JANUARY. 
17 
These are all new Hybrid Perpetual Roses, and all shades of rose- 
colour. Now, can there be anything strikingly distinct from the 
numerous beautiful varieties we already possess ? There is one new 
bright yellow Noisette Rose likely to put in the shade the two American 
Noisettes—Augusta and Alice Gray—and, indeed, all but the glorious 
Cloth of Gold. This was raised at Rennes, in Brittany, from Noisette 
Lamarque, and, judging from Rennes being a much colder place than 
Lyons or Angers, the birthplaces of so many of our new Roses, likely to 
prove hardy; it is called Triomphe de Rennes. It is a source of much 
vexation to cultivators of Roses for sale to propagate a large number of 
plants from some variety received with a good character, and then to 
find it good, but not distinct enough to recommend. The young plants 
grow so freely and bloom so finely in the nursery, that the imagination 
is worked upon, the Rose is thought really preUy ; and so, instead of 
throwing away the stock of plants, which requires a great amount of 
courage, the variety is placed in the catalogue with a smooth character. 
This is why, I am led to suppose, we all retain too many mediocre 
Roses. 
Botanists now well know to what a great extent our botanical cata¬ 
logues are crowded with the names of hundreds of insignificant varieties 
of plants, classed as species by the older botanists and compilers, and 
are well aware that the day of reform must come. Let florists and 
fruitists and nurserymen take the initiative, and show them the way 
by thoroughly pruning their catalogues, retaining only plants and flowers 
and trees of real interest and distinctness of character. 
Thos. Rivers. 
The Nurseries^ Sawbridgeworth, 
ORCHARD HOUSES. 
It may be interesting to your readers to be made acquainted with the 
success which has attended the cultivation of fruit in an orchard-house, 
from trees in pots and also from those planted in the borders. This 
house, of which the accompanying drawings are a faithful representation, 
was erected in the autumn of 1854. It is 100 feet in length and 
25 feet wide; the north side is a wall 9 feet high, on which the roof 
rests, the front roof is supported by cast-iron columns. Ventilation is 
obtained by means of sliding ventilators under the upright glass of the 
front and ends—these are connected and worked with iron rods. The 
roof is ventilated by sliding sashes, and air is also admitted by 
ventilators in the back wall. The rain-water from the roof is collected 
in two tanks, one at either end of the house ; to each a small pump 
is attached. 
Before proceeding to enumerate the different varieties of fruit grown, 
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