JANUARY. 
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President Porcher (Yigneron).—Vigorous. Flowers very large, full, 
beautiful clear rose, shaded with carmine. 
Hose Perfection (Touvais).—Vigorous. Flowers very large, full, of fine 
form, brilliant deep rose. Very sweet-scented. 
Sceur Thecle (Fontaine pere).—Vigorous. Flowers large, full, of fine 
form, rosy carmine, with a silvery edging. 
Souvenir de Monsieur Boll (Boyau).—Vigorous. Flowers very large and 
full, of very fine form, shaded cherry red. 
Thorin (Lacharme).—Vigorous. Flowers large, full, of fine form, pure 
bright rose. 
Triomphe de Soissons (Fontaine pere).—Very vigorous. Flowers large 
and very full, of very fine form, beautiful flesh-coloured rose, shaded with 
salmon. 
Ville de Lyon (Ducher).—Very vigorous. Flowers very large, full, and 
finely formed, deep rose. 
The most promising new 7 Tea Roses appear to be*:— 
Bouton d’Or (Guillot fils).—Vigorous. Flowers medium-sized, very full, 
fine deep yellow, reverse of the petals white. 
Madame Bremond (Guillot fils).—Vigorous. Flowers large, full, vary¬ 
ing from light reddish purple to very dark purple. 
Madame Margottin (Guillot fils).—Very vigorous. Flowers large and 
very full, globular, deep lemon, with a rosy peach centre, and the petals 
edged with white. 
Monsieur Furtado (Laffay).—Vigorous. Flowers medium-sized, very full, 
and well formed, beautiful clear sulphur yellow. 
Of Bourbons, only two are offered, viz.:— 
CEiUet flamand (Oger).—Plant vigorous. Flowers medium-sized, full, 
flat, bright rose striped with pure white. 
Petite Amante (Soupert et Motting).—Plant. very vigorous. Flowers 
medium-sized, very full, clear rose, carmine on the back of the petals. 
ENDIVE. 
The following particulars respecting the cultivation of Endive, as prac¬ 
tised at Meaux, in the department of the Seine-et-Marne, are abridged from 
an article by M. Quetier, in the Revue Horticole. It would be impossible, 
he remarks, even to give an approximate estimate of the quantity of Endive 
consumed in Paris, and of which a very large proportion is produced at 
Meaux. The Endive grown there is of particularly good quality—a cir¬ 
cumstance, perhaps, partly to be attributed to the soil, but still more to 
good culture and the care taken in the choice of seed. Some of the growers 
produce as many as 60,000 or 80,000 plants each, and most of the others 
not less than 40,000 to 45,000. 
The market gardeners of Meaux do not force Endive, because they 
find it too expensive. They commence by sowing under a frame on a 
brisk hotbed in the beginning of April, for in order to make sure that the 
plants shall not run, the seed must come up ten or twelve hours after sow¬ 
ing. When the seedlings are strong enough to prick out, plenty of air is 
given to harden them off, and they are planted out of doors in nursery-beds 
in a good aspect. The plants suffer a little from this proceeding, for the 
ground in the first fortnight of May is very cold as compared with the soil 
