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finest Rose of the season, with flowers as large as Sou- 
j venir de la Malmaison, and partaking of the form of 
that beautiful Rose. It has not, however, flowered here 
(at Maresfield) quite in perfection, although it may come 
better in the autumn. Rosy-blush, with deeper centre, 
i and promises to be a large, flower. We confess we are 
rather disappointed in this variety. 
PERPETUAL MOSS ROSES. 
IS. Imperatrice Eugenie. —Rosy-pink; compact, and 
very double; of first-rate form. This is unquestionably 
! a new Rose of great merit. 
19. Madame Edouard Ory. —Introduced last season. 
Bright pink. A very exceUent Rose. 
MOSS ROSES. 
20 . Gloire des Mousseuses (1855).—Pale rose, shaded 
with lilac; first-rate form; large and very double. The 
buds are exquisitely mossed. 
21. Marie de Blois (1855).—Bright pink; large, and 
most beautifully cupped, in the w r ay of Coupe A Hebe." 
This is really a very first-rate new Rose. 
22 . William Lobb. —This is a new Rose, rather novel 
in colour; described in the French catalogues as “ a 
Blue Moss Rose.” It has flowered here; was a deep, 
•velvety, purplish crimson, shaded with slate; not very 
double, but flowering in immense clusters. 
Selected New Varieties oe Last Year. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 
1 . Baron Laray. —Rich rose-cupped, and double. 
2 . Belle Lyonnaise. —Pale flesh-cupped, and full. 
3. Comte de Nanteuil. —Deep rose, large, and full. 
Perfect in shape. 
4. Deuil de Fratn-ois Willermoz. —Rich, velvety-crim¬ 
son, intensely dark; iudeed, the darkest Perpetual Rose 
known. 
5. Duchess of Norfolk. —Rich, vivid crimson; under 
side of petals shaded with lively pink. Foliage very 
line. Form, a fine pillar Rose. 
6 . Evegue de Meaux. —Deep rosy-purple, large, and 
full. 
7. General Jagueminot. — Most brilliant crimson 
scarlet. Fine form ; surpassing Gcant des Batailles. 
8 . Gloire de France. —Rich crimson; excellent shape; 
robust habit. A splendid Rose. 
9. La Fontaine. —Light crimson; expanded; very large 
and full. 
10 . Lord Raglan. —Crimson scarlet; large and full. 
11 . Madame de Cambaceres. —Rose-colour cupped, and 
full, fine form. A very profuse bloomer. 
12 . Madame de Trottaire. —Lively cherry-colour ; fine 
form, and pleasing habit. Very distinct. 
13. Madame Masson. —Deep crimson purple; large and 
very full. A most superb Rose. 
14. Madame Theodore Martel. — Deep flesh-cupped, 
and double; fine shape. A good variety. 
PERPETUAL MOSS. 
15. Salet. —Pale pink; expauded; large and double. 
A tine variety. 
BOURBON ROSES. 
16. Aurore de Guide. —Brilliant crimson. Decidedly 
one of the most rich and beautiful Bourbons grown. 
17. Omar Pacha. — Bright cherry ; neat, compact, and 
very double. 
CHINA ROSE. 
18. Lucullus. —Velvety, purplish crimson; very dark 
and rich. 
TEA ROSES. 
19. Barillet Descluimps. —White ; the under side of the 
petals shaded with bright yellow; well-formed; very 
large and full. 
20. Gloire de Dijon. — Fawn, shaded with salmon; 
flowers very large ; form and habit of Souvenir de Mal¬ 
maison; robust, and very hardy. Unquestionably the 
finest Tea Rose in cultivation. 
NOISETTE ROSES. 
21. Augusta. — Sulphur, in the way of Solfaterre; 
but deeper in colour, and more perfect in shape. 
22. Marie Charge. —Bright fawn, tinged with carmine. 
An improvement on Ophirie. 
MOSS ROSE. 
23. Baron de Wassenaer.*— Light crimson-cupped. A 
very fine variety. 
HYBRID BOURBON ROSE. 
24. — Charles Lawson. —Vivid rose-colour, shaded; very 
large and double; good form. A fine exhibiting variety. 
Amongst the immense number of good kinds of Roses, 
it is extremely difficult to select a few varieties. The 
above, however, are all excellent, and worthy of general 
cultivation. T. Appleby. 
(To he continued). 
DOINGS AT WOODSTOCK. 
“ Go and fetch me several pailsful of the ammoniacal j 
liquor from the gas-works, and then put one pailful ft the j 
liquor to six of water (in proportions) into the copper, and j 
make it hoil as soon as possible. I ’ll syringe every tree in 
the garden with the mixture, scalding hot! Something must ■ 
be done, kill or cure ; for soap-suds appear to have no more j 
effect upon this desperate blight, comparatively, than water." j 
Such were the instructions which startled my odd man | 
about six weeks ago; and the result is marvellous. My poor 
trees were fast bounding towards that fate which Mr. Robson 
says of those in Kent; but the application saved them. 
I applied it, in the evening, with a syringe ; and warm work 
it was. I believe my man and I were never so hot in our 
lives before, and he is an old Indian soldier; for the ac¬ 
tion of boiling the gas-water created a floating substance 
worse than pitch, which clogged the syringe, and made it no 
joke for the arms after two hours’ amusement. I borrowed 
the housemaid’s pail, as being an utensil agreeable to the 
mixture; hut I became rather anxious about my idea, as I ob¬ 
served the paint dissolved from its interior by the strength 
of the liquid, and it made the foliage on the trees look pre¬ 
ciously blue, and my man exceedingly dubious. However, as 
ono does not like to lose caste with one’s own people, I made 
no sign, but steamed away, and only desisted when the last 
drop was served. Standard Apples, Roses, Gooseberries, 
Currants, and all the Wall-trees were drenched with the 
“ stinking stuff; ’’ and I used it so hot, that I could only 
bear my hand in it tolerably. I arose anxious and early 
next morning, and the trees looked green and refreshed, and 
have done so ever since. I believe I can, thanks to the ap¬ 
plication, compete with most people for fruit crops, and 
such Roses I never had before; and I really think not a 
single caterpillar has since dared to venture on to the trees 
which were washed. A violent storm came two days after¬ 
wards, or I should have applied another severe syringing 
with plain warm water. 
“Ah !” said my chef, next day; “you have saved the trees, 
but you have killed the copper! The woman will be in a 
fine taking when washing-day comes round again.” 
“ Oh ! as to the copper, fill it with water, and toss a couple 
of shovelsful of cinder-ashes, along with a pound of soda, 
into it; put in the syringe and the iron lading-bowl also, and 
boil rampantly for half an hour; that will clean any copper 
in the world. Pour the lukewarm contents on to the Aspa¬ 
ragus-bed to-morrow morning; and you will find, after that, 
if you ask the women, they will tell you the copper looks 
brighter than ever.” 
By-the-by, I saved the haulm of my Asparagus last year 
in a dry loft; and how excellently it has answered as a shad- i 
ing material for my young-planted Celery in the trench. 
