COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
June 12. 
mine the proper place for each plant according to its 
height, and a little departure now and then from a 
strict line is useful rather than otherwise. Sow certain 
seeds of perennial flowers that were omitted last month, 
but be sure not to delay them longer than the begin¬ 
ning of the present one, otherwise they will not have 
time to become large enough to plant out and flower 
strongly next year. 
Keep a sharp look-out on the Roses which may have 
been afflicted with insect; where so, there is no better 
plan than rubbing the shoot through the hand, having 
a basin with tobacco-liquor in it in the other, into which 
introduce the point of the shoot, and draw the wet hand 
along it. 
Budding of Roses may now be performed ; but this is 
less extensively practised than it was ten years ago, as 
the taste for having Roses on their own roots has be¬ 
come more general, and standard Roses are more spar¬ 
ingly planted than formerly : however, a few are neces¬ 
sary adjuncts to a small garden, as they occupy only a 
small space, and when planted in beds, their naked stems 
can - be clothed in summer with something that is orna¬ 
mental. If they be tall, a few plants of Maurandia 
Barclayana, or a Lophospermum sccindens will do; the 
tall Convolvulus will be too rambling if the ground be 
good, which it is expected to be, having such heavy 
cropping to undergo; and, in fact, its powers that way 
must be supported by something in the liquid state, 
nothing being better than the droppings of sheep 
soaked in water, which gives vigour to the plants; 
but as this cannot always be had in the outskirts of a 
town, guano-water may be given stronger than that 
recommended for potted plants, and I have no doubt 
but the benefit will be perceptible. 
It is right here to mention that too much crowding 
ought to be avoided, and plants only put in where they 
have a chance to flourish—they must not be crammed 
in merely for the sake of saying the cultivator possesses 
such and such plants. A robust, fast-growing plant 
must not be allowed to usurp more than its allotted 
space ; but a delicate, slow-growing one ought not be a 
near neighbour to it; and as all plants derive their 
support from the root as well as from above, the 
rambling robbers must be snubbed below as well as 
above, by a spade being thrust down a little way from 
them on all sides, or especially on the side next the 
plant it is destined to favour. This “ cutting round ” 
severs the roots, and before the plant can send a fresh 
supply in the direction of the weak plant, it is likely out 
of danger ; but many plauts are improved by thus cur¬ 
tailing their feeding-ground, and from a gross habit they 
begin to assume a more compact one, and flower better. 
It is needless here particularizing the various beds 
forming the front garden of our worthy correspondent, 
whose inquiries first called into notice the subject of 
“ Gardening for the Many; ” suffice it to say, that the 
present is not the season for making any great alteration 
in that department, neither is there much to sow or 
plant in that way, save what is stated above. Propagat¬ 
ing Pinks, Carnations, Pansies, and Double Wallflowers, 
and many other plants, by cuttings, may be proceeded 
with, and some budding done; but as the great mass of 
the planting for the current season is over, we will sup¬ 
pose that the routine work of mowing the grass, hoeing 
and raking the borders, and rolling and clearing the 
walks, and the other work calculated to give effect to a 
flourishing vegetation, will be pursued with increased 
vigour, and the general air of neatness which pervades 
the whole will add much to the pleasure of the observer. 
J. Robson. 
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POTTING ROSES FOR LARGE PLANTS IN POTS. 
Mr. Beaton referred, the other week, to Mr. Busby’s 
Roses, and I felt certain that they would sustain the 
description of them I gave lately. I allude to them 
here for correcting an omission in the late article on 
growing Roses in pots, and to which Mr. Busby kindly 
drew my attention. Almost every word that is said upon 
Potting refers to growing the plants while in a young 
state, so as to get them forward; but, unfortunately, it 
was omitted to state the best time when to pot large, 
established plants; and that is best done in the autumn, 
early enough to allow the roots to penetrate the soil 
before the winter, and late enough not to give the wood 
the slightest check in performing the operation. The 
degree of maturity of the wood must therefore be some 
guide as to the time of potting. In large plants, much 
is not done to the ball, if at all in good condition. The 
drainage is well examined, or rather, fresh drainage is 
placed in a clean pot, a little of the old soil picked away 
from the ball, and then the plant is placed in a similar¬ 
sized pot, or one a size larger, and the new compost 
trundled in and well firmed, so as not to hurt the fibres. 
The omission I wish to amend is,—that autumn is the 
period for doing this with established plants. R. Fish. 
CUCUMBERS AT WHITTLEBURY. 
Speaking of cuttings received (p. 115), the expression 
occurs, “ The bug did for them.” This would be suffi¬ 
cient to conjure up ideas of the bug revelling at one of 
two places—all from transposing one letter. Change 
bug to bag, and the matter is clear enough. They got 
jumbled and heated in a small bag, along with other 
things. Had I made use of the crown of my hat, as in 
olden times, the cuttings would most likely have been 
good plants now. R. Fish. 
NOTES FROM BARIS.—No. 13. 
The weather for some days lias been showery and some¬ 
what cold; but since the middle of May we have had a 
good share of sunshine, though not much at a time, and 
everything now wears the aspect of summer, both in the 
capital and in the country. 
The flower-gardens of the Tulleries were, perhaps, never 
so beautiful as they are now, though the borders are only 
filled witli the old homely kinds of herbaceous plants. It is 
somewhat singular that the French people have not yet got 
anything better than the common Lilac to give effect to then- 
public gardens and pleasure grounds. It is usually trained 
on a stem of two or three feet, in the same style as 
Waterer’s standard Rhododendrons; and at present, whether 
in town or country, Lilac is the only thing that strikes the 
eye among flowers. Roses are gradually making way, but 
Fuchsias, Petunias, Cinerarias, Tulips, Violets, Wallflowers, 
and Narcissuses, still take the lead among smaller border- 
flowers. Poeonies have been from the beginning of May some¬ 
what plentiful, and one or two fine new varieties have been 
exhibited in the Champs Elysees. The greater number of 
the houses in Paris have been scraped, or whitewashed, 
this spring, and now, to make their allure more complete, 
the balconies have been filled with an extra supply of 
flowering-plants in pots. I think it is only in Paris we can 
see window-gardening properly carried out. In the first 
place, the houses are remarkable for their strength and 
solidity, and they all take a sloping direction towards the 
top. In the next place, in no other large town, or capital, 
which I have visited, are the balconies so numerous ; and 
what particularly deserves notice is, that here the balconies 
are always the largest at and near the top of the house, 
where they may be generally seen rising above one another 
like so many terraces, loaded with plants and flowers, even 
to the sixth and seventh story. In the summer, or as soon 
