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THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
Horticultural Society.” The value in gold is estimated 
at 15/. We are a little disappointed with the general 
aspect of this long looked-for medal, its appearance being 
poor and Hat. To us Dr. Lindley’s profile is not satis- 
factory, with insufficient relief : the tall figure of Flora 
is classical and good, but there is clearly not enough 
room for an inscription. 
REVIEW. 
Hoses in Pots. By Wn. Paul, F.R.H.S., Waltham Cross. 
Kent & Co. 
When a work like the one before us reaches its fourth 
edition, it may be considered a pretty certain indication 
of the book’s general excellence and the proper appre- 
ciation of its contents by the public. It is not always 
that a thoroughly good practical man is able to put that 
best of all knowledge which is gained by experience, into 
taking, readable, and understandable form ; but in the 
case of Mr. William Paul, of Waltham Cross, we have 
at once an experienced and observant rose-grower, and 
a man with a happy faculty of saying things in the 
fewest and clearest words, and every word to the point. 
In the handy and elegantly got-up little book before us, 
with its ninety-one pages and eleven wood engravings 
(one of which latter we are able to reproduce), we may 
be said to have the experience of the best part of a life- 
time as to growing roses in pots, concentrated into the 
smallest possible space. As to the author’s thorough 
competence to speak with authority on ail subjects con- 
nected with roses and rose culture, his unrivalled annual 
displays of roses in pots at the Crystal Palace, Royal 
Horticultural Society, and Royal Botanic Society suf- 
ficiently testify; in fact, the very name of Paul is so 
indissolubly associated with the queen of flowers, that it 
is impossible to hear or see the mere word without visions 
of these lovely and fragrant flowers floating before us. 
The book opens with an enumeration of the advan- 
tages of growing roses in pots, and with suggestions 
for growing Tea Roses in aud near towns, often a most 
difficult feat. Such subjects as the methods of growing, 
transplanting and potting, thinning out, soil, aud pro- 
tection from sun and frost, are then treated of from 
actual experience ; together with the subject of suckers, 
pruning, and disbudding, to tying up and training. 
Plunging, watering, the removal of tender varieties, and 
the destruction of caterpillars, green fly, &e., are fully 
treated of, as is the subject of the proper shading of 
roses, repotting, &c. 
A most valuable part of the book consists in the 
lists of varieties suitable for pot culture. The points 
Air. Paul has kept constantly in view for tins selection 
being: — l. Elegance of habit; 2. Contrast of colour; 
3. Abundance of blossom ; 4. Form or outline of the in- 
dividual flower ; 5. Duration of bloom; and, 6. Sweet- 
ness. Air. Paul then goes on to give a list of the best 
varieties of AIoss, Provence, Hybrid Perpetual, Noisette, 
Bourbon, Tea-scented, and other forms suitable for this 
attractive and successful mode of culture. A chapter is 
devoted to yellow roses, with a list of varieties, and 
A Well-grown Tot Rose — William Paul. 
another to climbers and twiners, and their proper train- 
ing and pruning, with a long descriptive list of varieties. 
Forcing and the forcing-house is treated of, as is the 
; difficult subject of mildew. Air. Paul has also a few 
words to say on grafting, budding, and the vexed ques- 
tion of the choice of stocks. 
The second part of the book is “ Tiie Autobiography 
of a Pot Rose ;” and whilst it treats more or less of the 
subjects discussed in the first part of the volume, it 
makes the “ successful Pot Rose” speak for itself. This 
is a very brilliant and effective piece of writing, in 
which various characters, as the “ nursery foreman,” 
“ Simon,” “ John, the gardener,” &c., are well hit off. 
