4. leonie Verger (dwarf hybrid Perpetual). — Colour, rosy pink, brilliant, very beautiful, though rather 
delicate. A free flowerer. Veiy distinct and fine. 
■5. Pauline Bonaparte (dwarf hybrid Perpetual). — Pure white, distinct. This will bo found very useful, 
affording a colour to conti-ast with the others. Very pretty. 
6. Fompon (dwarf hybrid Perpetual). — Rosy pink ; small, but extremely pretty. This very beautiful little 
Eose should be in every coUectiou, however small ; it is of dwarf growth, blooming profusely in clusters. Distinct 
and striking. 
7. Fompon de St. Zadegonde (dwarf hybrid Perpetual). — Brilliant purplish carmine, of rather stronger growth 
than the preceding, and flowers larger ; but, Uke it, quite unique and pretty. 
8. Psyche (dwarf hybrid Perpetual). — Bright pink, neat and pretty, blooming freely in clusters ; in growth 
a little fi'eer than some of the preceding. A charming variety, and wiU group well with the others. Very 
beautiful, 
9. Pactolus, ox La Paetole (tea-scented China). — Bright yellow, blooming in clusters, very freely; will be 
foimd the best yellow to group in this section. From its fi'eeness of bloom, together with its habit of growth, this 
fine Rose is indispensable. 
10. Nemesis (Noisette). — Very deep crimson, blooming abundantly in clusters, through the summer and 
autumn, and wiU be found to group in contrast admirably with the other varieties. Though classed as a Noisette, 
it is very distinct from that section, and will be foimd more at home with the nttle group I have attempted to 
collect together. A distinct and good Eose. 
11.- Alba (miniature China). — Pure white ; rather too delicate for out-of-doors, but what ladies call a "tiny 
beauty" when grown in very small pots. This, 'with the few foUowing, are found in catalogiies in the class that 
are usually called miniature China. Vei-y pretty. 
12. Mush (miniatui'o China). — Blush ; though not so striking in colour as some of the others, it is an extremely 
free flowerer, and grows stronger than some of those classed as dwarf hybrid Perpetual. WiU be found useful in 
beddiug with the others. Makes a good strong edge. 
13. Crimson (miniature China). — BriUiant crimson, clothed through the season with its lovely little flowers. 
This is unquestionably the very best Rose we possess for edgings for Eose-beds, or the Eosary in general, being 
perpetually in bloom, and a free, though tiny grower. 
\i. Jenny (miniature China). — BrUtiant crimson, and, Uke the preceding, continually in flower. A very 
pretty and desfrable miniature Eose. 
In giving instructions liow to grow these Roses to perfection in the flower-garden, I shall commence 
with, the preparation of the beds. If these are not naturally well drained, they should be so arti- 
ficially ; for to grow these delicate Hoses in a wet retentive soil, and preserve them aUve thi'ough 
winter, is a matter next to impossible. Indeed, in all cases it would be well to guard against too 
much moisture by placing- plenty drainage in the bottoms of the beds. Eighteen inches of soil will 
be fomid quite sufficient in the beds. If the natural soil is a pretty good loam, it will be only neces- 
sary to add some well decomposed dung — cow-dung is excellent — with a small portion of sand, and 
well blend them together. But should the natural soil on the contrary be bad, it will be better 
removed, filling up the beds with good loam 'full of fibre. This latter is the best of all soils, where it 
can be procm'ed ; but where this cannot be had, any good garden soil will answer, by adding cow- 
dung with a little sand as before. 
In selecting plants I would, by all means, recommend themto be on their own roots. Worked 
plants are but very short lived ; in deed, how can we expect them to be otherwise on the stocks on 
which they are generally worked. Here we have a class of Roses of dwarf growth, with tiny foliage, 
very frequently worked on strong luxuriant stocks ; for the first season growth proceeds generally 
very well, caused I should say by the quantity of organizable matter stored uji in the stock from the 
preceding season. But whilst the growth of the head goes on the first season, there is also a powerful 
root action propelling into the stem and leaves abundance of crude matter collected by the numerous 
feeders. In former years its own expansive foliage was capable of digesting and assimilating all 
matter sent up ; now this is replaced by very delicate foliage, incapable alike of containing, digesting, 
or assimilating it ; the small and puny leaves are gorged to excess, their healthy action is impaii-ed, 
and when they sink into repose in the autumn, it frequently ends in the sleep of death. Some, how- 
ever, will perhaps linger tlu-ongh a second, but rarely will they pass a third season alive, when 
worked upon the description of stocks I have been speaking of. To this cause I attribute the neglect 
of that beautiful and interesting class of Roses — the dicarf hyhrid Perpetuals, namely, the frequent 
losses of those who pm-chase them. Procure them, therefore, on their own roots, until such time as 
^ they are worked on a stock a little more consonant to their nature. In planting, if they are intended 
to be pegged down, fifteen inches apart will be found sufficient space; but if grown to show their 
beauty separately, eighteen inches may be allowed. Pruning should be performed about the end of 
