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and around the side walks opposite the walls espaliers are suit¬ 
able, and these should not be planted unless they can be placed 
20 feet from the wall. 
la preparing the ground dig it 2 to 3 feet in depth and 12 feet 
wide. If the garden is old work some good turf and wood ashes 
with the soil. If, on the other hand, the garden is new, work in 
plenty of decayed vegetable refuse free from weeds, and burnt 
earth. When the time arrives for planting the trees, which is 
immediately after the leaves fall, no time should be lost if the 
weather is favourable. Never plant if the ground is frosty or 
wet. The trees on the Paradise stock should be 9 or 10 feet apart. 
Before planting cut off all bruised roots with a sharp knife, and 
dig the hole 18 inches larger than the roots when spread out. Be 
careful not to plant too deeply. After the tree is placed in the 
hole place some good prepared turf around the roots and shake it 
amongst them. Firm the soil, and spread a little litter about the 
surface. Do not prune them until the end of February, and if 
planted early they will start almost as well as established trees. 
One thing must be borne in mind—that is, to procure trees that 
have been budded or grafted close to the ground, so that when 
planted the union may be covered with soil. If the trees are 
lifted once or twice annually after being planted and the soil well 
stirred it will help to make them handsome and fruitful trees. 
The following twelve varieties, culinary and dessert, will be found 
a good selection for succession. 
Dessert Varieties .—Irish Peach, Kerry Pippin, Margil, King of 
the Pippins, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Bibston Pippin, Ashmead’s 
Kernel, Duke of Devonshire, Northern Spy, Mannington’s Pear- 
main. Lodgemore Nonpareil, and Sturmer Pippin. 
Culinary Varieties.— Ecklinville Seedling, Lord Suffield, Stir¬ 
ling Castle, Gravenstein, Blenheim Pippin, Warner’s King, Betty 
Geeson, Wormsley Pippin, Loddington, Rymer, Dumelow’s Seed¬ 
ling, and Northern Greening.—A. Young. 
AMONG THE ROSES AT CHESHUNT. 
The Cheshunt Roses ! Who that has heard of them (and who 
has not?) or has admired them in their mossy stands at the Palace 
or elsewhere but has desired to see them in all their many thousands, 
and their surpassing beauty in their home in the fair Lea valley ? 
Perhaps some to whom the fulfilment of this desire is among “ the 
impossibles ” may find some consolation in reading of what a more 
favoured fellow mortal saw on a fine Saturday afternoon. 
Arriving at the nursery I was received (in the absence of Mr. Paul) by 
the intelligent Rose foreman, Mr. Gater, who conducted me first along 
the bank of the New River to the principal Rose quarters. Here our 
attention was devoted to a large piece of dwarfs on Briar cuttings ; 
and here let me say that if it suits in other situations as it does at 
Cheshunt this bids fair to become the stock of the future. On one 
plant of Duke of Edinburgh I counted ten strong healthy shoots 
ranging from 2 to 3 feet in length, six of which were bearing blooms 
which would not have disgraced any first-prize stand. Another good 
quality of this stock is that Roses worked on it bloom intermediately 
between Manetti and seedling Bria - , and thus what is often a gap 
in the blooming season is filled up and the beauty of the rosery 
maintained over a considerably longer period than could have been 
expected some few years ago. Thii piece is devoted principally to 
the older standard varieties, all of which appeared to be in splendid 
condition both of growth and of bloom, conspicuous among them 
being Marie Baumann, not (on this stock at least) the poor grower 
that our dear friend the late Mr. Radclyflfe feared it was, but vigo¬ 
rous healthy bushes, with shoots 3 feet high and as thick as one’s 
finger, bearing blooms that could only be described as magnificent 
in size and form. A. K. Williams, the greatest acquisition of late 
years ; Louis Van Houtte, splendid ; Alfred Colomb, in such style as 
I never remember having seen it before ; Comte Raimbaud, an almost 
lost Rose till Mr. Baker astonished everybody with a bloom of it at 
Hereford about four years ago ; Horace Vernet, Chas. Lefebvre, the 
“ Old General,” Sultan of Zanzibar, and Fisher Holmes among the 
dark Roses were also very fine. The lighter varieties had suffered 
much from wet cold weather, but the following among them were 
very fine—Capt. Christy. Comtesse de Serenye, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Baronne de Rothschild (shown in fine form everywhere this year), and 
the “ everybody’s Rose ” La France. There seems to be some mystery 
about the parentage of the last-named Rose. Query, Is there any 
Noisette blood about it ? It has been no uncommon thing this year 
to have a bunch of five or six blooms at the end of a single shoot. 
From these we passed on to the Manetti quarters. Here the 
best of the bloom was over, but the following were proving them¬ 
selves good late varieties :—Le Havre, very glowing ; Beauty of 
Waltham, old but very good ; Madame Victor Verdier, splendid 
colour and form ; Baronne de Rothschild ; Annie Wood, very bright; 
Marquise de Castellane, very fine this year ; Royal Standard ; Sir G. 
Wolseley, generally at its best late in the season ; Ferdinand de 
Lesseps, Senateur Vaisse, and John Stuart Mill; Chas. Darwin also 
was exceptionally fine. 
