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JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ July 27, 1871. 



' reverse of petals satiny 



Monsieur Woolfield, H.P. Deep rose. 

 Pavilion ie Pregny, H.P. Pnrple rose, 

 white." 



Perfection de Lyon, H.P. Kose. 

 Eeine de Midi, H.P. Eose. 



CiRlrnfE, SCAELET, A?.13 LIGHT CEIMSOS. 



Alfred Colomb, H.P. Scarlet. Very fine. 



Annie "Wood, H.P. Carmine. 



Beauty of Waltham, H.P. Carmine. 



Catherine Guillot, B. Carmine. 



Charles Lee, H.P. Crimson. 



Clotilde KoUand, H.P. Light crimson. 



Dr. Andry, H.P. Crimson. Large and stout-petaled. 



Due de Eohan, H.P. Crimson. 



Dupny-Jamain, H.P. Canniae. 



Esposition de Brie. H.P. Crimson. 



FeHx Genero, H.P. Carmine. " Yeiy fragrant, noble foliage, 

 makes a good stand. A superb Eose." 



John Hopper, H.P. Crimson. Hardy ; good as a standard or for 

 a pillar. 



Jules Margottin, H.P. Carmine. " A superb Eose, blooms abun- 

 dantly in autumn ; good as a standard, and for forcing." 



La Brillante, H.P. Carmine. 



Laurent Deseourt, H.P. Crimson. 



Madame Clemence Joigneaux, H.P. Carmine. Large. 



Madame Victor Verdier, H.P. Scarlet. Fragrant; good as a 

 standard. 



Mademoiselle Marie Eady, H.P. Crimson. Very large and double ; 

 good as a standard. 



Marie Banmann, H.P. Scarlet. Fine and fragrant. 



Mareohal Vaillant, H.P. Carmine. 



Souvenir de Poiteau, H.P. Crimson. 



CEnrSOX, DAEE CKniSON, AND P0EPLE. 



CharlesLefebvre, H.P. Dark crimson. Very large; attar-scented. 

 Duke of Edinburgh, H.P. Crimson. 

 Eugene Appert, H.P. Crimson. 

 Fisher Holmes, H.P. Crimson. Camellia-like. 

 John Eejnes, H.P. Dark crimson and fragrant. 

 Madame Moreau, H.P. Crimson. 

 Senateur Vaisse. H.P. Dark crimson. 



Xavier Olibo, H.P. Purplish crimson. Peculiar in colour, and 

 fragrant. 



YELLOWS. ■ 



Celine Forestier, N. Pale. Fragrant. Nearly evergreen. Good 

 for bed, Tvall, or standard. 



Gloi-e de Dijon, T. Buff. Fruit-scented. Good as a climber or 

 standard. 



Madame Margottin, T. Citron. Very fragrant. 



Mademoiselle Adele Jougant, T. Pale. 



Marecbal Niel, T. Golden. Very large and fragrant ; blooms 

 early and late. Good for a wall. 



Triomphe de Eennes, N. Pale. Peculiarly scented. 



Be it remembered that the foregoing is only Mr. Cnrtis'a 

 selection from the " old " Koses. I must reserve his notes on 

 last year's varieties until a fntnre communication, for I have 

 not done yet with Torqtiay. — G. 



LAXTON'S ALPHA PEA. 

 I AH desirous of recording my experience of this fine variety. 

 Grown by the side of other varieties acknowledged to be the 

 best, and under precisely the same conditions, this beats them 

 all. It is not the earliest, but is only a week later than 

 Carter's First Crop, and four days behind Dickson's First and 

 Best. Sown on the same day as Little Gem, it was gathered 

 the same day as that excellent dwarf. As to productiveness, 

 Alpha, without being the best, is amongst the best, and equal 

 in yield to varieties of inferior quality. It attained a height of 



4 feet, and was covered with pods from within less than a foot 

 from the ground. It has been common enough to find pods 

 containing nine fall-sized peas, a few have been opened 

 ■with ten ; and yesterday, on looking tor the finest pod, it was 

 found to contain twelve fine peas. In quality, it is the opinion 

 of several better judges than myself, that Alpha is the very 

 best of its season, being superior to Little Gem by its more 

 delicate and sugary flavour. Altogether this is a variety of 

 great excellence, and will hold high rank amongst its numerous 

 rivals for some time. 



