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white, which is hardier than the common white—the crested, which is 
very curious—and the Rouge du Luxembourg, the specimen of which in 
the Derby Arboretum (obtained from Rivers of Sawbridgeworth) was 
the finest rose I ever saw, and very superior to others which I have since 
seen bearing the same name. The moss-roses may be treated like the 
cabbage—that is, pruned in October or the beginning of May, by shorten¬ 
ing their shoots to three or four buds ; but they will flower better if a 
mulching of half-rotten manure be laid on the surface of the ground in 
which they grow, in November. 
The French rose (Rosa yallica ), also called the Provins rose, is a 
large flat rose, with an erect stem. There are about two hundred 
varieties; the best of which are Fanny Parisot, Belle de Fontenay, and 
Madame Dubarry. Many striped roses belong to this division, the best 
of which are the old York and Lancaster; Aglae Adanson, and the 
Village Maid, or Provins 'panache. The Abbe Berlese is a fine rose 
when it first opens, but it soon fades in the sun. All these roses are 
very hardy, and will flower well without any care. They may, however, 
be pruned in October or May, shortening the strong shoots to six or 
eight buds, and the weak ones to two or three buds. They do best grown 
on their own bottom, and when grafted as standards, the clusters of 
flower-buds should be thinned, or the head will be too heavy, and the 
tall standard which supports it will be liable to break. In exposed situa¬ 
tions this is frequently the case; and indeed in all places exposed to high 
winds, standard roses are best backed by evergreens, or some kind of 
plantation to afford them shelter. The French roses will do very well 
without manure, but the flowers will be finer if mulched like the others. 
(To be continued.) 
ESSAYS ON ORNITHOLOGY. 
BY MR. MAIN. 
THE RAVEN TRIBE. 
The next genus is the beautiful family of woodpeckers, viz.— 
The green, or laughing Woodpecker (Ficus viridis). General 
colour, green-gold; crown, crimson; two fore and two hind claws; 
length thirteen inches. This handsome bird, as well as its congeners, 
feeds entirely on wood-eating or wood-inhabiting insects ; and for cap¬ 
turing and extracting larvae from their smallest perforations, the tongues 
