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THE GARDENERS’ AND NATURALISTS’ CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
ver sand thrown amongst the shoots will induce them to 
root into it; (Enothera prostrata in the same way. Place 
Lophospermums, Maurandyas, and Tropaeolums in a 
dry and airy part of the greenhouse or pits. Raise the 
back of all moveable frames as high as can he conve¬ 
niently done, to admit all the light possible, and at the 
same time throw off the wet rapidly. Protecting ma¬ 
terial should he of an open and loose texture, and keep 
it as dry as you can; have plenty of it always at hand, 
as you never know what a day may bring forth. The 
less fire-heat greenhouse plants get during the dull days 
of winter the better; rather cover the greenhouse and 
save the fuel. J. C. 
Rose Garden .—-The principal business to he done 
this month is the transplanting of any that may require 
it, buying new ones, &c= Presuming the ground to he 
prepared as previously directed, get the planting done 
as early in the month as the weather will permit. 
Should the weather be dry, as was the case in 1849, 
give each plant a good watering before the earth is all 
filled in, they will then get rooted before the winter 
commences, and will flower nearly as well next sum¬ 
mer as though they had not been moved. As soon as 
any standards, half-standards, or, indeed, any that are 
high enough to be liable to he blown about, are planted, 
a straight, neat stake should he placed to each plant, se¬ 
curing them firmly to it, to prevent their being blown 
about, which is very injurious to them. 
This is also the best month to collect and plant 
stocks for next season’s working: in the selection of 
them choose the true Dog-rose, rejecting such as have 
an affinity to the Sweet Brier, which may he known by 
the hark being thickly covered, particularly near the 
bottom of the stem, with small and larger thorns of a 
whitish colour ; and also those that have a climbing ha¬ 
bit, which latter may he known by the dark green co¬ 
lour of the hark, and a few short thorns, and an appear¬ 
ance of weakness in the stem, as Roses seldom make 
good plants if worked on either of these stocks, and live 
hut a short time. Prune the roots close to the stems, 
and any shoots there may he on the stem must be cut 
off close, so that they may he quite straight. When the 
planting is finished, cut the tops down to within four 
or six inches of the height they are wanted; make the 
surface of the ground even, by stirring it with spud, and 
leave them till spring. 
Roses in pots, intended for forcing this season, should 
now he protected from heavy rains; and, towards the 
middle and end of the month, some should he pruned 
and set in a cold pit, where they may he protected from 
frost, hut can have plenty of air in favourable weather. 
The following are a few select new Roses well worthy 
of being added to any collection :— 
Hybrid Perpetual 
Baronne Hallez, light carmine. 
Berranger, rosy-purplish crimson. 
Caroline de Sansal, flesh colour. 
Chereau, cherry rose. 
Comte de Montalivet, dark red, tinted violet. 
Comte de Bobrinsky, cherry red. 
Duchesse de Montpensier, rosy blush. 
General Cavaignac, cherry carmine. 
General Negrier, delicate rose or rosy blush. 
Gigantesque, deep rosy crimson. 
Joan of Arc, nearly white. 
Leonore d’Este, blush with paler edges. 
Madame Clavel, purplish carmine. 
Madame Campell d’Isly, rosy lilac, marble, 
carmine. 
Madame Lamoriciere, transparent rosy pink. 
Madame Pepin, delicate pink. 
Madame Guillot, deep pink. 
Pius the Ninth, purplish red. 
Reine des Fleurs, pink, shaded lilac. 
Standard of Marengo, warm crimson. 
Cymedor, crimson. 
The two last are only good in cool weather. 
Damask perpetual :— 
Anne de Bretagne, rosy red. 
Celina Dubos, French white, habit of Rose 
du Roi. 
Josephine Robert, bright rose. 
Isle de Bourbon :— 
Aramis, rosy red. 
Aurora, violet crimson. 
Deuil de 1’Archeveque de Paris, reddish purple. 
Tea scented :— 
Madame de St. Joseph, salmonish pink. 
Madame Melanie Yillermoz, white, fawn 
centre. 
There is also a new perpetual Moss Rose, Herman 
Kegel, which I have not flowered yet. I hope it will 
he a very great improvement on the rubbish hitherto 
sold under this tempting title. H. M‘M. 
Arboretum. —In this department it is only necessary 
to observe that the operations of planting must he pro¬ 
secuted with activity, as long as the weather continues 
sufficiently open. If it can he done, it ought to he a ge¬ 
neral rule to get over this kind of work as early in the 
autumn as possible; hut where there is much on hand, 
it is often unavoidably necessary to carry it on until 
stopped by the frost, hut every nerve should he strained 
to prevent any being left until the spring work comes 
on ; because at that season there is always so much on 
hand, that something must suffer if the planting (which, 
in places where no extra hands are brought in for the 
purpose, may truly he called extra work) is delayed 
until that time. Remember to see that trees of all sizes 
are firmly secured in their positions at the time of plant¬ 
ing, for without this care all other labours are useless, 
as it is impossible for a tree to strike root and fix itself, 
if it is not firmly retained in position. 
Shrubbery. —The formation and planting of shrub¬ 
beries should also he vigorously carried on, and brought 
to a close for the above reasons. Also the thinning-out 
and re-arranging of old and overgrown shrubberies 
should he looked to as leisure serves; where these are 
very much overgrown, the thinning should he conducted 
gradually, that is, a portion should he quite headed down 
every season, until the whole is renovated with young 
foliage; and this should afterwards he kept properly cut- 
in, to preserve it in a state of luxuriance ; indeed, it may 
be considered that attention to heading-down the com¬ 
moner kinds of evergreen and deciduous shrubs is one of 
the surest marks of good management, and it ought to 
be extended over the whole place, as nothing looks 
worse, or indicates negligence so much, as a mass of 
rambling overgrown shrubs, with immense heads and a 
confused array of naked ugly stems. 
In resuming my list of desirable shrubs, I cannot 
help noticing the Aralia japonica, a splendid shrub in¬ 
troduced from Japan, in 1838; its immensely decom¬ 
pound foliage is very fine, and it is an abundant flowerer. 
A specimen before me has at this time a dozen expanded 
clusters of bloom of a greenish white colour, which have 
a highly ornamental effect, each cluster being composed 
of several spikes of bloom, about eighteen inches long, 
diverging from a common centre, and taking the form of 
a crown. It requires a sheltered situation, and should 
have a place in every garden. I shall now proceed to 
notice a few of the best Spiraeas which, in their season 
of flowering, are amongst the most ornamental of our 
flowering shrubs, and deserve attention. 
Spircea Rouglasii. —A native of Columbia, a shrub of 
good habit and free growth, producing an abundance of 
dense spikes of bloom of a deep rose colour. 
S. prunifolia fiore pleno (China).—A rather rambling 
