WO APPENDIX. 



Most of the above are very different in flower and habit 

 i'rom those they were raised from, and from any other roses. 

 Mr Brown possesses a new rose of considerable beauty, raised 

 at New Scone, and which first flowered in summer 1821. 

 He calls it the Coronation Rose, 



No. IV. 



1. EXTRACTS from the Scots Gardener's Director, ty 

 James Justice, F. R. $. &c. Edinburgh 1754. 



(Referred to at p. 200.) , 



So soon as the hyacinth roots arrive from Holland, I would 

 incline to plant them, provided it is any time after the mid- 

 dle of September, that season being the best for planting the 

 double hyacinths, which I would perform in the following 

 manner : Stake out a convenient place in the garden, not too 

 near a Avail or hedge, and at the same time sheltered from 

 winds and storms as much as you can, of what length you 

 please, but of breadth 5 feet, and taking out the natural 

 earth to the depth of 3 feet clear below the surface of the 

 pathway, level the bottom thereof; then lay in 8 inches height 

 of suitable compost ; and levelling this, lay above it 16 inches 

 of the reserved heap of dung and sand, after you perceive 

 it has been well rotted and made very fine ; by this means, 

 24 inches of the 3 feet will be filled up of this trench ; 

 and my reason for laying the 16 inches of this well rotted 

 dung, and a fourth part of sand, is, that the extreme parts of 

 the fibres of the hyacinths may reach the same, that they may 

 from thence suck what is sufficient to furnish a strong flower 

 for the succeeding year, to refurnish the great succulency of 

 their strong stems and bells which they send out every year. 

 Above this dung and sand, fill the bed up with the compost un- 

 til it be near equal with the surface of the path- way ; then lay 

 on the surface of the compost 1 inch of your sandy earth, the 

 purest and finest that you have. Take your roots, and plant 

 themfour roots broad, in a bed of 5 feet breadth, in a quincunx 

 OtdeT ; nud be sure that each of the outermost rows be 6 inch- 

 es at least, from the outmost verge of the bed, and 11 inches 



