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B anksian for its fragrance. Where there are any old established plants 
of the Boursault, or any strong growing climbing Roses, they are the 
very thing to bud with the Cloth of Gold, Isabella Gray, and Triomphe 
de Rennes—three superb yellow and sulphur coloured Roses. Cut 
away a part of the old wood, and fill the young shoots with buds of 
the above, which will flower freely next year. Two other fine Roses 
for a wall in this class are Solfaterre and La Marque ; the buds may 
be inserted at once, preferring cloudy weather for doing it. 
Flower Garden .—Not much to do here, excepting to tie up or peg 
down as the case may be, to keep down weeds, and water in dry 
weather. We hope all lady amateurs grow herbaceous plants, as they 
are easily managed, and guite as gay, and in reality more useful and 
interesting than a garden full of Verbenas, &c. During the autumn 
we shall describe the best of them, for a guide to purchasers. Where 
there are gaps in the border, sow a pinch of Nemojhila seed or 
Virginian Stock to fill up ; also take care to have plenty of Mignonette 
sown in every corner. We advise that every nook and corner be filled 
with the Musk plant, Lemon Verbena, Heliotrope, and Balm of Gilead ; 
they diffuse a delightful fragrance through the garden, and are also 
very useful to ladies when gathered and dried with Rose flowers, Cloves, 
and Lavender for pot pournes, for which shallow paper trays should now 
be ready on which to dry the petals of the Rose, Lavender, &c., as 
they come to hand; the drying should always be in the shade, and 
the flowers turned over several times daily. To ladies fond of 
botanising we can recommend two useful works: one is, “Wild 
Flowers, How to See and How to Gather Them ; ” the other is “ British 
Wild Flowers/’ illustrated by Sowerby, published in monthly parts. 
Where hardy Ferns are cultivated, take care they are kept moist by 
frequently dewing them overhead in hot weather; this may be done 
twice or thrice daily, and always in the evening. The north sides of 
walls or hedges should always be selected for growing native Ferns, 
though some will thrive well in open places. 
PROTECTION. 
I said in my last, that, convinced by Mr. Radclyffe’s reasoning, I had 
adopted his mode of protection for my wall fruit trees, modified in a 
manner like that suggested by Mr. Powell; and as the plan is simple, 
and may, in proper places and in certain seasons be useful, I will 
describe it, with its effects, as here experienced. 
I have eight trees, two of which afforded no fair means of comparison ; 
of the remaining six five were protected,—two Peach, one Nectarine, 
and two Apricot trees. One, a large red Apricot, remained without 
covering. 
The locality is not much above the level of the sea, exposed and 
cold, just such as seemed calculated to show the advantage of protection. 
The walls are twelve feet high, with a coping, the aspect of the protected 
trees S.E. Each tree had a frame of rough scantling in eight pieces 
