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polled to show many blooms of one kind, bis collections must necessarily cut but 
a sorry figure by the side of a nurseryman’s. 
3rd. As to Showing Tea Roses with Perpetuals. —It has been said by 
some that tbe Judges are often led away in giving their decision by the large 
quantities of Tea Roses that are usually put in some exhibitors’ collections. Much 
as I admire the delicate and graceful Tea Roses, I have never allowed these 
qualities to influence my decisions, except only in the case of yellows, sulphurs, 
and their allies. These colours are much wanted, and harmonise so well with 
the brilliancy of the Perpetuals, that a little leniency as regards form should be 
accorded them. White and blush Teas should be equal in form to the usual show 
varieties, if they are to prove of any benefit to the exhibitor. It is thought by 
some that a separate class should be provided for Teas ; but if so, I should be 
sorry to see the delicate and chaste colours of some kinds excluded from the large 
collections. 
The Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Chas. Jas. Perry. 
Hanging-baskets. —We have had many inquiries from our readers respecting 
the hanging-baskets noticed by Mr. Fleming in his excellent article on the 
“Floral Decoration of Dwellings,” at page 2. We were not aware that any 
maker kept them in stock, and consequently replied to several to that effect; but 
we have just had one of the exact pattern sent us by Messrs. Barr & Sugden, 
of Ring Street, Covent G-arden, who we find are the inventors of this ingenious 
contrivance, and who inform us that they are prepared to supply them to any 
extent. This is by far the best form of hanging-baskets we have yet seen. 
REVIEWS. 
Spring and Winter Flower Gardening, con¬ 
taining the System of Floral Decoration as 
Practised at Cliveden, the Seat of Her 
Grace Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland. 
By John Fleming, Gardener to Her 
Grace. London: Journal of Horticulture 
Office. 
How gay and yet how short-lived and 
evanescent are our summer flower gardens! 
Bedded out in May, it is July before the plants 
are in their full splendour, and by the end of 
September all is over—a mere flash of floral 
beauty. To prolong, then, the delights of a 
British flower garden to which those of every 
other country are as nothing, is a feat worthy 
of the highest aspiration, and one entitled to 
an ample reward. Those who have seen the 
success attending Mr. Fleming’s operations at 
Cliveden know to what excellence he has at¬ 
tained in this department; and we do not 
exaggerate when we say that during no period 
of the year is that vast flower garden other 
than charming to look upon. How this is 
managed is detailed in the admirable treatise 
before us ; and so simple does the whole appear 
to be now that the system is fully explained, 
that we wonder it is not more generally 
adopted. It is a subject, however, that cannot 
fail to become universally popular, for it is 
one so simple and so inexpensive, that even 
the cottager’s garden may always be an object 
of admiration. To all who are fond of flowers 
and who take pleasure in the decoration of 
their dwellings, we strongly recommend them 
to become possessed of Mr. Fleming’s book, 
the cost of which is so small as to place it 
within the reach of all. 
It is illustrated with many excellent plans 
of flower gardens, and has for a frontispiece a 
beautiful engraving of the Great Flower Garden 
at Cliveden as seen from the front of the man¬ 
sion, and of the extensive landscape beyond. 
Cultural Directions for the Rose, with full 
Descriptions of all the finest Varieties in 
Cultivation, Selections adapted to various 
circumstances and situations, and a Calen¬ 
dar of Operations to be performed during 
each Month throughout the Year. By John 
Cranston, King’s-Acre Nurseries, near 
Hereford. Second Edition. London: 
Houlston & Wright. 
Judging from the works that are published 
on the cultivation of the Bose, it would ap¬ 
pear that there is an ever-increasing interest 
in the “Queen of Flowers.” We know no 
way more effectual for diffusing a taste for 
any pursuit than by teaching the masses of 
the community how to follow and to prosecute 
it. Mr. Cranston has now for some years 
taken a prominent place among the first Rose- 
growers, and we have in the work before us 
the result of his experience stated in a plain 
and intelligible form; and it is such treatises 
as these that tend to keep up the interest and 
encourage the progress of those who are but 
on the threshold of gardening pursuits. We 
observe that Mr. Cranston is an advocate of 
the Manetti stock ; and as any light that can 
be thrown upon this questio vexata which may 
