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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ February, 
swelling and ready to break. Then remove the remains of the old flowers and 
clear away the falling leaves ; water sparingly at first, and afterwards more plenti¬ 
fully, keeping the top-lights altogether removed, and the side-lights constantly 
open. When the flower-buds are about to expand, the top-lights may be put on,, 
drawing them up in wet weather only, to shield the flowers from the rain. It 
will probably be August or September before the flowers of the second crop expand,, 
and by keeping the house as cool and airy as possible the blooming period at this 
season will be greatly prolonged. If, however, flowers are wanted early and late 
in the season (March and December), artificial heating should be employed—for 
late roses only so much as will keep the air dry ; for early roses much or little, 
according to the season at which the flowers are wanted. 
But the flowers are again over, and the second period of rest has arrived. 
Dryness at the root must again be preserved, and the cold weather now aids in 
preserving the plants in a dormant state. 
Such is the plan I advocate for the culture of Tea-scented Boses, and fully 
assured am I—not from theory only, but from experience—that if faithfully 
followed out, it will be attended with a satisfactory measure of success, securing 
to the practitioner an abundance of the most beautiful roses at the most desirable 
of all seasons, winter and early spring. 
In my last chapter (1871, p. 244) I gave a list of some of the best varieties 
of Tea-scented Boses, and to that list may now be added the following, including 
several novelties :—Adrienne Christophe, Alba rosea, Annette Seant, Belle de 
Bordeaux, Belle Magonnaise, Belle Lyonnaise, Bougere, Climbing Devoniensis,' 
Comtesse de Brossard, Coquette de Lyon, Homer, Hortensia, Jean Pernet, La 
Boule d’Or, Madame Azelie Imbert, Madame Ducher, Madame Falcot, Madame 
Gaillard, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Madame Levet, Madame Margottin, 
Madame Trifle, Marie Ducher, Monsieur Furtado, President, Bubens, Sombreuil, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Souvenir d’un Ami, and Victor Pulliat.— William Paul, 
Paul’s Nurseries , Waltham Cross , N. 
PICTURES OF PALM TREES. 
Phoenix sylvestris. 
HIS Palm is common in India, where it forms a stoutish tree. Our figure, 
which we owe to Messrs. Haage and Schmidt, represents it in its juvenile 
aspect, which is the most convenient for garden purposes ; the figure, 
which is one-sixth the natural size, having been prepared from a plant only 
four years old. It is the Elate sylvestris of Linnaeus, and grows to the height of 
about fourteen feet, the trunk being covered with an ash-coloured bark, closely 
united with the hard whitish wood. The leaves are pinnate, and consist of ensi- 
form pinnae, which are disposed in sub-opposite fascicles. The fruit, which is like 
a wild plum, contains, besides a sweet farinaceous pulp, an oblong nut, which is 
chewed by the poorer sort of people with the leaf of the betel and quick-lime, in 
the same manner as the Areca nut. The copious sap which flows from the 
