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REVIEW. 
It is quite unnecessary to say anything on the desirableness, of having Camellia 
blooms enjoyed, for so long a period as from the beginning of October, to as late in 
spring as their development can be retarded. It only remains for us to add, that 
everything approaching a sudden change of condition in the management must be 
scrupulously avoided. 
REVIEW. 
The Rosb-Garden. — By William Paul, of the Nurseries, Cheshunt. In twelve monthly 
Parts. Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts. Sherwood 8$ Co. 
Few persons in England are better qualified to prepare a work of this description than Mr. 
Paul. It is true, treatises on the Rose have now become numerous, and some of them are 
excellent, having been written by persons of known capabilities and experience ; the subject, 
therefore, might almost be considered exhausted : this, however, is far from being the case ; 
every time it is re-examined, something new presents itself ; facts which were omitted in all 
previously written works, become known ; and hints of much value on particular points of culti- 
vation are placed before the public. 
Much of what will be found in the " Rose Garden," is from the personal experience and 
observation of the author. On this account we can safely recommend it ; we feel satisfied its 
details may be depended upon, and its directions will ensure success. It is formed into two 
divisions : — the first comprises the History of the Rose ; the Formation of the Rosarium, and 
Rose Clumps in general ; Remarks on Locality, Soils, the Improvement of Soils, &c; On 
Pruning ; Hybridizing ; Raising of Seedlings ; Culture of Roses in Pots ; Forcing ; Budding ; 
Grafting ; Exhibiting ; and various other operations and amusements connected with the culture 
of Roses. The second division contains an arrangement of all the approved Roses known ; their 
colours, size, form, degree of fulness, habit, and rate of growth, which points have been noted 
chiefly from specimens when in flower. In addition to this, any peculiar methods necessary to be 
observed in the cultivation of particular groups, will be recorded, and the purposes for which each 
group is best suited ; as, for example, whether for Standards, Dwarfs, or Climbers ; for Forcing 
or Pot-Culture. A portion of both Divisions of the work are to appear in each Part. 
Each Part consists of twenty-four pages of letter-press, illustrated with one or two highly- 
finished coloured plates of new and first-rate kinds of Roses, with occasional woodcuts to illustrate 
the practices of Rose culture. And at the end of the work it is intended to form an appendix, to 
contain some of the more interesting and important opinions of cultivators. 
That some idea may be formed of the matter, it might be right to give a specimen. All the 
Roses in cultivation are divided by Mr. Paul into two classes — Summer and Autumn Roses. The 
first contains twenty-one groups or families ; and the second seventeen, making altogether thirty- 
eight groups. 
CLASS L— SUMMER ROSES, 
BLOOMING IN MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 
Group 1. — The Alpine or Boursault Rose. 
The Boursault Roses are very distinct from all others. The shoots are long, flexible, very 
smooth, in some instances entirely free from thorns ; the one side [often of a pale green, the other 
of a reddish tinge ; the eyes are formed further apart than in common. The flowers are 
produced in large clusters. By these features are the varieties of this group readily distinguished. 
The Boursault Roses, though of vigorous growth, are not of a sufficiently pendulous habit to 
make perfect " Weeping Roses " without^ assistance from the cultivator. When desired to be 
formed into such, the branches should be drawn to the ground with tar-twine or twisted bast, 
when the immense trusses of flowers they bring forth give to the tree an appearance truly 
