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though this rose does not flower well in moist seasons. Many more 
might easily be added; but these will be enough for a moderate-sized 
garden, and the proprietors of large gardens do not want a selection. 
All these roses may be procured from Lane and Co., Berkhampstead ; 
Rivers, Sawbridgeworth; or in London, from Lees, Hammersmith, or 
Hopgood, Bayswater. When wanted for a London garden they do best 
from a London nursery, as roses reared in the pure air of the country 
will never thrive in a smoky atmosphere. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE SCARLET VERBENA. 
BY MR. FROST. 
Verbena Melindres being one of the most beautiful plants for deco¬ 
rating a flower-garden, either in beds or borders, perhaps a few observations 
on it may be acceptable. I will, therefore, offer to your numerous 
readers, the treatment I have adopted here for the last eight years with 
great success. About the end of April, or beginning of May, I plant out 
Verbenas in clumps and borders, for the summer’s show. I prepare the 
beds for the plants, by digging them up with a good coat of rotten leaves, 
and afterwards giving them a gentle treading, to make the soil a little firm; 
as I find by this treatment the plants do much better than when the soil 
is loose. Previous to the plants being planted out, they ought to be ex¬ 
posed to the air as much as possible to harden them ; and if the nights 
should be frosty in May, protection is necessary. In July, I take off 
cuttings from the outside plants near the edgings, as that keeps them 
within bounds and tends to make the bed fill up in the centre, which 
gives it a better appearance. These cuttings will strike freely in sand, or 
fine sifted mould under a hand-glass, with or without bottom heat; the 
cuttings should be cut close to a joint and be about three inches long. 
Where a great quantity of plants are required, and there is but little 
room for storing by in winter, I would recommend the cuttings to be 
struck in cutting pots, commonly called wide-mouth thirty-twos, and to 
be kept in them till spring before they are potted off. Winter treatment 
must be strictly attended to, where the plants are kept in cold pits and 
frames; during mild weather, air should be given night and day, and 
water in the mornings on fine days, when the sun shines; and the lights 
should be left off till the afternoon; and in frosty weather, the plants must 
be well protected by coverings, and litter around the outside of the frames, 
to keep the frost from penetrating; but they should be always uncovered 
