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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
Veitcli and Sons, from Peru, wliere it was discovered by tlieir collector, Mr. 
Pearce. In the private collection in the Eoyal Exotic Nursery, at Chelsea, we 
have on several occasions seen it growing in great beauty. It will no doubt ere 
. long be ready for distribution, and we look upon it as indispensable in all collections 
of stove Ferns.—T. Mooee, Chelsea. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE ROSE. 
S UCH is the title of a little brochure on Eose-culture by Mr. Cranston, of the 
King’s Acre Nurseries, near Hereford, of which the third edition is now 
f before us. It professes to be, and we believe it is, “ a thoroughly 
practical guide to the Amateur, in all matters connected with Eose- 
culture.” The book is divided into two parts, in one of which the various 
practical operations connected with Eose-growing are explained, while the other 
is devoted to lists of the best roses in the various classes, and selections for 
various purposes. We quote as an illustration of style, from under the head of 
‘‘ Forcing Eoses,” a description of the mode in which that operation is carried on in 
Paris—a description which, owing to the deplorable War, must relate rather to 
the past than the present:—“ The French accomplish much in the way of forced 
Eoses, and their mode of growing them in small-sized pots for market is very 
clever. The plants which they use for this purpose are all budded upon the 
Dog Eose, of all heights, from dwarfs to standards, and the pots in which they 
are grown are rarely more than seven or eight inches in diameter, and many are 
grown in five or six-inch pots. The plants have a very unique appearance, and 
are usually loaded with deliciously fragrant flowers. With few exceptions the 
gardens or nurseries where these are grown are small and untidy, and the glass 
houses are of the modest description, having the most poverty-stricken appear¬ 
ance ; nevertheless the healthy growth of the plants therein shows that they have 
been well tended, and that the growers know full well how to manage them. 
‘‘ One of the largest establishments for forced Eoses I have ever seen, and 
which I believe is the largest in France, is that of M. Laurent, 88 Eue de 
Louvain, near Paris. He has some three or four acres entirely covered with low 
span-roof and lean-to houses and pits, specially for forcing Eoses and Lilacs, these 
being the only two plants he cultivates. I am quite afraid to say the number of 
Eoses which are forced here annually, but I should judge there could not have 
been much less than fifty or sixty thousand. It was early in February when I 
saw them, when the houses and pits were all full, and many thousands of plants 
outside ready to take the place of the early forced Eoses, as soon as their blossoms 
were over. The blossoms are gathered every morning, and sent to Paris for 
bouquets and decoration, for which there is always a large demand. The plants 
from this establishment are not sold. M. Laurent is also famous for forcing 
Lilacs. His method of producing white - bloom from the purple lilac is not 
generally known or practised, nor am I thoroughly in the secret, but it is never- 
