THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 3, 1857. 
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Princesse de Lumballe , purest white known. 
Rosa Gallica, or French Roses. —There is an im¬ 
mense number of names under this class. I select the 
following as being the best. They require close pruning. 
j Boule de Nanteuil , purplish violet, shaded; fine. 
D'Aguesseau, brilliant crimson, very large and fine. 
Eclatante , bright scarlet, very showy. 
Elodie, bright rosy pink ; a very beautiful Rose. 
Qloire de Colmar , rich velvety crimson, shaded. 
Kean , brilliant crimson, splendid. 
Napoleon , deep rose, shaded with purple, very large. 
GEillet Parfait, white, striped with bright red, beautiful. 
Ohl , rich velvety crimson; one of the best. 
Triomphede Janssens, deep purplish crimson; truly fine. 
Hybrid China Roses. —An extensive class of very 
fine Roses, generally of a vigorous habit, and therefore 
suitable for standards and pillar Roses. They thrive 
well in moderate soil, and should be sparingly pruned. 
Beauty of Billiard , bright red, fine. 
Clienedolle, vivid crimson, very large. 
Comtesse Lacepede, silvery blush, very fine. 
Fulgens, bright crimson, very showy. 
General Changarnier , deep rose, slightly spotted, fine. 
General Jacqueminot , rich, velvety, purplish crimson; 
a splendid Rose. 
Juno, delicate rose, very large and globular. 
Madame Plantier, pure white, in large clusters. 
Vivid, crimson; showy and well formed. 
Hybrid Bourbon Roses. —This group has leaves and 
flowers of a greater substance than the preceding. They 
are valuable for growing in pots for show and decoration, 
and require to be more closely pruned than China Roses. 
Bernard Palisay, deep rose, veined, large and fine. 
Charles Duval, bright rose, large and double. 
Charles Lawson, vivid rose, shaded. 
Coupe de IJebe, bright flesh pink, globular, perfect in 
form ; one of the very best Roses. 
Garibaldi, light crimson ; a rich and perfect Rose. 
Great Western, crimson and purple, very large. 
Las Casas, rose colour, immensely large, fine form. 
Paul Perras, shaded rose, very large and perfect. 
Paul Bicaut, brilliant carmine, extremely fine. 
President Mole, bright purplish rose, very large and 
perfect. 
Austrian Briers and Double Yellow Roses.—T his 
is a very distinct class, and contains all the really double 
yellow Roses known. Require but little pruning. 
Double Yellow, bright yellow, but does not open freely. 
Harrisonii, bright yellow, hardy, and blooms freely, 
though not very double. 
Persian Yellow, very deep yellow, globular; the best 
known. 
Williams's Double Yellow, good, but shy in blooming. 
Sweet Briers. —Remarkable, as is well known, for 
the fragrance of their foliage. It is not generally known 
that there are the following varieties with double 
flowers:— 
Monstrous, pale rose ; a fine robust variety. 
Scarlet, or La Belle Distinguee, bright red ; a neat, 
compact variety, well adapted for edgings round tall- 
growing Roses. 
Splendid, light brilliant crimson; good and distinct. 
Climbing Roses. —These include Banksian, Ayrshire, 
Boursault, Multiflora, and Sempervirens. For a selec¬ 
tion I would advise the purchaser to leave it to his 
nurseryman. The following, however, are good:— 
White and yellow Banksian, Ruga, Queen of the 
Belgians, Amadis, Rivers’s Queen, Laure Davouste, 
Felicite Perpetuelle, Reine des Francais, and the Beauty 
of the Prairies. 
I find my space is filled, so I must defer the com¬ 
pletion of the list to another opportunity. 
T. Appleby. 
(To be continued.) 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
DRESSING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
“ As Chrysanthemum Shows are now fast approaching I 
want to ask you this question—Is it fair showing to trim 
and dress the flowers as the exhibitors do; moreover, I am 
informed, * cutting out eyes,’ filling up the spaces, and other 
deceptions ? 
“ The operation put me in mind, nippers and tweezers being 
used, of a lot of perruquiers preparing coiffures for an evening 
party. It is true that all exhibitors do the same, but this 
does not, in my opinion, add to its legitimacy. The flowers 
by the operation are no longer displays of nature only, but 
positively artificial productions. 
“ At a Flower Show of Dahlias in the north this year a 
similar practice was denounced by the Judges in very strong 
terms. Will you oblige me with your opinion upon this 
practice ?”— Diogenes. 
[So far as putting a stray petal or floret in its proper 
position, or even removing one that is obstinately out of 
place, we see nothing more objectionable than there is in 
combing the mane of a horse, or dressing the coat of an ox 
to be exhibited. To cut out the faulty eyes of a flower 
and to fill up spaces is another matter, and is as fraudulent 
as sticking on the feathers or painting the legs of fowls. Any 
man who does so would be a pickpocket, or a forger if in 
another position of life, for in all three cases it is ob¬ 
taining money to which he knows that he is not entitled.] 
UNHEALTHY GERANIUMS.—LIQUID MANURE 
FOR THEM. 
“ 1. I have some Geraniums which I cut down at the end 
of July. They have stood out till the end of last month. 
At first they sprouted freely, but lately they have gone back, 
turning yellow and spotted, and some of the leaves go into 
holes as if eaten by an insect, of which I can see no trace 
except an occasional green fly now and then, or some minute 
white specks of a powdery appearance. I have no glass, 
but keep them in a wide window, by which I give them 
air. 
“2. What is the best liquid manure for Fuchsias and 
Geraniums, and when should it be applied ? ”— Hortus. 
[We fear that you have got two bad maladies, the spot and 
the mildew, the result generally of the plants being exposed 
to too much wet and too much cold. After the plants were 
pruned back and pushed again, and been shifted into fresh 
soil, they still would require but very little water, even after 
they began to grow, and none at all in dull weather. We fear 
the roots have had more moisture than the small leaves could 
get rid of by perspiration. The spot is difficult to cure, and 
that only by a process entirely the reverse. Take away 
every diseased leaf. When the rest are thoroughly dry lay 
the plant down, and with something like a pepper box 
dredge every part at all affected with the white mildew with 
fine flowers of sulphur, keeping the sulphur from falling 
on the soil. Keep the plants out of the sun for a few days, 
and then dust all the sulphur off the leaves with a hair 
brush, and afterwards, to clean more perfectly, pull the head 
of the plant through water at about 90°, and wash thoroughly; 
then set the plants in the window, and still give little or no 
water if the soil is not very dry. Take away a little of the 
surface soil, and replace with fresh, in case much sulphur 
should have rested on it. By the by, you have said nothing 
of re-shifting your plants, and if, after cutting them down, 
you have allowed them all this time to remain in the old 
soil, and that allowed to get extra wet, you have another 
fertile cause of the evils; and if so, in addition to the 
above modes you had better shake away the earth from the 
roots, and repot in much smaller pots, and in light sanely 
soils. With such treatment, cleanliness, washing the leaves, 
and plenty of fresh air when practicable, you may bring your 
plants round to good health; but if you would rather pay a 
little for fresh healthy plants than undergo all this work and 
trouble, and even then without a perfect certainty as to 
the result, we would advise doing so, for then you would 
have the pleasure of looking on healthy plants all the winter. 
2. What is the best liquid manure for Fuchsias and Gera- 
