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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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doors and ventilators wide open. Commencing cleaning operations, I 
had everything moveable taken outside the house, thoroughly washed 
and soaked with petroleum, and laid aside until wanted. Then taking 
down the rod«, pruning them, and scraping off all the outer ba.rk with a 
blunt knife, had them tied along the front and to one end of the house, 
and commenced at the other end to scrape all the loose paint off the 
ironwork, cleaning two sashes at first, washing them with softsoap and 
water as hot as we could bear, scrubbing well with a hard brush every 
crack and crevice, taking the Vine rods as we came on them, and washing 
them the same as the house. After wc had gone over everything under 
the two sashes, not forgetting the end and back wall, we had the garden 
engine filled with water, and to every 3 gallons of water we added ‘ lb. 
of petroleum, keeping it well stirred, applying it to every part with 
great force, including the Vine rods underneath those two sashes, and so 
on in the same way until we had been over the whole house. After that 
I had a few inches of soil taken off the inside border and fresh substituted, 
and then gave the house two coats of paint, and the back wall was washed 
with hot lime, and that finished one house, and the other was done 
exactly in the same form. 
When starting time came 1 was much afraid I should never see life in 
the Vines again, but they came away very well. I must admit they did 
not carry a full crop of Grapes the following year, but they were very 
creditable, and not a bug to be seen, although I scrutinised them closely. 
I may say that petroleum, softsoap, and soot are the three best insecti¬ 
cides I ever tried.—X. B. 
REVIEW OF BOOK. 
The Rose Garden. By William Paul, F.L.S. Ninth Edition. London : 
Kent & Co., Paternoster Row. 
Me. William Paul has contributed ably and liberally to the 
literature of Horticulture over a long period, and his works on various 
subjects afford evidence of thought and care in their preparation, and of 
the possession of scientific and practical knowledge by their author. 
Naturally his chief writings are on the Rose—“ Roses in Pots,” “ Roses 
and their Culture” and “The Rose Garden,” have proved their wide 
acceptability, six editions of each of the two former having been pub¬ 
lished, whilst the latter has reached a ninth edition. “ The Rose Annual,” 
also issued over a series of vear3, was remarkable for its beautiful 
coloured plates, as well as for the excellence of the letterpress matter. 
At present, however, we have to direct attention to the latest and best 
of those works—the ninth edition of “ The Rose Garden.” This is in two 
forms—one royal 4to, with twenty coloured plates and sixteen full page 
engravings ; the other imperial 8vo, without plates and large engrav¬ 
ings ; but both have eighty woodblocks in illustration of the text. To 
the former we shall more particularly refer, as it is a distinct departure 
from the previous series, and a bold and beautiful advance on them all. 
It is in every way admirable, 1 paper and printing being of the best, 
illustrations clear, and the coloured plates of Roses unsurpassed for 
fidelity and finish, and their beauty is well displayed on the ample space 
the pages afford. These, it may be said, are of the same size as the pages 
of this Journal, and as there are 360 of them, an idea may be formed of 
the magnitude of the work. 
The handsome volume before us, like its smaller predecessor, is 
arranged in two divisions. I. Embracing the history and poetry of the 
Rose, the formation of the rosarium, and a detailed account of the 
various practices adopted in the successful cultivation of Roses in pots 
and in the open ground. II. Arrangement in natural groups of the 
most esteemed varieties of Roses recognised and cultivated in the various 
Rose gardens, English and foreign, with full descriptive remarks on their 
origin and culture. The comprehensiveness of the work is thus ap¬ 
parent. The matter in previous editions has been carefully revised and 
in great part re-written. The history of the Rose has been much ex¬ 
tended and is very full and interesting, and so well is the work brought 
down to date that the chapter on new Roses includes the varieties intro¬ 
duced or announced during the present autumn ; and the lists of varie¬ 
ties for various purposes and positions, which is one of the most useful 
features of the work, have been thoroughly revised, and may be regarded 
as in every way trustworthy. 
