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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 31, 1860. 
The following is a brief selection of the most approved kinds 
for growing in pots. I have kept in view the idea of growing for 
exhibition, as well as for decoration for the greenhouse and con¬ 
servatory, and also for cutting the blooms for the drawing-room 
or for bouquets : — 
Moss Roses.— Common or Blush, Cristata, Sanci, Madame 
Alboni, Princess Royal, Prolific, and William Lobb. 
Peovenck. — D’Angers, d’Avranches, Laura, Queen of Pro¬ 
vence, and Sylvain. 
Alba. —Felicite, Parmentier. Blush Pip, Princess, Lamballe, 
Unique. 
r Gallica. — Adele Prcvost, d’Augusseau, Dido, Duke de 
Trevise, Kean, Sauchette, Surpasse tout, Triomphe de Jaussens. 
Hybeid Peepetuals. — Aubernon, Augustine Mouchelet, 
Baronne Prevost, Duchess of Norfolk, Duchessc de Brastin, 
General Jacqueminot, Gloire de France, Jules Margottin, Lady 
Alice Peel, Madame Knorr, Mrs. Elliot, William Jesse, William 
Griffiths. 
IIybeid China and Botjebon. —These bloom chiefly in early 
summer naturally. Habit bold, fine foliage. Very suitable for 
pyramids in large pots. Coup d’Amour, Coup d’Hebe, General 
Allard, Gloiro de Cune, l’Attrayante, Lady Stuart, Paid Perns, 
Paul Ricaut, Velours, Episcopus. 
Bouebons. —A good class, large well-formed flowers, and most 
profuse bloomers. Armosa, George Cuvier, Imperatrice Eugenie, 
Madame Angelina, Madame Tripet, Madame Souchet, Marquis 
de Moyria, Speciosa, Viscomte de Cussey. 
China. —This class is most abundant in bloom, especially in 
the later months. They are, however, rather tender. Abbe 
Mioland, Cramoisie Superieure, Duchess of Kent, Madame Breon, 
Madame de Rohan, Marjorlin, Mrs. Bosanquet, Napoleon, Prince 
Eugeue, Prince Charles, Reine de Lombardie. 
There is a small class belonging to the China section, named 
Fairy Roses, worthy of culture for decorative purpose. The 
following are. the bestCaprice de Dames, Fairy, La Laponne, 
Pumila and Rubra. 
Tea-scented. — Indispensable for pot culture, but rather 
tender. Abricotd, Adam, Caroline, Clara Sylvain, Comte de 
Paris, Devoniensis, Elise Sauvage, George de Franco, Gloire de 
Dijon, Goubault, Julie Mansais, Madame de St. Joseph, Madame 
de Vatry, Mirabile, Nina, Nisida, Pellonia, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Tagliom. 
Yellow Roses. —Useful on account of the desirable colour. 
Persian Yellow, Solfaterre, Narciss, Smithii, Pauline Plantier, 
Isabella Gray, Viscomtesse de Cases, Yellow Noisette, Sulphure 
Superba. 
Noisette. —Valuable for blooming late. Aimee Vibert, Com- 
tesse de Tolosan, La Victorieusc, La Pactole, Vitellina. 
Climbing Roses. —Where there is plenty of room, this class 
forms admirable pot plants, at least those named below. To 
train spirally. —Beauty of Billiard, Fulgens, General Kleber, 
Ruga, Triomphe de Lacquene, Viscomtesse d’Avisne. To train 
upright .—Belle Marie, Brenus, Clienedole, Fellenberg, Henry 
Barlet, Madame Plantier, Tippoo Saib, Victor Hugo. 
T. Appleby. 
NEW FERNS. 
Atiiyriuh Filix-ecemina, v. multiceps.—A new and hand¬ 
some addition to the crested forms of hardy Ferns. Its fronds 
and pinrne are multilid-crisped; but it is distinct from any pre¬ 
viously known form, and combines the singular lacerate tassels of 
depauperatum with the symmetrical fronds of multifidum. The 
fronds are about two feet long, bi-pinnate ; the pinme terminating 
in large corymbosely multifid-crisped tassels, consisting of narrow 
lacerate segments, so that the frond is symmetrically tasselled 
throughout, while its apex is divided into a large corymbosely 
branched tuft; the pinnules are unequal in size, irregular in form, 
and inciso-serrate. Cornwall. Messrs. Veitch Son. 
Athyeium Filix-ecemina, v. plumosum. —A charming, 
plumy-fronded, hardy variety of the Lady Fern. The fronds are 
broad-lanceolate, a couple of feet in height, bi-pinnate; the 
pinnules are about an inch and a half long, narrow, ovate, much 
lengthened at the point, divided quite down to the rib into 
distinct, narrow-linear deeply sharp-toothed segments. The 
whole aspect is light and elegant in a dpgree not approached by 
any other form of this always-graceful Fern. Yorkshire. Messrs. 
Stansfield cj' Son. 
