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Aeidalie, bliiHb white; large and globular; b. 
Souvenir do Malrnaison, flesh colour; large and 
good, 13. 
TwEKTY-FOUB RoSES SUITABLE TO GkOW IS THE 
obdisaby Bush Style. 
friend may bare read, on a fire . ions occasion, that treading 
the ground should be avoided. 
‘ T. IS.” says, 44 1 pick my ground out in the autumn that 
i* to be potatoed, and throw jt np into Urofeet ridges ” Ncrw, 
if that practice ha* been carried out in the past. autumn, and 
" T. W. ' ha* taken Mr. Beaton 3 advice, with regard to yetting 
From these the varieties for forcing may be selected, mould, I expert he must hare z respectable heap by him, if 
Common Moan, well-known ; M. 
Unique de Provence, pure white; in clusters : >r. 
Princense de Lamballa , the host white known ; a. 
Beauty of Billiari, scarlet; fine, free bloomer; H.c. 
Fulgens, bright crimson ; showy; h.c 
and 
Persian Yellow , the best yellow rose. 
Arthur de Sansalle*, crimson purple; new 
good ; h.p. 
Duchess of Norfolk, vivid crimson; extra fine ; n.p. 
Geanf. des Bat tallies, a well-known line rose; h.p. 
General Jacqueminot, brilliant crim.; fine form; h.p. 
Mrs. Elliott, bright rose ; full and distinct; h.p. 
Bouquet de Flore, light carmine ; old, but good ; b. 
La Quintinie, deep velvety crimson purple ; decidedly sn0 ^ rain, as well a* sun, and wind, and frost ? 
; c. 
T. 
good; B. 
Fabvier, bright carmine; free bloomer ; c. 
Marjolin, deep crimson ; large and fine ; c. 
Mrs. Bosanquet, delicate flesh ; very charming 
Adam, rose, salmon centre; large and snperb ; 
Devoniensis, creamy white; robust; t. 
Eliza Sauvage, pale yellow, buff centre ; fine ; t. 
Gloire de Dijon, fawn, shaded with salmon; extra: t. 
Viscomtesse des Cases, bright orange yellow; fine; t. 
Triomphe des Rennes, yellow canary; fine form; >'. 
Abbeeviatio>~s. — M. Moss. II.Pro. Hybrid Pro¬ 
vence. A. Alba. H.C. Hybrid China. H'B. Hybrid 
H.P. Hybrid Perpetual. B. Bourbon. 
T. Tea-scented. N. Noisette. 
T. Appleby. 
Bourbon. 
C’. China. 
POTATO PLANTING. 
I shall be glad just to say a few words, in reply to Mr. 
" T. Wundsob's ” remarks, in No. 487, page 26o. He appears 
to have read me wrongly, in the few remarks I had made in a 
previous number, on Potato planting. 
Now, when I stated that there were three ways cf plant¬ 
ing Potatoes here, I merely stated what was the feet, and 
what was the result of that fact, viz., that planting with 
the hoe or the dibble were both very bad plans, and had 
proved a failure. Mr. 41 T. W. may say, 4: 1 know all about 
that ; therefore it is waste of time and valuable space.” Bat I 
was alluding to field culture generally. And the men who 
annually plant acres of Potatoes here, do not think so; and, 
consequently, they are the losers of a very large per centage, 
individually; and the public are losers, more or less, 
collectively. 
I think it of very little service to lay down plans or rules, 
that can only be earned out on a Tery limited scale, and 
under most favourable circumstances. Therefore, I said that I 
considered trenching them in, and digging the whole of the 
ground at the same time, the best plan, be the ground in 
whatever state it may ; because the operator can work the 
ground as lightly as the soil will admit of; and he leaves it 
light, until the crop of weeds ( 1 . e. if he is unfortunate 
enough to have such an abundance) require checking, or the 
Potatoes require the hoe amongst them. Mr. 44 W.” says he 
SWARMING AND BEHOVING THE OLD 
PAEENT STOCK. 