Some portions of the matter in former editions we imagine could not 
be improved ; for instance, the remarks on exhibiting, and the way in 
which reverses should be met. These remarks have a wider application 
than to exhibitors of Roses alone, and are so good and pertinent that 
they are worth reading again and again, hence worth citing. Here, then, 
is a fragment of the chapter, the moment being chosen when exhibitors 
enter a show and first sec the verdicts of the Judges:—“A feeling of 
disappointment may arise. Shall we take umbrage when our positions 
are not so high as we expected l Certainly not. This would be foolish 
and ungenerous. Let us ask ourselves this question, Which is the more 
likely, that the censors—men selected on account of their professional 
knowledge and probity—which, we say, is the more likely, that they 
should have shown an indifference to or prejudice against our exhibits, 
or that the owners thereof have been indulging in an overweening fond¬ 
ness ? The answer is apparent. And let us ask ourselves again, if there 
is any disgrace in being beaten? Certainly not. Every place here is 
honourable. If A produces good plants it is no discredit to him that B 
produces better. Nor would it always be correct reasoning to say that 
the latter is the more skilful cultivator. The air, the soil, or the means 
at disposal of B may enable him to accomplish with ease that which is 
impracticable with A. If our plants (or blooms) are good, never mind 
those of our contemporary being better. Are not both engaged in the 
same work, both interested in the advancement of a favourite flower t 
Let us persevere, and we may probably reach the summit of our ambition 
at some future time.” At Rose shows verdicts are usually accepted 
gracefully, but there have been exceptions ; and at some other exhibi¬ 
tions unseemly action on the part of disappointed men has not conduced 
to the pleasure of visitors, and no harm therefore would be done if the 
words quoted were printed in bold type and suspended in the offices and 
packing sheds of individuals who wish to be exhibitors and judges too— 
awarding themselves the first prizes. But we must pass on. 
A new chapter in the work under notice on the “ Poetry of the 
Rose ” could not have been compiled without great research, nor could 
the selections have been made in the absence of literary taste. Examples 
of Rose poetry are given from Greek, Roman, Persian, French, Spanish, 
Portuguese, Italian, German, Russian, and English writers, the latter 
including Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Herbert, Walton, Fanshawe, 
Cowley, Waller, Cowper, Burns, Scott, Wordsworth, Browning, Cole¬ 
ridge, Moore, Lytton, and others, the whole occupying twenty pages of 
the work. In the first example given we find the origin of the familiar 
appellation, the “ Queen of Flowers,” penned by Sappho 2000 years 
ago :— 
“ Would Jove appoint some flower to reign 
In matchless beauty on the plain. 
The Hose (mankind will all agree), 
The Eose the queen of flowers should be.” 
There is much delightful reading in the various ballads, sonnets, 
and songs of and to the Rose, and many good sentiments charmingly 
expressed; one, among others, by Clare, having historical significance, 
taking us back to days of turmoil, and bringing us to the present, when 
liberty and loyalty are happily united :— 
“ The Eose is red, the Eose Is white, 
The Eose it blooms in summer lighl ; 
But, ah I it clouds the heart’s de.igi.t 
To muse upon its history. 
It tells full many a woeful tale, 
Of hearts made cold, of cheeks made pa'o, 
Of love’s sad siah—the widow's waii. 
In days of strife and chivalry,— 
Sweet Freedom, may the age prevail, 
That strife no more may be. 
"The Rose is red, the Eose is white, 
The Eose is pleasant to the sight; 
Sow both its lines in one unite. 
To crown the brows of loyalty I 
Strife took the white Rose for its crest, 
But Concord placed it in her vest, 
Where deep it blushed upon her breast, 
To wed the tree of Liberty; 
And while it blooms as Freedom’s guest, 
There let it ever be.” 
Another addition is of a very practical kind, a calender of operations 
in the Rose garden for the several months, commencing in October, as 
the beginning of the Rose grower’s year. The instructions are concise 
and to the point, and it would be difficult to take out a sentence without- 
impairing the usefulness of the timely hints given. Calenders too often 
betray a desire to spin out sentences for covering space and manufac¬ 
turing pages, but this is not one of them. The article on the “ Botany 
of the Rose,” originally prepared by the late Mr. Thomas Moore, has- 
been revised, and much of it re-written by Mr. J. G. Baker of Kew, 
who does not undertake to do anything that he does not do well; and 
the full and excellent chapter on the entomology of the Rose has been 
revised by its author, Mr. Arthur W. Paul, who has evidently spared no 
pains in rendering it as instructive as it is ably written. 
In the production of this edition of “ The Rose Garden ” the 
materials collected during a period of forty years are arranged 
in a systematic manner, nearly every item being indexed, and 
the reader can easily seek and find information on almost every 
point on which he requires it in connection with the Rose, 
The work may be fairly described as a complete one — a work 
of which, taking it all in all, substance, execution, and comprehen¬ 
siveness, we know no equal on the subject. There is not a public 
library in the kingdom it would fail to enrich; and it is not easy to 
conceive of any lover of the Rose with a guinea to spare who could be- 
disappointed by its investment in the beautiful volume before us. 
And those who cannot indulge in the edition de luxe will find a wealth 
of information in the less highly embellished yet well-finished com¬ 
panion issue above referred to, and both are commended to the different 
classes of readers to which they appeal. 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
Transplanting! Trees. —The wood on young trees especially has- 
ripened badly, many still holding much of their foliage. In all such 
cases early transplanting is almost certain to result in a portion of the 
young wood shrivelling never to plump again, properly. Those who- 
were in a great hurry for their young trees will, in all probability, have- 
cause to regret their haste. It is wise to order the trees early, but the 
nurserymen ought to be allowed to use their own judgment as to the- 
advisability of lifting and despatching as soon as the order is received. 
