the exhi- 
bitors,” but simply ventured to question the morality 
ed a aas o many 
up 
Elak. chatacters, by w 
Rei -purchasing public 
imple illustration of this 
which naturally 
are removed, I observe. Messrs. Geo 
& Sons admit the ‘‘ praiseworthy practice of dis: 
budding.” This “ Jone one left o 
vague 
comprehensive term for 
the arcana of ozer-stimalation to roduce size, se 
known to the initiated, an i constitu 
that sup skill in c EEA upon which ee 
akers, or the would-be such, plu mselves 
ike Mr. Prince, I observe that Messrs. Paul dis- 
claim the practices u ich, in 1 to secure 
progress in the flower and fair-p for Rose buyers, 
I nlucky enough to animadvert. Nothing yet 
advanced has convin me any error in th 
propositions I ventured 
will add the following 
stands are no criterion 
of the vari 
racter eties the t to a Sar i 
nor of the superiority of the general stock of plants 
at the nurseries e which they That the 
mo 4 whi sorone are p at _Present is 
un ral and ieaiai Th ie not the 
highes st property in thé. flowers of. t O56 A 
Tan it 5 desirable that some authoritative canons as 
ses Arce; 
upon w adjudg 
perom end be sia down by a counei of rosarians. 
5. That i. show: as at condncjed are not 
calculate 
These 
amount of contro 
of all opinions, ic 0, itis to be ho oped, 
the contes t with ‘farms courtesy ” rather 
s one advantag rm 
—that they ford little 
uld just add that 
o 
imputed to ost unwarrantably by on 
correspondents, who took up the cudgel in “behalf of 
Mr. G: Paul 
fw 
pani not the writer. W. D. Prior. 
ou Petting on this interesting and 
correspondents, 
itor ths discussion, will confine themselves to the 
an 
oints at issue, ds specially not wander off into 
P eruet; which are useless and may be mis- 
chievous. EDS.]. 
Killing and Colouring aa Seeds. sk 
tion of yi , and mo 
nected w 
the seed: trade, wA 
eap colou 
he farmers, which i is got for ey ma the 
und eee: rae ri De ioe This 
an 
‘and mehen 
oa gare extent. 
it looks quite as well 2 as Tosa sou 
t An honest baie 
, bus 
rest, Bat 
as tnesi 
o 
any one else, and conse- 
o the jargest D anona ess. I know for 
,000 
"y article finds ie way re the English seed 
house the Neniel of Ireland. 
grass seeds. Ventilation, [The firms in sre 
ie our correspondent, assuming his, seem 
have forgotten ‘‘ The Adulteration of Seeds pig 
1869,” from which we take the following extract :— 
 Byery person who, with intent to defraud, Dr e 
enable another person to defraud, does an 
following things—that is to say (a), kills or adel ed 
be d 
killed a i seeds, or (2) dyes or causes to be 
any chp r (3) sells or causes to d l 
or dyed shall be punished as follows: that is 
ed 
to say (1), for the first offence = sha 
penalty og exceeding £5; for the second ai 
subseq ence he shall be liable to a penalty 
srar exceeding : moreover, in eve 
se any subsequent offence neice this ry it 
shall ba gie for oe Court, besides inflicting upon 
e person guilty of su 
direte d by this Act,” to pu 
ense of such Pr nder, in such newspaper or news- 
papers, or in h other manner as the Court m ay 
think fit to miara Eps.] 
t Bunches of Grapes.—The gardener who 
told “ in ’ that monstrosities could be produced 
by graftin his spring I wo 
shoots together 
shoots togethe i 
8 
n nch will s nto mere 
insignificance. A. ran Pars piste geet rz, 
wG ardens, —Pending the pages visits I ven 
est last wi o get as much 
ossible by going AR the Bot 
old api that 
or shrub 
whe 
that interests you name is to b 
One day this week I visited the greenhouse— nET 
think. ere 
ten together) vihous et name, 
species. e that these are i sahaté to-day and 
veral of the 
med. yee 
of the especies but n 
ing to sinetit of the 
ery member of the family had “‘Coleu 
observant would invited to ations w 
they had in common, d why this was 
= dean: I was told, s ‘Oh ! it is supposed e verybody 
oleus. all th 
botanic emden t 
gardens i in crowds, 
poe they pass their lives. Why sh 
hey know what the gardens ab expres de- 
y give the Co 
aled t € I onl leus 
xample ; ust consider how easy it is with a pist 
of lead pencil to write the name of a pl 
would 
were 
ing—to nam 
ai IEI into Ge 
I wou 
-inflict a e p a para of 
walls, w. are now the sul 
articles, se mee The Old 
and i | per. 
sons, but “are just the le who ave a right to 
expect to be instructed in botanic iota supported 
by the St ier If an order were i 
ssued that every- 
thing exhibited shail be named, ial the old walls, 
permanent climbers in tg arta and ss ig trees, 
specially seen to, the gardens would gain greatly in 
value and interest. Before I conclude, p- me call 
ogue or Guide. It was published 
ape Pea to the 
in 1872—that is to say, wcrc the large temperate- 
house was bui pondent means the 
eai temperate house in 
ong here: it was 
w 
000 quarters of this | mat 
shops 
