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you a good round sum down at once; the autumnals the same or a nearly 
similar sum by instalments. The latter are valuable because they give us 
flowers when 
“ The last Rose of summer is faded and gone 
but it cannot he said that they produce the splendid effect of the summer 
Roses in the months of June and July. Let me not he misunderstood. I 
have no wish to depreciate the autumnals ; all I contend for is, that each has 
its peculiar value, and the Rose garden is incomplete without a goodly 
portion of these summer-blooming kinds. 
Having stated my views in reference to summer Roses, I now turn to 
the autumnals, among which the Hybrid Perpetuals and Tea-scented hold 
the highest rank alike as garden and show Roses, although the same kinds 
are not always equally suitable for both purposes. Among the Hybrid Per¬ 
petuals the following will be found to give very general satisfaction :— 
Alfred Colomb, Alphonse Damaizin, Anna Alexieff, Baron Adolphe Roths¬ 
child, Beauty of Waltham, Charles Lefebvre, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Hr. 
Andry, Duke of Wellington, Elizabeth Yigneron, Exposition de Brie, Eisher 
Holmes, Erangois Louvat, General d’Hautpoult, General Jacqueminot, Glory 
of Waltham, Jean Rosenkrantz, John Hopper, Jules Margottin, Lady Suffielcl, 
La Brillante, La Duchesse de Morny, Leopold Hausburg, Lord Macaulay, 
Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Madame Charles Wood, Madame Rivers, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Marechal Vaillant, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Pierre Notting, Prince Camille de Rohan, Princess of Wales, Senateur 
Vaisse, Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre, Triomphe des Frangais and 
Victor Verdier. Of Bourbon Perpetuals , Baron Gonella, Baronne Noirmont, 
Comtesse Barbantanne, Madame Charles Baltet, and Madame de Stella are 
excellent. Louis XIV., of the Piose de Rosomene group is also invaluable on 
account of the rich deep red globular flowers which it produces. Among 
the charming Tea-scented varieties the best are:—Alba Rosa, Bougere, 
Devoniensis, Eugenie Desgaches, Gloire de Dijon, Homer, Madame Da~ 
maizin, Madame Falcot, Madame Margottin, Madame Villermoz, Marechal 
Niel, Narcisse, Niphetos, Rubens, Safrano, Sombreuil, and Souvenir d’un 
Ami. Of Bourbons I recommend Empress Eugenie, Souvenir de Malmaison, 
and Mrs. Bosanquet; while of Noisettes, Aimee Vibert, Celine Eorestier, 
and Fellenberg are the most effective in their way. 
The colours and general character of the above varieties may be readily 
ascertained by reference to any of the great Rose-growers’ catalogues. 
Paul's Nurseries, Waltham Cross, N. William Paul. 
HINTS ON ENDIVE CULTURE. 
It will often be found that a want of success in keeping up a good 
supply of kitchen requisites will be the result of inattention to the minor 
details of culture and management, though it is possible that the general 
principles that should rule our practice may be well understood. For ex¬ 
ample, the general idea I wished to convey in my last paper on the culture 
of Lettuce (p. 196), was the absolute necessity of regular sowings at 
proper intervals; but, coupled with that, a similar amount of attention 
must be paid to the transplanting, and afterwards preparing for the table. 
Transplantation should always be attended to as soon as the plants are 
sufficiently large to be able to resist the attacks of snails, and before they 
get drawn up weakly; and blanching for the table (which is an operation 
