PROFESSIONAL AND MORAL TRAINING. 
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R. Blandyanum , deep rose, nearly scarlet, tolerable 
form. 
li. Album elegans , white, with green spots, good 
form. 
R. Catawbiense flore pleno , a double light purple 
variety. 
Mr. H. Waterer. 
R. Augustus , purple, distinctly marked with green, 
fine form, and truss. 
R. Fastuosim flore pleno , pale lilac. 
R. Constantine , purple, distinctly marked. 
R. Guido , transparent rose, fine form. 
R. Murillo , very dark purple, fine form. 
R. Atrosanguineum, crimson, fine form, late, and 
very good. 
AAA/W 
R. Rembrandt , deep transparent rose, shaded to the 
edge, very superior. 
R. Coelestinum, a bluish lilac self-coloured variety, 
of good form. 
R. Poussin , dark reddish purple. 
R. Vandyke , a lively self-coloured rose. 
R. Jachnanii, rosy puce, very dark spots. 
R. Purpureum grandiflorum , very distinct. 
Mr. Baker. 
R. Delicatum , fine white, with deep spots, very free. 
R. Grandiflorum maculatum , rose pink, fine spots, 
large. 
i?. Mammoth , rosy lilac, good form. 
it. Ignescens , deep rose pink, nearly scarlet.—A. 
PROFESSIONAL AND MORAL TRAINING. 
HINTS ADDRESSED TO YOUNG GARDENERS. 
By Mr. W. P. KEANE, Author of “The Beauties of Surrey,” See. 
f AM glad to find that you. had the good sense to procure another place of employment before you 
left the gardens at C-, where you had remained sufficiently long to have acquired a general 
knowledge of the gardening operations so successfully practised in that establishment. It is not the 
length of time that a young gardener may spend in a place so much as a careful attention to note in 
the mind, and also in the memorandum-hook, the daily occurrences that come under his notice, that 
best prepare him for a change. I have seen some young men spend several years in a garden without 
much profit from their experience, and others, who have not remained half the time, leave with a 
large share of useful knowledge. The abilities of all seemed to he generally equal, hut their tastes and 
inclinations were various. To some the daily work was a toil, and life a misery—counting the minutes 
as hours till the clock struck the time for breakfast, for dinner, or for resting from the labours of the 
day. To others the hours passed briskly and pleasantly along, to whom the various work that every 
day produced was a pleasure, affording them some hints for improvement, or new ideas for further 
investigations. The 
evening 
hours showed the bent of each man’s inclinations. Your own short 
experience, I make no doubt, has been sufficient to prove to you, that those who retired, after the 
evening repast was over, to ruminate over, or to note in the memorandum-book the work of the day, 
or to pore over some book for further information, are the persons who have most generally raised 
themselves by their persevering industry, and good moral conduct, to the highest stations of their 
profession. After some years, I have seen those who preferred the amusements of gay frivolity to the 
more useful desire of self-instruction bitterly complain that gardening was a had business, and that 
success invariably depended upon friends and patronage. It is true that by the kindness of friends 
or patrons good situations have been, and are now, procured for many gardeners ; but in very many 
instances the friendship or patronage is extended to the individual for the purpose of giving him a fair 
chance of advancement in life; and misconduct, or mismanagement, will afterwards forfeit all claims to 
further notice. I believe, as the poet 'wrote, that 
u There is a tide in the affairs of men, 
'Which, taken at the flow, leads on to fortune 
and that a young man, of good moral conduct, with an unflagging desire to take a fair advan¬ 
tage of every opportunity that circumstances may place in his way, will ultimately succeed hi 
procuring that advancement to which, by his qualifications, he is justly entitled. 
I see no fear for despondency; be assured that the principal part depends upon your own exertions, 
and as a faithful guide, I shall undertake the pleasing duty of pointing out, as to me seems best, the 
road for you to follow to gain that information so necessary for your future advancement. Your hand¬ 
writing is pretty good; but a correct knowledge of English grammar is indispensably necessary, as 
without it, a continual diffidence will attend all your efforts to give expression to your thoughts, either 
in speaking or on paper. This knowledge is particularly useful to gardeners, who are in many places 
required to communicate frequently with their employers, on many subjects concerning the manage¬ 
ment and other affairs of the gardens. Be assured that correct grammar embellishes all communica- 
and that ideas, good in themselves, when clothed in bad grammar lose half the impression that 
