November S, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
405 
Mr. Chas. F. Evans of Philadelphia, and Messrs. W. Paul Sc Son are 
appointed agents for the sale of plants of both W. S. Bennett and Her 
Majesty in this country. The Rose now figured was the result of a cross 
between President and Xavier Oliboby Mr. Henry Bennett of Shepperton. 
SEASONABLE NOTES ON FLORISTS’ FLOWERS AND 
SPRING BULBS. 
Auriculas. —I have just no w removed my frames into their winter 
quarters facing the sou'h. With me it is much easier to get a sunny 
than a shady position, and I have to be more particular about their 
leaves have been taken off, and where necessary the surface of the pots 
has been stirred. I now and then detect a little < f the woolly aphis, and 
when I can I remove it, although, as I have said, not so afraid of it as T 
used to be; still, lam sure it bodes no good to the plant, and ou»ht r 
therefore, to be removed. 
Carnations and Picotees. —The rains which we have had since 
the beds of these were planted out has enabled them, no doubt, to root 
well, and all that they will require now is careful weeding and staking 
where the plants are at all long. 
_ Gladiolus. —I have never been so late in harvesting these corms as 
this year. The wet weather came on just as they were dying off, and the 
ground has become so saturated that it is difficult to get them properly. 
Fig. 62 .—Rose W . F. Bennett. 
summer position than their winter one. 1 have placed the frames in a 
good open position. The chief point I have to guard against is wind, for 
more than once when the frames have been left open they have come to 
grief. In looking through my frames I do not find more or as much 
autumn blooming as in ordinary years. I believe that the autumn has 
not been a growing one ; I find, at any rate, that our farmers are all 
complaining that their autumn-sown seeds, such as Mustard and 
Rape, have not made much progress, and I have been surprised in the 
garden to find how late Chrysanthemums and other autumn-flowering 
plants are. while Belladonna Lilies have not yet pushed their way through 
the ground. Before placing the Auriculas in their quarters the dead 
As a result of this I find fresh roots beginning to grow, a matter I should 
gladly have dispensed with ; otherwise, the corms are “ lifting ” with me 
remarkably well, and my losses are fewer than usual. I have now some 
decent blooms, and they have thus for three months and a half given me 
much enjoyment. 
Dahlias. —There has been in our locality as yet but little frost to 
injure these, although we have had very cold winds ; they will, however, 
soon succumb, and must be taken up and stored away in a dry place. I 
hardly fancy the plan mentioned in last week’s Journal will find much 
favour, but that the old plan of storing them away in a dry place free 
from frost will still be resorted to, 
