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DIANTHUS CHINENSIS.-STRIPED-FLOWERED ROSES. 
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DIANTHUS CHINENSIS. 
'HERE is a pretty group of annual Dian- 
thuses comprehended under the name 
of D. chinensis, that are remarkably 
well adapted for small gardens, and 
particularly for those of amateurs and other 
gardeners who grow flowers in quantities to 
cut from. The double red and double white 
varieties are excellent for this purpose, and 
they come true from seed. To do them full 
justice, the seed should be sown in the open 
ground early in March, on a sunny spot, and 
in rich light soil. The seed needs to be 
scattered thinly in drills, and even then it 
will be necessary to thin out the plants to at 
least four inches apart. This enables them 
to branch out somewhat freely, and by cutting 
flowers from them the plants are encouraged 
to put forth more. The plants will continue 
in bloom till quite late in the autumn. —R. Dean. 
STPJPED-FLOYvERED ROSES. 
I N a recent number of the Journal lies 
Poses (v. 177), we find a report on the 
~, varieties of Rose which produce striped 
Y flowers. Ithad been communicated to the 
Horticultural Society of Chalons-sur-Saone, by 
one of its members, M. Myardfils, an amateur 
cultivator of that place. M. Myard remarks that 
the varieties of the Rose which produce striped 
flowers, are, in part at least, of the nature of 
graft-hybrids, being produced by the fusion of 
the sap in cases where one kind of Rose has 
been grafted or budded on another; and, that 
when a rose-tree produces a flower which is 
different from the parent, it is desirable that 
the new variety should be fixed, to which end, 
care must be taken to select the best formed 
eyes nearest to the sport, and not to delay the 
operation of budding. 
M. Myard then gives the names of the 
principal striped roses already known, with 
an indication of their relationship, and a de¬ 
scription of their characteristics, as follows :— 
American Banner ; syn. Drapeau Ainericain: 
a Tea rose, the flowers striped very distinctly 
with red and white ; obtained by Mr. Geo. 
Cartwright, of Dedham, in America, as a 
sport from the Tea rose Bon Silene. 
G5illet Flamand : a Bourbon, with flowers 
of medium size, bright rose, flecked and 
striated with pure white; a variety worthy of 
cultivation. 
Madame Cornelissen : a Bourbon, with 
large fleshy white flowers, streaked with rose ; 
the flowers of this variety, a fixed sport from 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, are not always well 
developed. 
Baronne Prevost Marbree (Louis Yan 
Houtte) : a Hybrid Perpetual, with large 
bright rose flowers, veined with carmine; a 
fixed sport from Baronne Prevost. 
Belle Angevine : a Hybrid Perpetual, with 
the flowers medium-sized, full, white, streaked 
with rose and lilac. 
Belle du Printemps ; syn. Alcindor de 
Viijneron: a Hybrid Perpetual, obtained by M. 
Schmidt, of Lyons, as a sport from Duchesse 
de Cambaceres ; the flowers are large, rose, 
boldly veined with carmine. 
Duchesse de Morny panachee : a Hybrid 
Perpetual, the flowers large, rose, carmine- 
veined ; a fixed sport from Duchesse de 
Morny. 
La plus belle des panachees : a Hybrid 
Perpetual, with large, lively rose-coloured 
flowers, veined with carmine; a fixed sport 
from Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre. 
Madame Campbell d’Islay (Schneider); 
syn. Triomplie de Valenciennes: a Hybrid 
Perpetual, with large very full flowers, very 
pale rose veined with carmine ; a fixed sport 
from La Reine. 
Madame Desiree Giraud : a Hybrid 
Perpetual, with flowers of large size, full, 
white, streaked with rose ; the blooms of this 
variety, a fixed sport from Baronne Prevost, 
are not always well developed. 
Panachee d’Angers (Moreau) : a Hybrid 
Perpetual Provins, with flowers of medium 
size, full, bright rose, streaked and marbled 
with purple and deep violet ; this variety, 
which is a desirable one to cultivate, and 
which was secured after ten years’ culture, was 
a sport from Commandant Beaurepaire. 
Panachee d’Orleans : a Hybrid Perpetual, 
with flesh-coloured flowers, streaked with bright 
rose ; this variety, obtained by M. Dauvesse, 
deserves to be cultivated, as it continues to 
bloom freely, and the flowers are of large size. 
Panachee de Luxembourg : a Hybrid 
Perpetual, with medium-sized full double 
flowers, of a violet purple colour striated and 
