53 
growing hardy species may also be grown in pots; the best me- 
thod is, however, to have them planted out into the open ground, 
in a moist and shaded border, either in sandy peat, or peat 
and loam; where they will require no further care than occasi- 
onal waterings in very dry weather. These may be increased by 
dividing. When the offsets are small they require to be potted, 
and turned out, with their balls entire, when fully established. 
92 Calampelis scaber from seed.s. Several complaints have 
reached us of the uncertainty of the seed of this plant vegetating. 
This arises, principally, out of mismanagement. Indeed, we 
have plants, received from a friend, which sprung spontaneously 
at the foot of a wall, beneath the parent, and endured the frosts 
of last winter. Its seeds should be sown in a hotbed, on the top 
of a pot of fine compost, and not covered, excepting by a little 
moss; and not by this so entirely as to prevent the seeds being- 
seen through it. A few days after the seeds have vegetated re- 
move the moss, and be careful neither to let the sun shine di- 
rectly on the plants, whilst very young, nor suffer the soil to be- 
come too dry. 
93 Noisette Roses, in beds. 3Ir. Markham’s method of origi- 
nating gay rose beds, and prolonging their beauty, as given 
under No. 61, has already obtained numerous followers. In re- 
ply to some enquiries, we add to the former observations, that 
the system recommended is not applicable to the slow-growing 
deciduous roses. It is equally as suitable to a single bush of 
the Noisette, as to a whole bed. The distance at which the Noi- 
sette Rose is first planted in beds, may be considered of little 
moment. The stock of plants, and space to be covered, may be 
admitted to govern the regulation of distance. If planted pretty 
numerously, the bed may at once be covered ; but if w idely apart, 
layers may be put down, either in spring, or about midsummer, 
to fill up vacancies to any reasonable extent. If young shoots 
be pegged down, beneath the soil, in summer, and its surface 
protected from drought, by a little half-decayed hotbed manure, 
they will strike root most readily. One scrap of knowledge 
should have a place in the minds of all lovers of roses; which is, 
that the soil in which they are planted can scarcely ever be made 
too rich, and that most frequently it is by far too poor. 
94 Culture of Vines. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation 
of the Grape Vine on open walls, has been published by Mr. 
ItJ. AUCTARIUM. 
