150 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. t February 84, msi. 
great admirers of the beautiful flowers of this tree, will be anxious 
to know whether the blooms will stand this late severe cold. In 
many places the flowers of the Laurustinus have been much 
injured, though the plants themselves seem to have withstood the 
cold very well. Plants of Photinia had in warmer places made 
too much young growth, and these younger leaves are much 
injured if not quite destroyed, and I fear in most cases they will 
net flower. Flowers, too, of the Berberis Darwiniiwere unusually 
forward, and where they were open are killed, but the plants 
themselves do not seem to have suffered, and young flower buds 
which were not too far advanced will still open when warmer 
weather comes. Escallonia macrantha has suffered much in the 
same way, though I fear in some cases more severely. 
A great many of the houses and villas in Ventnor and the 
neighbourhood are covered with plants of Passiflora casrulea, 
which had an unusual amount of the orange-coloured egg-shaped 
fruit hanging from their trailing stems ; in some of the more 
sheltered places there were flowers and buds still on these plants 
at Christmas time. These have also suffered severely, though it is 
to be hoped that they will all make fresh growth from the base. 
In one garden at St. Lawrence there were some very fine bushes 
of the Mediterranean Heath, the Bruyere, from the roots of which 
the so-called briar pipes so much in vogue among smokers are 
made. These plants were quite crushed down with the weight of 
snow, but the snow protected them from the frost, and though the 
flowers were injured the plants themselves will recover. The Bay 
trees, Aucubas, Arbutus, and Ilex all seem to have withstood the 
frost very fairly, though in some instances the boughs of the Ilex 
were broken from the weight of snow. The change of tempera¬ 
ture was very sudden, as even early in January many of the bed¬ 
ding plants, such as Lobelias, Geraniums, and Calceolarias, were 
still partially blooming, and on the 3rd of January in a garden 
at Hyde I saw a Rhododendron in bloom and Camellias ready 
to open.—C. P. P. 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS FOR WINTER FLOWERING. 
Having read in the Journal during the last few weeks of the 
good qualities of the double-flowering Pelargonium Guillon 
Mangilli for winter flowering, I should like to bring to the 
notice of the readers of the Journal a valuable single-flowering 
Zonal—viz., Charles Smith, raised, I think, by Mr. Pearson. The 
colour is a brilliant dark crimson, a colour that strikes the eye 
amongst all the others, and is most effective. I have tried a 
great many varieties, but I consider this one by far the best for 
winter or summer flowering. I have had some plants of it in flower 
from early spring up to the present time without intermission, 
and still blooms are coming. It has several good points—viz., 
hardiness, free flowering, immense trusses, brilliancy of colour, 
good substance, and compact growth. My greenhouse has been 
kept most gay up to the present time with it, and has been 
admired by all who have seen it. If I could only grow one sort 
it would most certainly be this. The gardeners round here admit 
they have never seen one to equal it for winter flowering, and 
anyone who has seen it need never be without flowers all through 
the year.—P. R., Wiqan. 
[We presume our correspondent means Charles Schwind, which 
was raised by Mr. Pearson and answers to the description given. 
It is very rich in colour and flowers profusely.—E ds.] 
GLAZING WITHOUT PUTTY ABOVE THE GLASS. 
In reply to numerous correspondents asking for further informa¬ 
tion to that given at page 550 of your last volume, I hardly know 
what more can be said, only that an error of mine or the printer’s 
occurred there, which is certainly misleading, as it reads that the 
“ wood ” is to be dressed off level with the glass, “ putty ” being 
the word intended. I have only to repeat that the rebate in the 
rafters and sashbars is prepared in the ordinary way—?.<?., ploughed 
to a depth of from one-half to three-quarters of an inch, and a 
quarter to half an inch wide for the reception of the glass, accord¬ 
ing to its thickness, not differing in any respect from ordinary 
lights in the formation of the rebate ; the only divergence from 
ordinary glazing is that no putty above the glass is used. The 
glass is to have a bed of putty to lie on, and, the square being well 
pressed down, a copper tack at each bottom corner will prevent 
the glass slipping down, and two above the glass a little higher 
than the bottom of the square will prevent it being blown out. 
The next square is then introduced with not more than half an 
inch of lap on the square below, and a tack on each side so as 
to receive the edge of the glass will prevent the square slip¬ 
ping down, and at the same time secure the upper part of the 
square below from being lifted. Tacks above the square as in the 
lower one at about an inch from the bottom will secure it in posi¬ 
tion, and so on to the top of the sash. In pressing the glass down 
some putty will be squeezed above the level of the glass; this 
should be dressed off level with it and give the rebate above the 
glass a coat of paint so as to reach on to the glass, but not more 
than the width of rebate, the sharp edges of the upper part of 
which having previously been planed off ; but this is not material. 
The roof will be perfectly watertight, and repairs are much more 
readily effected than with putty above the glass. 
