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gorgeous. One inducement to grow them in this manner is, that as most Roses of a pendulous 
growth produce pale-coloured flowers, they introduce a charming variety among ^Weeping Roses; 
for the Boursault are mostly crimson or purple. 
Besides forming good Weeping Roses, they are fine grown either on pillars or on fences with 
a northerly aspect, a situation where few other kinds succeed well. It might be supposed that 
they are very hardy, growing naturally, as they do, on the Alps of Austria and Switzerland. 
And such indeed is the case ; they will bloom well in situations where they scarcely obtain a 
gleam of sunshine. The popular name of the group Boursault, is due to the first double Alpine 
rose being so named in compliment to M. Boursault, a French cultivator. The Blush and the 
Crimson have been recommended by many as stocks for budding and grafting the Tea-Scented 
Roses on. The Blush has been used here (Cheshunt), but is not approved of ; it is the worst of 
all stocks, and more disposed to canker than any other with which we are acquainted. The Crimson, 
which appears more suitable for the purpose, has not been tried extensively. I believe, however, 
for general use, no stock can be found better than the Dog-Rose ; certainly none can be hardier. 
For pot Roses, however, there are others which, for one reason, seem to offer advantages ; 
they produce a greater quantity of fibrous roots in a smaller compass than the Dog-Rose ; a 
point of importance when a plant is confined for space. Of such nature are the Boursaults 
and the Manettia Rose. But when a plant is not confined for space, when the roots can dive into 
the free earth in search of food, then I would prefer the Dog-Rose to any other. 
Boursault Roses should be well thinned out in pruning ; but the shoots that are left for 
flowering should be shortened in very little. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS FOR JUNE, &c. 
Acacia celastrifolia. If a gracefully formed, much branching, evergreen shrub, with rather 
dense and broadish, bright glaucous- green leaves, whose ultimate branches are literally bowed 
down with the abundance of yellow heads of highly fragrant flowers for nearly two months of the 
year, and those almost of the winter season, can have any claim to cultivation, then may Acacia 
celastrifolia be confidently recommended. It was raised from Swan River seeds collected by 
Mr. Drumtnond. In odour it a good deal resembles that of the whitethorn, but is more delicate. 
Although very different, it will rank near A. myrtifolia. — Bot. Mag., 4306. 
Aconitum autumn ale. Received from Mr. Fortune, who found it in the gardens of Ningpo, 
in the north of China. It is prized there, chiefly on account of its habit of blooming late in the 
autumn or winter. As it will certainly prove quite hardy, and retain its habit of flowering in the 
winter, it will possess some interest to the collectors of new hardy herbaceous plants. In its man- 
ner of growth this Aconite resembles A. Napellus ; in the form of its flowers, A. Cammarum. It 
grows about three feet high, and produces its flowers, which are lilac and white, in a simple spike, 
which, however, in time becomes a panicle, by that retrograde development which seems common 
to all Aconites. The smell of the blossoms is heavy and unpleasant. — Hort. Jour., vol. ii., 77. 
Berberis ilicifolia. Of this rare and beautiful Berberry, hitherto known only to the hardy 
adventurer on the coasts of Fuegia, beyond the Straits of Magalhaens, living plants were sent home 
by the officers of the Antarctic voyage, under Captain Sir James Ross, to the Royal Gardens, with 
other treasures of those Antarctic regions. So much did they suffer during their perilous voyage, 
that, of the Berberis, only one could be successfully reared, and that has now produced its deep 
orange-coloured blossoms, which, taken in conjunction with its bright, glossy, holly-leaved foliage, 
renders it one of the handsomest known species of the genus. The berries are of a deep steel-blue 
colour, and remarkable for their gourd shaped form. Bot. Mag, 4308. 
Ch^snostoma polyanthum. A small suffruticose half-hardy plant, of very pretty appearance, 
requiring the same treatment as Verbenas, and, like them, well suited for bedding out in summer, 