Our next advance was to the quarters devoted to the newer varie¬ 
ties. Here was a very fine display, and it was gratifying to note that 
conspicuous among the best of them were those sent into commerce 
by English nurserymen. Harrison Weir is quite the Rose we should 
expect from such parents as Charles Lefebvre and Xavier Olibo. Mrs. 
Harry Turner, another Slough Rose, is splendid in colour, though 
perhaps a little inclined to open in the eye. Pride of Waltham will 
be a good addition to the light Roses, while Masterpiece is of the 
colour of Beauty of Waltham, but larger and fuller ; and the bright 
crimson Rose honoured with the name of the lady who, until lately, 
reigned at the Old Weir, promises to afford blooms of fine size and 
substance long after her fellows have given up for the season. Of 
Mr. Paul’s own new sorts it is sufficient to say that they will 
undoubtedly maintain the character their predecessors have gained— 
viz., good to begin with and improving upon acquaintance. White 
Baroness is being eagerly inquired for ; George Baker is a large round 
bloom of the colour of Dupuy Jamain, and with foliage nearly as 
beautiful as its flower; Brightness of Cheshunt will add beauty to 
every garden in which it is found; and Duke of Teck is too well 
known and valued to need again describing. Among the newer 
introductions from the continent there also appear to be some decided 
acquisitions. Rosieriste Jacobs promises to be a gem of the first 
water. One bloom which I have in mind, I understand, was an 
exceptionally fine one ; perhaps so, for it was as nearly as possible of 
the same size and form as Mr. Baker’s medal-winning A. K. Williams 
at the Crystal Palace, with the colour of a good Xavier Olibo or 
Fisher Holmes. If of good constitution every exhibitor in the 
kingdom will want it. Another good dark one is Auguste Auchner, 
crimson, flushed with maroon. Guillaume Guillemot is a fine globular 
flower of a bright rose colour. Madame Montet is a delicate soft 
pink in colour, but rather loose in the petal; and Souvenir de Madame 
Alfred Vy is a useful distinct Rose, dark red, with a very decided 
purple shading. George Moreau and Comtesse de Camande are good 
additions to the bright reds; and Madame J. Periere is a very fine 
new Bourbon. 
We next visited a fine piece of standard Teas, where we found 
Souvenirs d’Elise, d’un Ami, and de Paul Neyron ; Devoniensis, 
Catherine Mermet, Madame Lambard, Jean Ducher, Niphetos, and 
many other well-known varieties of this beautiful class, most of them 
in very fine condition, though in many cases it would seem that as 
standards is not the best manner of cultivation for them. From 
hence we moved on to the unique Tea Rose garden, an enclosure sur¬ 
rounded by a thick hedge and laid out in beds, down the centre of 
each of which runs a wire trelliswork for the accommodation of Gloire 
de Dijon, Madame Berard, Cloth of Gold, and other free-growing 
sorts, the beds being completed by a row of standards and one of 
dwarfs (all Teas) each side the trellis. Among the many varieties of 
the Tea section which find a place in this snug spot Caroline Kuster 
and the little-known Princess Yera were uncommonly good. 
This completed the outdoor programme, which was followed by an 
indoor one of almost equal extent. We visited houses devoted to 
plants in 10-inch pots for early forcing, houses of climbers in pots, 
houses of own-root Roses, to say nothing of almost acres of glass 
covering the usual stock of a first-class English nursery. By this 
time the genial proprietor had returned, and a pleasant chat about 
the Rose season in general, the French growers’ establishments, the 
just-past exhibitions, and the many topics dear to the heart of 
rosarians. concluded one of the most pleasant outings ever enjoyed 
by—J. B. 
LORD NAPIER NECTARINE FOR FORCING. 
This subject is interesting to me from the fact that I have 
vacancies for a tree or two in the early houses, and Lord Napier 
being the best grower of all Peaches and Nectarines. I have 
several beautiful plants of this variety which I could select from 
if more evidence is forthcoming in its favour as a forcing variety. 
For my own part I have had no experience with it indoors worth 
taking into account, but out of doors it is a grand addition to our 
hardy fruits. Coming in as it does after Early Louise Peach and 
before Hale’s Early, it fills what with me would otherwise be a 
blank. I have just pulled out a large plant of Early Beatrice 
which has never been satisfactory in the early house ; and Hale’s 
Early, which is the best of all the early Peaches I am acquainted 
with, has not always had a full crop indoors, but the trees are 
young, and they may become more reliable with age. I must 
confess, however, that as these two varieties are large-flowered, 
and Lord Napier Nectarine is the same, i have allowed myself to 
become a little prejudiced against large-flowering varieties for 
forcing. Still I cannot understand what there can be in the 
larger flowers to make the difference, and it may be only a coin¬ 
cidence with some other peculiarity of these varieties. I should 
be very glad if Mr. Bardney or anyone else can give us more 
particulars as to the time of ripening of Lord Napier when forced, 
say, to come in at the end of May, and whether it has borne a full 
crop under this treatment. I would also solicit the same kind of 
information respecting Hale’s Early Peach compared with, say, 
Royal George.—W m. Taylor. 
This Nectarine is highly spoken of on page 278 fo an early 
house, where I have every reason to believe i wil be very satis- 
