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Paxton, Geant des Batailles, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Plantier, and several others, 
all of which have flowered well. If you will be good enough to tell me what you 
think can he the cause of the failure of Souvenir de la Malmaison, and if I can 
adopt any kind of treatment to remedy it, I shall be much obliged. Both the 
standards are well placed in sunny positions, one on the lawn in front of the house, 
the other in a warm border of the kitchen garden. Excuse my troubling you, and 
accept my thanks for many vahiahle hints in the Floral World which I have 
availed myself of. — A Hosarian, Ampthill. [This fine rose frequently refuses to 
open its flowers in the manner mentioned, owing to some peculiarity in the soil or 
situation. Rose-growers acquainted with its peculiarities frequently assist the 
flowers to expand. As the buds are so eminently beautiful, we should advise you 
to content yourself with removing the large partly-expanded flowers as soon as 
they become unsightly.] 
Oleander and Magnolia.— A Constant Subscriber to the Floral World begs 
the Editor to inform her as to the management of the Oleander. She was made a 
present of one, which had been reared in a conservatory, but which had been taken 
out of that and given to a person, who kept it out-of-doors all summer, and 
brought it in in winter, for two years. It was then given to the writer, who has 
kept it since this time last year in a warm room and in a hay window, where it 
gets no actual top light, but has light all round, and the top of the window is 
considerably above the top of the tree. She has followed all the rules she knows 
of — namely, keeping it well watered, and the saucer in which the pot stands is 
kept always half-full of water j but the plant has not flowered since it left the 
conservatory, and this year the writer was in hopes it was going to be covered with 
bloom, but the flower-buds seem only to drop off instead of expanding further on. 
She also wants to know the name of the enclosed flower, which was raised from 
seed, but the name was washed away, and it is unknown by anyone here. Also 
what is the best way to protect a large Magnolia, growing against the front of a 
house, which is going to be repaired and altered. The centre stem seems to be 
too strong to be bent, but there are several younger boughs. Would it be well to 
cut down the strong one, and trust to the younger ones for a new tree ? or is 
there any other way by which it can he managed ? Answers to these questions 
would be a great boon. Can you name the enclosed Fern, and is it hardy ? 
[Keeping the pots constantly in saucers of water would account for the flower-buds 
of the Oleander dropping in the manner mentioned. The plant requires liberal 
supplies of water during the growing season, but the soil must not be kept in a 
constant state of saturation. It will be necessary to fasten the branches of the 
Magnolia away from the wall, and then protect them from injury with canvas 
mats or tarpauling. It is impossible to offer any advice on cutting back the 
branches — that must be done by some competent person who has seen the tree. 
The specimen of the flowering plant is not sufiicient for identification, and we 
cannot undertake to name ferns from rough pencil sketches ] 
Climbing Rose. — I wish in the autumn to plant against the vacant N. W. wall of 
a house a climbing Rose, H.P. section, if possible. My beau ideal of a rose is one of 
bright fresh colour — in the way of Anna Alexieff — but with margin paler than 
centre. Can you name a few such amongst the H.P. ? Your so doing in next 
Floral World would oblige. New roses, Madame Lefebvre Bernard, and Richard 
Wallace, by descriptions, seem to he about the desired sort of thing. — A Kew Sub- 
scriber. [The rose which appears most likely to suit you is Princess Louise Victoria, 
■which is one of the most free-growing and free-flowering hybrid perpetuals in cul- 
tivation. The flowers are of medium size, but they are produced in huge trusses 
throughout the season, and far into the autumn.] 
Euphorbia splendens. — Young Beginner. — Young shoots that have become 
rather hard will strike freely in good sandy soil, and the pots plunged in bottom 
heat, such as is afforded by a cucumber bed. Pot off when rooted, using equal 
parts of peat, loam, and leaf-mould, and plenty of crocks broken fine ; and stop 
frequently to keep the plant bushy and within bounds. Giow the plants freely 
until they become nice specimens ; then pot them in loam, leaf-mould, and a large 
proportion of lime rubbish, and small pieces of broken bricks ; they will then flower 
freely, much better than in a rich compost. 
