1883.] 
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are best on a wall, or in pots ; therefore the 
twenty kinds which I shall recommend are 
principally Hybrid Perpetuals, and they are 
such as have done well here John Hopper, 
Baroness Rothschild, G-loire de Dijon, Boule 
de Neige, Perle des Blanches, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, Annie Wood, Marechal Vaillant, 
The plants should be put in at 2 feet apart, 
and when the planting is completed about six 
inches of long stable litter, or half the quantity 
of farm-yard manure, should be laid over the 
surface of the beds to keep out the frost till 
next March, when at pruning time that which 
is rotten can be dug in. 
THE ROSE GARDEN AT BRIDGE CASTLE. 
Senateur Yaisse, Charles Lefebvre, Marie 
Baumann, Harrison Weir, Alfred Colomb, 
Crimson Bedder, Madame Lacharme, Rey¬ 
nolds Hole, Jules Margottin, Fisher Holmes, 
Madame Victor Verdier, and General Jac¬ 
queminot. These are all excellent kinds, and 
will not disappoint any one. 
A Rosery should not be made too near to 
the mansion, because although in summer no 
garden can compare to it in beauty, still in 
winter it is uninteresting. It is best sur¬ 
rounded by evergreens, which afford shelter, 
and form a fitting frame to the living picture. 
—J. Rust, Eridge Castle, Tunbridge Wells. 
MULCHING FRUIT-TREES, &c. 
I T is an established fact that the practice 
of mulching fruits, flowers, and vegetables 
^ is one of primary importance, and is 
always attended with the best results. 
For many years I have adopted the practice 
of covering the mulching with a few inches of 
clean soil, and the advantage is always ap¬ 
parent, since it causes the mulching to retain 
its manurial properties as well as secures an 
orderly and neat appearance, which is of some 
importance in a well-appointed place. Mulching 
in the ordinary way often becomes a positive 
