THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— August 12, 1h5«. 
necessary to do so after the plants are up, taking care to 
cease on a dull or moist day. It is hardly necessary to 
observe that the shading may also be removed by de¬ 
grees, and that it is also best done in dull weather; but do 
not by any means allow it to remain on long, even if the 
weather be hot and dry, as it will be attended with a 
drawn-up, sickly growth. 
At Ibis time there are also other sdctls which want sow¬ 
ing, as Lettuce, Endive, large breadths of Tamil), Winter 
Onion, and the like, the conditions of all being the 
same; and though it is inexpedient to cover a largo 
breadth of Turnip in the way described, still a some¬ 
thing may be done at times ; and sowing in dull weather 
is useful, while, at the same time, where the fly or other 
enemies attack them, a plentiful sprinkling with soot, 
lime, or wood-ashes, or all these united, will tend to 
check this pest, which to the whole Brassica family is 
a sad scourge. Other particulars the same as described 
in several letters of late. J. Robson 
NOTES FROM PARIS. 
Or the lists of Roses sent to M. Karr three only con¬ 
tained the following:— 
Menoux, blight red; Moire (Tea), yellowish-flesh colour, 
raised in 1810 by M. Moire, of Angers; Princess Adelaide 
(Tea), sulphur-yellow, deeper at the centre ; A afrit no (Tea), 
yellow; Souvenir d'un Ami, delicate rose; Antheros (Tea), 
white centre, yellowish-flesh colour, raised by M. Lepage, of 
Angers; Madame Brian (Bengale), rose, raised by M. Ver¬ 
ifier in 1841 ; Comte de Paris (hybrid), rosy-violet, some¬ 
times striated ; Pactole, white, yellow at the centre; Comice 
de Seine et Marne, violet-red; Peine des lies Bourbons, 
yellowisli-flesh colour; Baronne Prcvost, bright violet red, 
raised from seed by M. Desprez, of Yebles, in 1842; Henri 
Lecoq, bright rose, shaded with carmine; Belle Amerieaine, 
clear red; Cornet., delicate rose; Duchesse de Galliera, shaded 
rose, raised by M. Portemer, of Gentilly; General Cavaiynac, 
rich, deep rose; Noemi, clear rose; Robin Hood, rose; 
Sydonie, rose. ; Marquise Boreelln, rosy-white ; Madame 
Pepin, delicate rose, raised from seed by M. Verdier, in 
3848; Comte Bobrin ski, rich, deep carmine; Etendard de 
Marengo, bright crimson; Jeanne d’Arc, white, centre pale 
rose, raised from seed by M. Verdier in 1848 ; General 
Negrier, lose ; Louis Bonaparte, rosy-carmine, raised from 
seed in 1840 or 1842 by M. Laffay, and dedicated to Louis 
Bonaparte, King of Holland, brother of the first Emperor; 
Madame Trudeau, deep rose; Comte de Bambuteau, clear 
violet-red; Prosperine, bright crimson, raised by M. Monde- 
ville, near Mennecy; Georges Cuvier, cherry colour, bordered 
with clear rose, raised by M. Souchet; Mistress Elliot,* 
rose, raised by M. Laffay; Docteur Marx, purple, raised by 
M. Latt'ay; Rivers, rose, raised by M. Laffay in 1840, and 
no doubt named in honour of Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth; 
Noisette Desprez, yellow, raised by M. Desprez, of Yfcbles ; 
Ophirie, copper colour; Cesarine Souchet, clear rose, raised 
by M. Souchet in 1840 ; Henry Clay, deep rosy-lilac, named 
in honour of the famed American statesman ; Clemence 
Scringe, flesh colour; Dumont de Courset, shaded crimson 
aDd carmine, raised by M. Souchet; Melanie Villermoz, 
white, shaded with salmon colour; Madame Hardy, white, 
raised by M. Hardy; Rosine Margottin, clear rose, spotted 
with lilac; Unique Panachee, white, streaked with rose; 
Cent Feuilles des Peintres, rose ; Pompon de Bourgogne, very 
small, rose ; Genie de Chateaubriand, amaranth, carmine, 
shaded with violet, raised by M. Oudin, of Lisieux; Mous¬ 
se use Ordinaire, rose. 
Those mentioned in the following list obtained only two 
rotes:— 
Guillaume le Conquirant, rose, raised by M. Ogier in 1847 ; 
Comte de Paris (Tea), clear rose. As may be seen, this 
differs much from the Comte <le Paris given in the preceding 
list. Prince Charles, bright cherry-red; Niphetos (Tea), 
pure white; La Victorieuse, white, slightly flesh coloured; 
Docteur Roques, violet-red; Ilermosa, bright flesh colour; 
* I preserve the orthography of French writers, who find it difficult to 
understand our abbreviations, Mr. and Mrs. 