This Pea has grown a foot above the limited height of the 

 vendors, but this season is ruinous to orthodox heights of Peas, 

 First Crop averages fally 3J feet; Laxton's Supreme is now 



5 feet high, and will easily reach auotherfoot, and I have rows 

 of Champion of England, at this moment just ready for gather- 

 ing, 81 feet high, placing the rod fairly anywhere by the side of 

 the rows without touching the haulm. This, held up to its legi- 

 timate extent, reaches above 9 feet. That, however, is not the 



fair and accepted mode of stating the height of Peas. These 

 measurements are not given as being extraordinary, but as 

 showing the necessity of making allowances for weather in- 

 fluences, and the propriety of giving the heights of Peas as 

 approximative, and so, in the case of new kinds, preventing 

 reflections which have been, and perhaps will be again, indulged 

 in by the public against the dealers. — J. W. 



BROOKLAND, CHAEMINSTER, NEAR 

 DORCHESTER. 



THE KESIDENCE OF W. WEESTEB, ESQ. 



" Where there's a will there's a way " is an old and trite 

 proverb, which as often receives its illustration in gardening as 

 in anything else — a truth I have more than once exemplified 

 in my own horticultural experience, and which has been abun- 

 dantly shown in the case of the gentleman whose garden I 

 visited the other day in my annual Dorsetshire tour — alas ! I 

 fear to be my last. When real love tor flowers la aided by the 

 very needful adjunct of a little hard cash, it is astonishing what 

 difiicnlties can be overcome. 



No one, in passing by the road which leads through the 

 village of Charminster, would suppose that behind the wall 

 which abuts on the high road there is such a treasury of hor- 

 ticultural beauties as Mr. Webster has already accumulated. 

 Time was when there were plenty of jack snipes in the place 

 where now stands the garden, so rich in its varied productions ; 

 and I, who saw it only two or three years ago, can hardly believe 

 the change which has taken place. The house abuts on the 

 road, but, once inside, you are no longer aware of that, so open 

 is the whole scene. A glass verandah filled with flowering 

 plants, and with its roof covered with Yinea, runs along the front 

 of the house, and this again opens into a range of houses com- 

 prising stove, vineries, and greenhouse, all built on Mr. Cran- 

 ston's plan, and for elegance of form and the ease with which 

 they are ventilated they seem to me the very models of what 

 houses ought to be. As these houses are well known and con- 

 stantly advertised in the columns of the Journal, there is no 

 need that I should detail their mode of construction. Mr. 

 Webster is more satisfied with them than ever. There is also 

 a nice propagating house, of course the usual adjuncts of pits 

 and frames, and in ail of them are to be found some of the 

 richest and rarest of the horticultural introductions of late 

 years. Amongst Ferns there were a fine plant of Adiantnm 

 farleyense, and young, promising examples of the beautiful 

 Filmy Ferns Todea superba and Todea pellucida, while Platy- 

 oerium alcicorne was treated here iu au original way, which 

 was certainly most effective. A large pot, somewhat like a 

 Sea-kale pot, was turned upside down, holes were made in it, 

 and another pot placed inside with peat ; the Fern was planted 

 here, and, pushing itself through the holes, gradually laid hold 

 of and spread over the pot, and so the whole surface of it will 

 gradually become covered. 



Grapes were exceedingly well grown, although on a small scale 

 as compared with many places. I saw strong Vines well filled 

 with fruit of the Muscat Hamburgh, and very large bunches of 

 Trebbiano and other good kinds, while Black Hamburgh, as 

 usual, formed the piece de resistance. The first crop was over, 

 and the successions were rapidly coming forward. Strawberries 

 had been forced in abundance, and the plants placed in the 

 border were furnishing good second crops of bloom. 



I saw in the houses a nice plant of the very curious Ataecia 

 oristata, not often seen, but always sure to excite wonder when 

 in flower, so unlike is it to anything else, and so doubtful some 

 would be in looking at it whether it were a flower or not ; while 

 most of the more recent introductions in both stove and green- 

 house plants were to be found here. 



But perhaps that part of the garden in which I was most 

 interested was the rock garden, for, although small, it contained 

 a most interesting collection of alpine plants, many of which 

 were growing and flowering in great profusion. Intermingled 

 with them were also some nice specimens of our best British 

 Ferns. Most of the finer varieties of Sedums and Semper- 

 vivums were mixed with Campanulas, Gentians, Violas, and 

 Primnlas. Noticeable among them I saw Omphalodes verna 

 alba, Dinnthus deltoides, Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, Primula 

 cortusoides — the old variety had been, I was assured, a perfect 

 mass of flower ; the same had been the case with Aquilegia 

 Cffirnlea. Dianthus alpinus, Silene rupestris, and, as the auc- 

 tioneers say, others too numerous to mention were thickly 

 studded all over the rookwork. It is most encouraging to those 



