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"rootling," and us for publishing it, — and thinks it 

 necessary I'or the protection of his own trade inte- 

 rests to have this awful crime examined by the 

 proper law officers. 



Having thus given the substance of our corre- 

 spondent's note, we hope he wi.l now be satisfied. 



Roses Imperatrice Josephine and Impera- 

 TRICE Eugenie — Mr. J. Pentland, Baltimore^ says: 

 " In the February No. of the Monthly my at- 

 tention was arrested by an enquiry with regard to 

 the roses Imperatrice Josephine and Imperatrice 

 Eugenie, whether they are one and the same rose. 



In rep]}'' to that enquiry, I would state that 

 they are very distinct from each other, — the Im- 

 peratrice Eugenie being of the color of deep rose, 

 purple edges, of fine form, and very double, of 

 vigorous growth, and altogether a No. 1 rose ; 

 while the Imperatrice Josephine is a pale flesh- 

 color, nearly white, flowering in large clusters, and 

 one of the most profuse bloomers we have. The 

 latter is neither so double or large as the former, 

 and the Imperatrice Josephine, in appearance and 

 character, resembles the Duchess de Thuringe. 



I imported both roses some years ago, and still 

 have them growing on my grounds. I find that 

 since the varieties of roses have increased so fast of 

 late years, there is very great confusion in nomen- 

 clature, and there are now so many names for roses, 

 and so very little distinction, that it is time that 

 those of an inlerior class should be discarded from 

 the list. 



The desire has been so great of late for novelties, 

 to the exclusion of really fine old varieties, that I 

 have no doubt but the public will continue to have 

 novel names in abundance and at good prices. 



I send you the description of the roses, cut from 

 my catalogue : 



Imperatrice Eugenie. — Vigorous, deep rose, pur- 

 ple edges, fine form, large and double ; a beautiful 

 rose ; one of the best. 



Imperatrice Josephine. — Moderate, flesh nearly 

 white, profuse in clusters, fine." 



Rosin Weed.— /I B. writes:— "I frequently 

 see in Californian literature reference to the ' Ro- 

 sin Weed.' I should be obliged if the editor can 

 inform a young reader of the Monthly what this 

 plant is. A friend suggests that it may be a Sil- 

 phium, to which the Compass Plant of the prairies 

 belongs, because that has a resinous nature ; but 

 this is a very coarse weed, and the accounts of the 

 Rosin Weed would seem to make it be one of deli- 

 cate growth." 



[We are not quite sure of the plant, but believe 

 it to be a species of Hemigonia, a plant belonging 

 to the same natural family as the Silphium. Some 

 of these Hemigonia have a sweet, resinous odor, 

 which gives quite a character to a Californian au- 

 tumn in some parts of the State.] 



Mr. Meehan's Nursery at GtErmantown. — 

 It is necessary to remind our readers occasionally, 

 that Mr. Meehan is engaged as Editor only of this 

 paper. Whatever is intended for him as a nursery- 

 man, should be addressed to him at Germantown, 

 if prompt attention be desired. Matters relating 

 to the publication should be directed to the Pub- 

 lisher, Mr. Brinckloe, in Philadelphia. When the 

 two things are mixed up in one letter, it is not pos- 

 sible to give prompt attention to them. This will 

 answer many inquiries recently made. 



Fruit Prospects in Tompkins County, N. 

 Y. — A correspondent writes: — "I regret to tell 

 you that our peaches, cherries and pears are all 

 killed. We had one night, during the latter part 

 of December, when the thermometer dropped down 

 to 22° below zero. They may be safe on the lake- 

 shore, or within a quarter to half a mile from the 

 lake. I live about a mile and a half from the lake. 

 The lake has a very great influence on all kinds of 

 fruit. I have no doubt but that cherries and pears 

 are safe within half a mile of the lake. Seneca Lake 

 lies 14 miles from the Cayuga (our lake), and within 

 half a mile of the Senec:^. There has been but 

 two failures of having crops of pekches in twenty 

 years. 



"The lake is 900 feet deep, and never freezes, and 

 is of the purest spring water. Crooked Lake is 

 where the celebrated wine-growing vineyards are 

 situated. It lays near the Seneca, and empties into 

 it. These lakes are all about alike in regard to the 

 ripening of grapes within half a mile of their 

 shores." 



Stock for Elms— Z"., i?o5fo?i.— Will you have 

 the kindness to inform me what variety of Elm 

 makes the best stock to work the Weeping kinds 

 on? Will the American answer? 



[The American Elm receives the grafts very well, 

 the "most natural," and, where to be had, a little 

 Perhaps the Ulmus campestre might be said to be 

 the best ; but we should not hesitate to use any of 

 the American species, though the U. Americana, 

 or common White Elm, would have the prefe- 

 rence.] 