Tv reply to your correspondent, The Cor vest Curate,” 
(redivievs I hope), I tried, last A fay, the experiment of 
placing a swarm in the place of the parent stock. The ex¬ 
periment answered: but not so well as I have known it— 
probably for the following reason :—In my first attempt I 
removed the parent stock to a greater distance than in my 
last case, having more room at that time : since the first trial, 
I have changed my residence, and at present my garden is a 
very small one; and in my last trial the parent stock was 
moved only ttco yards. 
The result of my experiments is as follows :—That weak 
he is so favoured with weeds a* he intimates. Now, I do 
not ridge up any ground ; but after taking off the crop, I dig 
it as deep as i can thrust the spade down, and in that state it 
remains through the winter : and I arn of opinion, in that 
state, is benefited as much as when in a / mo-feet ridge. 
f Tii -• 1 1 1 , Now. for the planting. Our friend tells us, that afb-r the 
SMarm Planter .pure white; m large-cl.inter; H.c. ^ ui „ J rid aU th , ^inter-which, 1 .lurid think, 
Paul Perra* shaded rose ; very beautiful; H.B. ^ weeB th „ from mow mi rain, t* pretty wri 
sodden—he lays the sets m that sodden part, and must tread 
the ground to do so. Tlicn, he covers the sets, and treads the 
ground to do so a second time ; and, finally, he levels down 
the ridge, and treads the ground a third time. Yet, no 
doubt, makes it look very nice when it is done. Now, if the 
soil is at all stiff, as our friend intimates it is, what effect 
would ail the above treading have upon such a soil in the 
generality of seasons in the month of March, with hail, and 
Our friend says, 44 What a pleasant thing it is to work 
amongst them, with the mould crumbling under your feet, to 
what it would be if it were so much ‘hardbake.’ :: Now, here 
I fully agree with Mr. 44 W.,” there is the immediate pleasure, 
and a more substantial pleasure in prospective; but then I 
would ask, which is the most likely quarter to find the 44 hard¬ 
bake,” or the substantial pleasure; on the one that has been 
trodden three times in planting, or on the one that has not 
been trodden at all ? 
I hope the above remarks will be received in the same 
spirit as they are written — 44 Better rub than rust.” — Tire. 
Hoctob’s Boy. 
HABDY PLANTS FLOWERING IN JANUARY 
AT KEW. 
Baycwculacey:. —Helleborus niger, H. foetidu*, H. atro- 
rubens, H. viridis, H. lav us, and H. cupreus. 
CoMPGSmi—Hologymne glabrata, BcrrPLis gracilis, and 
Hymenoxis Califomica. 
Jasmivacle. —Jasmin am nudiflorum. 
Legymivoske. —Coronilla emerus. 
Caxycavthaceje.— drimonanthus fragrans, and C. fra- 
grans grandifiora. 
Peewttxa.ce _e. —Primula v Jgari?. P. elatior, zvA P. poly- 
antha. 
AhaeyelH’ACvx:—G ahmthus ni-flis. 
hives should not be dealt with in this manner, as an old weak 
has not seen a dibble for years (neither have I but in this stock takes a long time to recover loss of nvmUrs sustained by 
neighbourhood), and never approved of its use. I do not say it; but, on the contrary, a very populous hive, which throws 
I never used it, because years ago it mattered but little how off a fine swarm when moved, is prevented effectually from 
Potatoes were planted ; and on light soils, perhaps, itvwas as 
good a plan as any: but now experience has taught us, that 
both hoe and dibble should be laid on the shelf, so far as 
planting Potatoes is concerned. 
Now, had I advocated either of the worn-out plans, our 
friend might very justly have found fault with me, because I 
must have trodden the ground after planting ; and our 
weakening itself by too much swarming, and recovers its 
numbers in time to fill a hive with honey. 
I think I may venture to say, that whenever the experiment 
: is tried, the farther the parent stock is moved from its old 
! place the better. —H. W. Newman, Orde Villa , Cheltenham. 
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