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Rosa toltantha. 
had already recorded of this Rose {Rev. llorf., 
1876, 253) that it makes sterile shoots of 6 ft. 
or upwards in length. Some seeds I'eceived 
from Japan in 1873, at the Botanic Garden of 
Bordeaux, produced young plants of fine 
growth, in which, after the second year, an 
exceptional vigour was noticed, and since then 
multiplied trials have proved that this Rose 
may be advantageously substituted for the 
briar as a stock. To provide these, strong 
bushes of the Rosa polyantha should, in 
November, be carefully taken up, and the stems 
separated, so as to preserve to each a piece of 
the heel, provided or not with roots. The 
larger stems should be planted at proper dis¬ 
tances apart, and budded in duty or August, to 
make tall-stemmed roses. The more slender 
or shorter stems, being more or less cut back, 
will make half-standards or dwarf trees. 
The branches and pieces of- stem up 
to the smallest sprigs should be put aside 
to make cuttings, which will take root as 
readily as the couch-grass, and will supply 
during the next and following years a multi¬ 
tude of vigorous stocks, which may be annually 
replaced by new plantations of cuttings. The 
larger roots obtained in the process of dividing 
the stump can also be grafted and potted, and 
then placed on a hot-bed, where the grafts will 
not delay to push vigorously. These grafts on 
dieces of roots take at the rate of 80 per cent. 
The common briar {Rosa canina, L.) is but 
sparingly reproduced from cuttings, and is 
hopelessly slow to raise from seed. I cannot 
therefore too strongly advise horticulturists 
and amateurs to adopt the Rosa pohjantha, of 
which a cutting of medium strength will give, 
after the first year, a stock fit to work as a 
dwarf, and in the second year one for a half 
or full standard.—A. Caille, Botanic Garden., 
Bordeaux., in Journal des Roses. 
NATIONAL AURICULA SHOW. 
NOIITHEEN SECTION. 
ONOURRENTLY with the second Spring 
Show of the Manchester Royal Botani¬ 
cal and Horticultural Society, which 
took place on April 29th, the Northern Section 
of the National Auricula Society held its 
annual exhibition. The day was propitious, 
and the show of full average importance, all 
the classes being well contested. With his 
characteristic good-feeling towards his brother- 
cultivators, the Rev. F. D. Horner, who had 
taken all the amateurs’ first prizes at South 
Kensington, did not compete at Manchester, 
but his finely-grown plants graced the meeting 
of the Society, of which he is Secretary. 
There was no large class of fifty plants, as at 
the Southern Show. The following is a list of 
the awards made on this occasion:— 
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