■Tit) 
I Marbre d’Enghien (Pimpernel), pale yellow, streaked with 
red, raised by M. Parmentier; Celina Dubos, flesh colour, 
turning pure white; (Eitlet Parfait, red, striated with white ; 
Jacquinot, ruse bordered, and shaded with white; Tricolore de 
Flandre (Provence), ground white, striated with lilac; 
Mercedes (Provence), ground white, shaded with rosy-lilac, 
! raised by M. Vibert in 1847 ; Smith'd (Tea), white, centre 
yellow; Melanie Cornu, bright violet-red, raised by M. Cornu, 
of Versailles, in 1840; Prince Eugene (Bengale), purple- 
I crimson; Soldi dAusterlitz, brilliant red; Julie Mani-ais, 
i white; Madame Fremion, bright cherry colour ; Louise Pern- 
nay, deep rose, shaded with carmine; Laure Ramond, very 
delicate rose ; Reranger, rosy-carmine; Pic IX., crimson- 
, red ; Banks de la Chine,f white, with large flowers ; Eliza 
j Sauvage (Tea), pale yellow, raised by M. Mielloz, of Es- 
quermeslez-Lilie, in 1818; Reine des Fleurs, rosy lilac ; 
j Marechal Buyeaud (Tea), white, shaded with salmon colour; 
Marie de. Beaux, white, centre copper colour; Oscar Lcclerc, 
violet red, raised by M. Verdier in 184(1; Madame Halhz de 
Clnparede , bright carmine ; Madame Nerard, delicate flesh 
colour; Pompon Cramoisi, bright crimson; Adele Marne, 
rose, with singular foliage, raised by M. Vibert in 1847; 
General Chanyurnier, violet-purple, centre slale colour; 
Madame Lamoricierc, bright rose, transparent; Bouquet de 
Flore, red ; Deitil du Due dOrleans, velvety-purple ; Camee, 
I pale rose, deeper at the centre ; Caroline de Sansal, clear 
flesh colour; Cemtesse d’Eymont, deep lilac; Madame Giiillut, 
rose; Esperauce (l’rovence), yellowish-white; Mousseuse 
Blanche (White Moss) ; Zoe (Crimson Moss) ; Felieite Par¬ 
mentier, flesh colour; Prince de Guiles (Prince of Wales), 
cherry colour; Houle de Neige (Provence), white; Eliza 
Mercce ii r (Tea), deep red; Ranks a Fleurs Jaimes, f small 
yellow flowers in panicles; Ranks a Fleurs Blanches,! very 
small white flowers in panicles, with the fragrance of 
Violets. 
Besides these, M. Karr names, on his own account, several 
others, as the Provence Rose, streaked with white, having 
the smell of Violets, and which is called in Normandy la 
Paysanne Rose Laureuceana (Bengale), which are loaded 
with flowers all the year. To these and several others he 
adds the Sweet Brier. 
What a long and interesting chapter on history or bio¬ 
graphy might be written from the names which a Rose 
catalogue suggests ! At least half of those in the preceding 
lists have been prominently connected with the leading 
events of the last ten years. M. Karr observes that he is 
not sure about the orthography of Brier, which he writes 
Bryer, and which, I think, is sometimes written Briar. I 
should be glad if any of your readers who have good memo¬ 
ries could turn to passages in which the word occurs, and 
give one or two short extracts, with the correct title and 
page of the book. This little name has been associated 
with one of the greatest men of modern times, as all who 
iiave read the Memorial of St. Helena are aware. It is also 
to be found in one of the sweetest of Scottish songs:— 
“ There grows a bonnie Briar buali in our kail ya^d.” 
We have dry, warm weather at present, although there 
have been one or two heavy showers in the immediate 
vicinity of Paris; but in elevated situations rain is much 
wanted. All round Paris the crops of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
and other cereals are now nearly all cut. The Wheat crop 
in particular is very heavy this year. So far as I have seen, 
Potatoes are as yet untainted, and I have passed over a 
considerable extent of ground lately. All of whom I have 
asked information on this point assure me that not only is 
there no probability of blight, but that the crop will be 
unusually' heavy, and the quality good. There has been a 
decided failure in Apples and Pears, riums will not be 
very plentiful; but there is a good supply of Apricots, Figs, 
Currants, Gooseberries, and Raspberries. , Where I have 
been the Vines appear Jiealtby, and the crop a great deal 
heavier than last year. I have been informed by a private 
gentleman, who lias a large Viynoble, that young lines 
require from three to four years before yielding a pretty 
good crop ; and Vine-growers here are well enough satisfied 
with such slow progress, making the best they can with the 
intermediate ground in the meantime. 
This being the time for Hollyhocks, I may just remark 
f Nod)ubt the “Hanks” which I have marked signifies Bunksian. 
