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[June/ 
necessary to observe well the time of sowing, 
and to be watchful when the plant is brairding, 
for jackdaws will come for miles at an early 
hour in the morning to get the sprouted maize. 
I had to shoot one to warn the rest, which it 
did most effectually, for none came after the 
dead bird was hung up to view. 
When the May bug begins to come forth the 
earth will be sufficiently warmed by the sun 
to start the maize. This seed-time has to be 
kept rigorously, for like any other bedding 
plant of exotic character, this has to be started 
in the nick of time. It does not succeed so 
well when sown in pots and planted out ; and 
yet the variegated-leaved maize of our gardens 
grows freely after being forwarded in thumb 
pots and planted out. It is of the easiest 
culture, requiring deep rich soil, and in case 
of hot weather setting in water will be needed, 
and a taste of manure water will be beneficial. 
It is one of the boldest herbaceous plants we 
grow, and gives the cottage an ornamental 
look, besides being serviceable in the kitchen. 
Kean's Maize is a dwarf variety, seldom 
rising more than 8 or 4 feet. The plants need 
not be planted nearer than 2 by 3 feet; and 
if the ground be well sheltered they will not 
require stakes or props. I would strongly 
advise a trial in sheltered gardens; but the 
right sort to grow is everything, for the miller's 
maize is for the field, but the gardener’s corn, 
when cooked green like young peas, is a 
luxury for the table.— Alex. Forsyth, Salford. 
ROSE TYPES.* 
§* () know the peculiarities which pertain to 
certain families of Hybrid Remontant 
and other Roses, would be advan¬ 
tageous to different people in many 
ways. There are some types, such as La 
Reine, Jules Margottin, Victor Verdier, and 
Giant of Battles families, which are quite 
marked in their characteristics. If all new 
Roses were classified or described as being of 
such and such origin, or as belonging to a 
certain class, it would be of great value. The 
nurseryman is unwilling, with some exceptions, 
to undertake the propagation of a kind which 
* From The Hose, a Treatise on the Cultivation, 
History, Family Characteristics, Sfc., of the various 
groups of Roses, Sfc., Sfc. By H. B. Ellwanger. New 
York : Dodd, Mead & Co. 1882. 
will not root and grow freely. The amateur 
perhaps, would not knowingly purchase a 
variety devoid of fragrance, or one which is 
not a free autumnal bloomer. The florist 
would require that a variety should be of 
stedfast colour, one that does not quickly 
fade ; or that it should be useful to force, 
yielding flowers in abundance, &c. If, there¬ 
fore, New Roses were described as belonging to 
the La Reine or Victor Verdier type, &c., we 
should have some very important knowledge of 
their qualities, since these Roses have im* 
parted to their progeny certain distinct 
attributes by wdiich they may readily be dis¬ 
tinguished from others. A consideration of 
the different prominent types found among 
Hybrid Remontant and other classes of Roses 
may be studied with interest and profit. 
Baronne Prevost type.— The year 1842 
ushered in to rosarians what is now the oldest 
type of Roses in the class, viz., Baronne 
Prevost. It is not a numerous family, and is 
also of less importance to us than many of the 
others, but we can well imagine what pleasure 
it gave in years gone by to the rosarians of 
the day. This type makes long stout shoots 
fortified with red thorns of unequal length, 
but generally short; foliage rather oval, some¬ 
what crimpled ; flowers large or very large, of 
flat shape, very full, fragrant, of some shade of 
rose. It is the most hardy type we have. 
The varieties commonly grown are : Boieldieu, 
Colonel de Rougemont, Mad. Boll, Oderic 
Vital. They are all free bloomers in autumn. 
La Reine type. —In 1844, Laffay intro¬ 
duced what he loyally named Rose of the 
Queen (Rose de la Reine). This variety bore 
royal sway for many years ; it not only still sells 
well, and is to be considered a useful rose, but 
it should also have our esteem as being the 
parent of a most useful family. The wood is 
light green, furnished with occasional thorns, 
of strong growth; foliage pale green and 
crimpled. Flowers various shades of rose, 
generally of semi-globular form, large, some¬ 
what fragrant; free in the autumn ; quite 
hardy, enduring more cold than any of the 
other families except Baronne Prevost. The 
leading sorts are: Anne de Diesbach, Antoine 
Moutin, Auguste Mie, Belle Normande, 
Franqois Michelon, Gloire de Vitry, Laalia, 
Louise Peyronny, Mad. Alice Dureau, Mad. 
