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JOURNAL OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Rose Conference, International {Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr. 

 ser. iv. vol. xi. April, pp. 254-276, and June 1910, pp. 377-416).— 

 An international Eose Conference was held in Paris in May 1910, and 

 a detailed report of the proceedings is given in the last paper cited. 

 The April number pubUshed what are called preliminary memoirs, 

 which include a long and interesting article by M. Vi viand-Morel on 

 " The Use of the Eose in the Ornamentation of the Garden " and 

 some notes on other subjects connected with the Eose. 



M. Viviand-Morel puts in a plea for the more frequent cultivation 

 of the varieties of the Rosa gallica, which possesses one merit not 

 shared by other roses, of succeeding well in a partially shaded position. 

 Among these varieties may be mentioned R. suhlaevis, incomparahilis , 

 arvina, geminata, fenella, &c., and R. austriaca, incarnata, silvatica, 

 mimhilis, &c. 



For wild planting the old Provence roses have also been unduly 

 neglected, and might well be grown in shrubberies or in the wilder 

 portions of a garden, where they will require no care and, if grown on 

 their own roots, can be trusted to go in search themselves of fresh 

 feeding-ground when their own is exhausted. 



Suitable roses for every possible position in the garden are described, 

 and M. Viviand-Morel also gives a descriptive list of various forms of 

 garden construction now in use in France which might be useful to 

 refer to when consulting technical French works on gardening. 



Boulingrin is a corruption of our howling -green, and is of two sorts. 



A B. simple is a sunk turfed space with grass banks and without 

 ornament. 



A B. compose is such a space planted with groups or borders of 

 plants. 



A Gloriette is a small garden shelter either built or formed as a 

 cabinet de verdure " in a park or garden. 



Banquette is a hedge cut to a certain height, sometimes with 

 growers left at intervals. 



Belvedere is an eminence, or platform, from which there is a good 

 view. It is raised on a bank of turf or surrounded by a terrace wall, 

 and ornamented with trees and shrubs cut out into arches, through 

 which the view appears. 



Buisson is used by gardeners in a restricted sense, signifying a tree 

 or shrub cut every two or three years so that it never grows more than 

 three metres in height. The branches all start from the crown of the 

 plant and grow evenly in all directions. 



A Buissonet is a smaller huisson. 



An Espalier is a tree trained against a wall by means of wires or 

 nails. 



A Contre-espalier is one trained in the same shape with no wall 

 behind it. Mention is made in this memoir of the rosary of M. Grave- 

 reaux at L'Hay, near Paris. Here he will find a glorious display of 

 all the most beautiful roses, perfectly grown and most artistically dis- 

 posed. 



