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ROSE HEDGES. 
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These general hints, which apply to all rockwork, are extremely valuable, 
but all rockeries cannot be made to imitate Alpine scenery, and some persons have 
to be contented with imita¬ 
tions of walls and ruins. For 
such, illustrations, bearing on 
the construction of these, are 
given. By building a rough 
stone wall, and packing the 
intervals as firmly as possible 
with loam and sandy peat, 
putting perhaps a little mortar 
at the outside of the largest 
interstices, a host of brilliant 
gems may be grown with 
almost as little attention as 
we bestow on the common ivy. 
When consolidated, the mate¬ 
rials of the wall would afford 
the very kind of nutriment 
required by the plants. 
The descriptive and cultural notes on the species recommended for their 
utility or beauty, which form the second part of the book, are amply sufficient, 
with the select lists given, to afford a general notion of the aspect of the plants, 
and of their special requirements and adaptabilities.—T. M. 
Right. 
Wrong. 
KOSE HEDGES. 
jWHEN the new kitchen garden was formed here, I had five Eose Hedges 
l] planted across one of the divisions, for shelter and ornament. The roses 
were taken from an old botanic garden and rosary, that had been planted 
60 or 70 years ago. These hedges when in flower are interesting now from 
the presence of many old summer roses, which in their day held the first place 
in the catalogues. The Eoses Celestial, Stadtholder, White Provence, and Tus¬ 
cany, which latter is darker and more velvety than any of our new roses, show well 
in these hedges. I have lately commenced budding some of the best hybrid per- 
petuals on some of the strong-growers, on purpose to have roses in autumn. Two . 
hedges were likewise planted with the old Cabbage, and Damask Eose, and they 
furnish an excellent supply of rose- leaves every summer, for drying and distilling 
purposes. 
By the side of two borders near a walk, I have lately planted on each side a 
Eose Hedge formed of varieties of Noisette roses, such as Fellenberg, Aimee Vibert, 
Compacta, Floribunda, and Celine Forestier. When planted by itself, as a 
hedge, Fellenberg is one of the best of all the Noisettes, for it is in flower all the 
