THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION.— September 23,1856. 461 
BRILL ANT DE YAISE. 
I have only two reasons for saying a word more on this 
subject. The first is to atone for a seeming slight, which 
I did not intend, about Rose budders who go “ without 
shoes or stockings.” I knew a cavalry officer who was pro¬ 
moted to the first rank of commander without having a 
shoe or stocking on ; he went by the name of “ little Donald 
Beaton,” my own father being Muckle Donald at the time 
and place. 
The second reason is to help to dispel a deeply-seated 
| scholastic delusion about the names of plants. Translations, 
j quantities, and equivalents, are not thought essentials by 
the most learned botanists, as some of our own clerical 
readers think they ought to be. Classical rules are broken 
through every year of our lives in all departments of natural 
science, to satisfy the rules of euphony, or the sound most 
I pleasing to the ear. Brilliant de Vase is pure English all 
| but the de, and that is, to my ear, more euphonious than 
I any term of the French, therefore I adopt it; but I allow 
; that, if a young French lady took a strange freak and fell in 
love with me, it would be more homely for her to sing 
young Donald de Dundee than the “ true Scotch at any 
price,” although the lass of Gowrie might insist on it that 
a “ slip of the pen” and a slip of far more importance were 
“made out and provided for” by “the bird o’bra fether.” 
In “ society ” none of our high ladies say, now-a-days, 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, but only “the Malmaison Rose;” 
nor Bijou de I'Horticulteur, nor Etoile de la Vaise. And now 
Verbena odorata de la pudibunda will be prepared to allow 
that names of places in an old country are not necessarily 
in the language of that country; therefore I repeat it, Vaise 
is not in the best French authorities ; Vase is, and we have 
adopted it. Can you say that it is more the one than the 
other ? Now, hear me.. I insist on it that no one has a 
right to “ thwart my way ” who cannot translate the words 
shin will non far —four words in four languages, which, put 
together, make a grammatical sentence of good sound 
meaning.—D. Beaton. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Rhododendron Brookeanuh ( Sir James Broolte's Rhodo¬ 
dendron). —Appropriately called after the Rajah of Sarawak, 
for it is a very distinguished species, and is a native of 
Borneo, where he rules. It was discovered by Mr. Low, 
but imported by Messrs. Yeitch, of Exeter and Chelsea 
Nurseries, through their collector, Mr. T. Lobb. 
“ ‘ I shall never forget,’ says Mr. Low, ‘ the first discovery 
of this gorgeous plant; it was epiphytal upon a tree which 
was growing in the water of a creek. The head of flowers 
was very large, arranged loosely, of the richest golden 
yellow, resplendent when in the sun ; the habit was graceful, 
the leaves large. The roots are large and fleshy, not fibrous 
as those of the terrestrial Rhododendrons. It is the least 
common of all tbe genus in the island, and has many 
varieties, which differ in having larger flowers and leaves, 
the former of a more, or less red colour. Very high and 
large trees, in damp forests, are its favourite haunts.’”— 
( Botanical Magazine, t. 4935.) 
Rhododendron Edgeworthii (Mr. Edgeworth’s Rhodo¬ 
dendron ). —Discovered by Dr. Hooker in the inner valleys 
of the Sikkim-Himalaya Mountains at from 7000 to 9000 
feet above the sea. It is named after P. Edgeworth, Esq., 
of the Bengal Civil Service. Its flowers are white, tinged 
with pink. It flowers in a cool greenhouse during May.— 
(Ibid. t. 4936.) 
Dendrobium Amboinense (Long-pctaled. Amboyna Den- 
drobium). —This Orchid was discovered by Mr. Henshall in 
Amboyna, and imported by Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting 
Nursery. It bloomed there in June last. The petals and 
sepals are extraordinarily long ; they are white, slightly 
tinged with yellow.— (Ibid. t . 4937.) 
Methonica virescens. —We think there is no sufficient 
reason for encumbering our botanical nomenclature with this 
new name for Gloriosa virescens. — (Ibid. t. 4938.) 
Salvia porphyrata (Bright red-flowered Sage ).— It is 
probably a native of Central South America; and Sir W. 
Hooker concludes that it will not prove hardy, but “ will 
probably make a valuable bedding-out species, the plants j 
being humble in stature, and the flowers copious and 
brilliant.”— (Ibid. t. 4939.) 
SWARMS WITHOUT QUEENS. 
In reply to a Kilkenny correspondent, page 371, any 
novice in bee-keeping knows that bees never establish a 
swarm without a queen, and you knowing this, how came 
you to adopt your minister’s plan of making a swarm by 
scooping with a saucer the cluster of bees outside the hive 
into an empty one without a queen ? I have had some ex¬ 
perience in the care of bees, and I never knew an instance 
of a queen returning to the hive with a swarm ; in fact, that 
would be contrary to the rationale of swarming. Perhaps 
Dr. Dunbar is the best authority on this point, with whom I 
have bad both public and private correspondence, and he 
never mentioned it. I may say the same of others. But 
those apiarians are weU aware that bees often sally out of 
the hive as if swarming, and quickly return. This often 
happens before the first swarm, especially in sudden, hot 
sunshine during bad weather; and this verifies what Dr. 
Dunbar says : “ The old queen is more wary, and waits her 
time.” Perhaps the next time you read and write you will 
be more wary yourself. I did not say your bees swarmed 
without a queen.—J. Wighton. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
CARDENING. 
LIST OF AUTUMN-BLOOMING ROSES.—TRANS¬ 
PLANTING WHILE IN LEAF. 
“ Will you be so good as to give me the names of about 
a dozen or twenty of the best Perpetual Roses, whether 
Bourbon or Hybrid, to place on a bed under a window, 
where it is desirable to have it always gay, in preference to 
the newest or rarest varieties, but still requiring good Roses? 
I can find none to equal Mrs. Elliot, Geant des Batailles, 
Bourbon, Queen, and Baronne Prcvost ; but I should be very 
glad to add to my list of good autumnal flowers which open 
freely. They are for low standards. Souvenir de Malmaison 
is easily spoiled by rain. Dr. Marx does not open well here 
(Ireland), and Wrn. Jesse does not give many autumnal 
flowers. I should, of course, prefer the handsomest, if 
these hear well both in autumn and summer. 
“ Do you consider it injurious to move Roses in October 
while still in leaf?— Jane." 
[Add Mrs. Rivers, William Griffith, Aubernon, General 
Jaqueminot, Pio Nono, Robin Hood, Duchess of Sutherland, 
Madame Lafl'ay, and Rose du Roi, the oldest of them all. 
These Roses should flower anywhere much better than 
Mrs. Elliot, but, probably, they ought to have a great deal 
more water than you give them from tbe beginning of 
June to the very end of August. 
As to moving of Roses' in October, there is no danger in 
the practice if they are closely pruned before they are taken 
up. All our deciduous bushes, fruit-trees and all, would do 
better in some soils if they were removed about the middle 
of October, provided always that close pruning was the 
first step. None of these gain anything after the middle of 
October, and many of the strong growers often get worse 
for planting during the next month.] 
BERBERIS ASIATICA_DEUTZIA GRACILIS. 
“ You have several times mentioned Berberis Asiatica as 
being suitable for an ornamental hedge. I have inquired 1 
for it of several nurserymen, hut have not been able to meet | 
with either plants or seed. Can you tell me where to 
procure them ? How many years would it be before the j 
seeds would produce a hedge four feet high ? 
“ Can you tell me how to manage Deutzia gracilis to 
obtain bloom in the open border ? Mine survived the 