Laste.ea Filix-mas, v. ceispa. —This a beautiful dwarf ever¬ 
green Fern, remarkable for its crispy surface. The fronds are 
lanceolate, with an acuminate apex; the pinna) thickly set upon 
the rachis, so that they overlie each other, deeply pinnatifid; the 
segments oblong, crowded, overlapping, serrated. The chief 
peculiarity, after its dwarfness and density, and that to which it 
mainly owes its distinctness and beauty, is the undulation of the 
parts, which gives it a crispy appearance. This undulation is 
produced by the points of the pinna) turning upwards or back¬ 
wards from the plane of the rachis, so that the surface of the 
frond is concave, while the convex segments are unequally 
deflexed, producing an uneven convexity of the surface of the 
pinnae. Wales. Mr. J. W. Salter. 
Lasteaja Filix-mas, v. Bollandiie. —This very interesting 
and handsome form has, when fresh, a remarkably powerful 
Mignonette-like fragrance. The fronds are about a foot and a 
half in height, ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, bi-pinnate only 
at the very base of the pinnee ; the other pinnules being connected 
by the wing of the rachides. The pinnules are large, elongate- 
oblong, obtuse, pointing forwards, somewhat wavy, deeply lobed, 
the lobes sparingly serrate, the base narrowing and becoming 
decurrent with the narrow but distinct membrane which borders 
the secondary rachides. It has a broad, leafy, and somewhat 
crispy aspect, and is very distinct. Tunbridge Wells. Mrs. 
Bolland. 
Lasteasa Filix-mas, v. paleaceo-ceispa. —A handsome sub- 
variety of the paleacea type. The fronds broad or ovate, densely 
leafy; the pinme and pinnules, the latter especially, being re¬ 
markably close set. The chief peculiarity, however, resides in 
the undulation of the pinnules, these being twisted and curled so 
as to give quite a crispy appearance to the surface of the frond ; 
they are elongate-oblong in outline, the basal ones lobatc, and the 
tips of all of them sharply serrated. Bogan Green, Berwickshire. 
Mr. B. Hogg. 
Lygodium polystachyum. —A very ornamental and distinct- 
habited Schizseineous Fern, introduced from Central India, but a 
native also of Penang. It produces branches in pairs at short 
distances along its slender stipes aud rachis, and these branches 
are ovate in outline, with a smaller lateral branch often proceeding 
from their base, bi-pinnatifid, with oblong-obtuse segments, giving 
it an appearance quite unlike that of other species of the genus. 
The fructification is concealed by imbricating bracts produced on 
the under surface of the segments, and does not form Bpikelets 
projecting from the margins of the segments of the branches, as 
in most other kinds. Messrs. Veitch Son. 
Polystichum angulaee, v. decueeens.— A distinct and 
handsome variety. The fronds are ovate or lanceolate, bi-pinnate, 
thick in texture, sometimes multifid at the apex. The upper 
pinna are more or less contracted; the pinnules of the lower 
pinna are oblong acute, with a large anterior auricle, wedgeshaped 
at the base, and nearly all decurrent; those of the upper pinna 
being more decidedly decurrent, smaller, more distinct, generally 
with the auricle developed, but the remaining part of the pinnule 
much reduced in size. Somersetshire. Mr. Iilmorthy. 
Polystiohum anghlaee, v. Kitsonle. —This beautiful variety 
is remarkable from the rachis of its fronds separating into four or 
five branches near the top, the branches being corymbosely tufted, 
and the pinna which form them dilated and crispy at their tips. 
The lower pinna are normal in character, their pinnules numerous, 
oblong-acute, setaceo-serrate, and less auriculate than usual, the 
confluent tips of the pinna having a tendency to dilatation. In 
the branches forming the great tuft which terminates the frond, 
the pinna and pinnules are more or less altered from irregular 
development, the parts being mostly smaller and more generally 
confluent than in the lower portions, but there is the same setaceous 
toothing throughout. The extreme points of these upper pinna 
expand into little crispy tufts. It is altogether a most distinct 
and beautiful variety. Torquay. Miss Kiison. 
Polystichum angulaee, v. flumosum. — This is one of the 
most beautiful of the varieties of this charming Fern. The fronds 
are large, pale-green, broad, lanceolate, bi-pinnate, becoming 
almost tri-pinnate in the most divided parts, thin in texture ; the 
pinnules long-stalked, deeply inciso-lohate, and givo a feathery 
aspect to the gracefully arching fronds. The basal anterior lobe 
of the pinnules is large, forming the usual auricle, and this is 
lobed on the margin or bi-serrate with sharp teeth, the other 
parts being deeply incised, each lobe direoted forwards and again 
cut into sharp-pointed teeth. The rachis of the pinme is very 
slender. The thin texture and deep cutting of the parts are the 
most important characteristics. Otterv St. Mary. Mr. O. B. 
Wollaston. Somersetshire. Mr. C. Biworthy. 
Pteeis (longieinnula) aegyeiea.— A most beautiful new 
