THE 
FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
KOSE PEINCESS CHEISTIAN. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
: ^EINCESS CHRISTIAN ROSE, tRe subject of the accompanying plate, lias 
been so frequently before tlie public that we need do no more, in this 
place, than describe the colour of tbe flowers, and tlie character of the 
plant. The colour ranges from deep salmon to rosy peach, according to 
the age of the blossoms, and holds on clear and bright to the last. There is a 
peculiar and beautiful gloss on the face of the petals which the pencil of the 
artist cannot portray, and which gives it distinctness. The flowers are very 
large, double enough, globular in the bud state, and finely cupped when 
expanded; and it gives forth these flowers continuously and abundantly from 
June to November. The growth is robust, the constitution hardy, and the foliage 
and habit distinct and of a pleasing character. 
This promises to be a good exhibition rose when taken in a young state, and 
a grand rose for the garden at all times. Mr. William Paul, of Waltham Cross, 
is the introducer of this novelty, which, we learn, will be distributed from his 
nurseries in May next. Three First-Class Certificates have been awarded to the 
Princess Christian during the year 1869—one by the Royal Horticultural Societ}', 
one by the Royal Botanic Society, and one at the Crystal Palace Rose Show.—M. 
THE GARDEN MENTOR. 
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L) ANUARY—the beginning of another span of time—affords an opportunity, 
which should be seized upon, for planning out or revising the garden 
features of the coming year. In the series of papers which I propose 
^ giving under the above heading, it will be almost impossible to avoid the 
repetition of instructions that have appeared under the head of ‘‘ Seasonable 
Hints,” but it is hoped that some additional practical items of a useful nature 
will also be found. 
Kitchen Garden. —After the fine, open, dry autumn we have had, the work 
3rd series.-HI. B 
