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twisted in any direction, but tlie use of. the knife must be avoided as 
much as possible.” ( Rose Amateur s Guide , p. 87.) 
: The most beautiful hybrids belonging to this division are the Rose 
Clare and Madame d’Arblay. 
The Boursault roses (Rosa alpina ), are known by their “ long, reddish, 
flexible shoots.” They are not true climbers; but as they have long, 
slender shoots, they may easily be trained so as to form a pillar or pyramid. 
The name of Boursault is given to them, because the first variety was 
raised Hby M. Boursault, an amateur florist in Paris; this variety is the 
common double red, and it is still common in our gardens. The best 
Boursault roses are Rose de Lisle, of a pale blush colour; Drummond’s 
Thornless, with a great profusion of bright, rich, deep red roses; and 
Gracilis, which “ is a hybrid, of most vigorous growth in good soils, often 
making shoots from ten to twelve feet long in a single season ; and unlike 
the other varieties of this division its shoots are covered with thorns.” 
All the Boursaults should be left without pruning. 
( To be continued.') 
THE PHLOXES AS GARDEN AND PARLOUR PLANTS. 
BY J. L. R. 
(From the American Magazine of Horticulture and Botany.) 
The hybridising of the Phloxes has been most satisfactory in rewarding 
the necessary care in experiments. What might be the effect of instituting 
some similar experiments on that dazzling beauty, the annual Phlox 
Drummondii , patience and skill only can determine. To secure a per¬ 
manent and choice variety of this is very desirable, and a perennial hybrid 
of such a partial parentage would be quite a triumph. There are some of 
its natural seedlings of singular beauty in the collections of our florists; 
while others, probably still more perfect, could be produced through the 
many curious processes well known to the skilful experimenter. 
These humbler Phloxes are, by the way, admirably adapted to parlour and 
in-door cultivation. A sod of P e subulata , var. nivea, in a frozen condition, 
and another similar piece of P. stolonifera , were potted in some good light 
soil towards the end of December last, and kept in a room at the average 
temperature of 55° Fahr. In about eight weeks they began to flower 
profusely, and formed very pretty objects, requiring no other attention 
than a plentiful supply of water, and as much light and sun as was con¬ 
venient. When deprived of the direct influence of the sun, a singular 