The advantages of the system are—not a quarter of the putty as 
in the old system is necessary, and as there is none on the outside 
to part from the wood or glass and let m the wet, whilst repairs 
are done in less than a quarter of the time, all that is necessary 
being to draw the tacks with the pincers, remove the bottom putty, 
renew it, and put in the new pane. As to its interfering with 
painting, there is the same rest for a ladder as with putty above 
the glass, and there is only woodwork to paint. The tacks may 
be three-quarter-inch tinned, or preferably copper, and are best 
with small heads, but sprigs answer very well. This mode of 
glazing is cheaper, easier, and every way better than with putty in 
any form above the glass.—G. Abbey. 
AN INTERNATIONAL ROSE ELECTION. 
In November, 1879, we published a list of questions from the 
President of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Witt- 
stock, Germany (Frederich Schneider), to which he solicited 
replies with the object of reducing the four or five thousand Roses 
grown in gardens to a limited number of really valuable varieties 
that may be specially recommended for cultivation. To those 
questions 72 replies were submitted by horticultural societies, 
155 by nurserymen, and 135 by amateurs in Germany, France, 
England, Belgium, Italy, America, &c. In the preface to the 
results of this election Herr Schneider states this is the only list in 
existence where the age of the varieties and the raisers’ names 
are attached—an error that needs correction, as the plan has been 
adopted in several elections that have appeared in our columns. 
In the election in question a great number of Roses are named, 
but we only publish the number requested under each section. 
RESULTS OF THE POLL. 
Which are three most perfect Roses as regards construction and 
form, substance, shape, habit, and scent in the following colours 1 
Hybrid Perpetual and Bourbon Roses. — Pure White. —Boule 
de Neige, Baronne de Maynard, and Louise Darzens. Tinted White , 
Blush , and Flesh Colour. —Souvenir de la Malmaison Capitaine Christy, 
and Elisa Boelle. Pale Pink and Light Pose. —La France, Madame la 
Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild, and Madame Marie Finger. Bright 
Pink and Beep Rose. —Paul Neyron, Yictor Verdier, and John Hopper, 
Carmine. —Marie Baumann, Madame Yictor Yerdier, and Alfred 
Colomb. Scarlet and Vermilion. —Fisher Holmes, Souvenir de Spa, 
Duke of Wellington, and Sir Garnet Wolseley. Purple and Crimson. 
—Louis Yan Houtte, Senateur Yaisse (Fran. Fontaine), and Eugene 
Appert. Dark Crimson , Brownish , and Blackish Maroon. —Prince 
Camille de Rohan, Souvenir de William Wood, and Empereur de Maroc. 
Violet .—Pierre Notting, Reine des Yiolettes, and Gloire de Ducher. 
Striped. —Panachee d’Orleans, Panachee de Luxembourg, Perle des 
Panachdes (Village Maid). 
Teas and Noisettes. — Pure White or Slightly Tinted. —Aimc 
Yibert, Marie Guillot, and Sombreuil. Blush and Pink, Rose. — 
Souvenir d’un Ami (Queen Victoria), Adam (President), and Madame 
de Vatry. Tinted Pink and Rose. —Homere, Madame C61ina Noirey, 
and Madame Berard. Pale and Bright Yellow. —Marshal Niel, Perle 
de Lyon, and Perle des Jardins. Yellow Tinted. —Gloire de Dijon, 
Belle Lyonnaise, and Adrienne Christophle. 
Which are the Three Most Beautiful Moss Roses?— 
Soupert et Notting, Cristata, and Rosa centifolia muscosa. 
Which Five Varieties of Roses are the Greatest Fa¬ 
vourites and the Most Generally Cultivated in the District 
of the Correspondent ?—Gloire de Dijon, Souvenir de la Mal¬ 
maison, General Jacqueminot, La France, and Mardchal Niel. 
Which Five Ro'ses Distinguish Themselves Especially 
by their Uninterrupted Blooming? — Gloire de Dijon, La 
France, Souvenir de la Malmaison, La Reine de l’lle-Bourbon, 
and Madame Alfred de Rougemont. Through Superior Scent. — 
Marechal Niel, La France, Gloire de Dijon, Rosa centifolia, Pierre 
Notting. Through their Hardiness and Insensibility Against Frost. — 
Gdndral Jacqueminot, Jules Margottin, Triomphe de l’Exposition, 
Rose de la Reine (Reine du Midi), and Baronne Prevost. 
Which Five Hybrid Perpetuals are the Freest and Most 
Abundant Bloomers for the Summer? —La France, Jules Mar¬ 
gottin, Louise Odier (Madame de Stella), Souvenir de la Malmaison, 
and General Jacqueminot. The Freest and Most Abundant Bloomers 
Jor the Autumn ? —La France, Aim6 Yibert, Gloire de Dijon, General 
Jacqueminot, Prince Camille de Rohan, Pierre Notting, and Yictor 
Verdier. 
Which are the Ten Best Roses for Forcing ?—Jules Mar- 
