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Rose, A dwarf *Bordure' (Rev. Hort. p. 462, Oct. 16, 1911).— 

 M.M. Barbier & Co., Orleans, have produced a Wichuraian hybrid > 

 described as absolutely dwarf, never exceeding a foot in height, so j 

 fioriferous that foliage is quite hidden ; flowers very double in corymbs |j 

 of twenty 'five to fifty flowers, which retain their colour throughout; ' 

 reconnmended as a magnificent plant for borders or pots; colour 

 pure carmine.—C, T. D. 



Rose, *Gloipe de Dijon,' Effect of Droug-ht on {Bev. Hort. 

 p. 537; Dec. 1, 1911). — A long-established and very vigorous specimen, 

 owing to the long drought of 1911, produced inferior flowers until 

 September, when suddenly it was covered with a complete inflorescence 

 of great single blooms, to which succeeded immediately after a crop 

 of typical double ones on the same branches. — 0. T. D. 



Roses, The Best Hybrid. By K. Josefsky {Oestr. Gart. Zeit, 

 vol. vi. pt. xi. pp. 404-9). — The following are regarded as the best 

 hybrid roses for cutting or for planting in groups. * Amateur Teyssier ' 

 (1899), ' Augustine Guinoisseau ' (1899), ' Beautd Lyonnaise ' (1895), ; 

 ' Belle Siebrecht ' (1895), ' Oamoens ' (1882), * Duchess of Albany ' 

 (1898), ' Ferdinand Jamin ' (1896), ' Franz Deegen ' (1900), ' Grace 

 Darling ' (1883), ' Gloire Lyonnaise ' (1884), ' Gruss an Teplitz ' 

 (1896), ' Gustave Eegis ' (1890), 'Her Majesty' (1886), * Hippolyte Bar- 

 reau,' ' Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ' (1891), * Killarney * (1898), ' Lady 

 Battersea ' (1901), ' La France ' (1867), * Liberty ' (1901), ' La France ' 

 of 1889, ' Mme. Abel Ohatenay ' (1894), ' Mme. Alexandre Bernaix ' 

 (1877), 'Mme. Joseph Bonnaire ' (1891), 'Mme. Caroline Testout ' 

 (1890), ' Mme. Joseph Combet ' (1893), ' Mme. Jules Grolez ' (1896), 

 • Mme. Eavary ' (1899), ' Marquise Litta de Breteuil ' (1893), ' Mar- 

 quise de Salisbury ' (1890), ' Mildred Grant ' (1901), ' Papa Lambert ' 

 (1890), ' Pierre Guillot ' (1879), ' Prinz de Bulgaria ' (1901), ' Eoso- 

 mane Gravereaux ' (1899), ' Souvenir de President Oarnot ' (1894), 

 ' Viscountess Folkestone ' (1886).— ^S. E. W. 



Rubi, New Chinese. By A. 0. {Gard. Chron. p. 147, March 9, 

 and p. 165, March 16, 1912; 6 figs.). — A useful list, arranged 

 alphabetically, of the more interesting or ornamental of the brambles 

 lately introduced from China. Description of twenty species or | 

 varieties are given, and thirteen are shown in the figures. — E. A. B. 



Ruellia Derosiana (Bot. Mag. t. 8406). — Brazil. Family, Acan- j 

 thaceae; tribe, Euellieae. Undershrub, 1-1^ feet high. Leaves | 

 oblong, 2^-3 inches long. Softly herbaceous, upper surface dark | 

 green, with a white streak along the midrib ; under surface purple. 

 Flowers solitary; corolla, white If inches long, 1 inch across. — G. H. , 



Sandy Wastes, Planting- of. By F. Eochau {Gartenfiora, 

 vol. Ix. pt. xii., pp. 266-7). — Sandy wastes may with advantage be 

 sown in early spring with a perenninl Lupine, which has been previously 

 treated witli nitragin. Plants witli flat rosettes of leaves help to bind 



