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be had. These may be taken off in the same way as the off¬ 
sets of an Auricula, and put in a pot of sandy loam and leaf- 
mould, where they may be rooted and become established 
before being planted out in a chink of the rockery. 
Primula frondosa. 
This belongs, as far as appearance goes, to the group of 
Birdseye Primulas, and may be compared to P. farinooa and 
P. scoltica. The flowers are rosy-lilac with a pale yellow eye, 
and produced in umbels on short stalks. The species is quite 
distinct from either of our native species owing to the large 
number of leaves which it produces. The leaves are longer 
than those of P. scotica, and produced in quite a large rosette 
in strong, healthy plants. The species' comes from the Bal¬ 
kans, and should be planted in rather a moist position on the 
rockery, though this need not necessarily be boggy. If kept 
rather dry at the root in winter by being planted in a well- 
drained position, it will come through the winter successfully 
and flower again in spring. 
Androsace pyrenaica. 
The dwarf habit of this plant makes it very suitable for 
rock work, but it should be planted in a position not exposed 
to the afternoon sun, which is rather hard on a great many 
[mountain plants. The flowers are white, with a yellow eye, 
and produced in dense clusters only about 1 in. above the soil. 
It is a member of the Primula family, and might be said to 
I reremble a Primula in miniature, but as the flowers are white 
■ and the leaves so different a casual observer would not at first 
sight notice the relationship. 
Anemone ranunculoides. 
At first sight this bears considerable resemblance to a. But¬ 
tercup, owing to- the bright yellow colour of the flowersi. In 
other respects, however, it will be found to agree with 
Anemone. The yellow colour is, however, veiy uncommon, 
and for that reason the plant is well worthy of a place on the 
rockery. It is not at all particular in the matter of soil, but 
it seems to like- a situation similar, to that given A. nemorosa, 
which likes to lie quiet and cool during the summer months 
after the foliage has ripened. In a very open soil it. gives no 
trouble, however, and might even be in the spring garden, 
where hardy plants are held in favour. 
Arabis albida Acre pleno. < 
There can be no. question that this plant has come to stay, 
forth© double white flowers that are produced on strong plants 
remind one of a miniature double Stock. The plant itself is 
1 of the easiest cultivation, and may be propagated to any extent 
ffter flowering by the simple division of the pieces. While it 
.s yet scarce, however, the grower may propagate it by cuttings 
j that have not flowered, and before the latter get ripened up by 
hy weather. If this is done early in the season the plants 
may be rooted and established sufficiently before September 
to come into bloom again, provided there is a fairly liberal 
rainfall about that time to start them into fresh growth. Few 
! spring-flowering plants are more popular than the ordinary 
.single form, but I think that when the double one has become 
j more widely distributed and plentiful it will take the place of 
ha single one. That is, if noi objection is taken to double 
dowers, and very few gardeners reject them, 
dacquetia epipactis. 
Some year's ago this was perhaps better known in gardens 
Jnder the name of Dondia. It is now somewhat out, of season, 
mt the cheerful bright yellow flowers are still fresh in my 
oemory. The plant is very dwarf, only rising a few inches 
| ibove the soil, but, the yellow heads take the eye when other 
lowers are still very scarce. These bracts have now become 
p*een, so that the plant will remain rather inconspicuous for 
he rest of its time, but will call attention! to itself again next 
P™g- M. W. 
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Roses in a Cold Greenhouse. 
Some time back I wrote an article which was published in 
this, paper on the subject of pot Roses as grown by myself last 
year. Proving a fascinating hobby to me, I have increased 
my stock of pot Roses in a large degree, filling one side of my 
lean-to greenhouse, which consists of three rows of staging with 
Rose® in pots, placing a large standard Tea Rose in a tub at 
end of house and training two as climbers on wires across the 
back of the house, both of these in pots. 
It has-been a. good spring for flowers, and as my Roses, under 
the treatment I then advocated, have come on so well, I feel 
what a source of pleasure many are missing at this time of the 
year who might, with a cool house in tbe right position, be 
now enjoying. 
I potted up my Roses at different times, some as late as 
January of this year. I pruned them all in the latter month, 
some early and some later in the month, removing weak wood 
and cutting back the remainder to two or three eyes. 
As soon as the weather grew warmer, I moved them nearer 
to the glass, moving them hack if there seemed any possibility 
of a frosty night. 
I watered them very sparsely, and when I did, only a little 
in the morning to enable the moisture to leave the surface 
well before night. On a fairly warm day I syringed the plants 
well, and on January 22nd the first leaf appeared. One by 
one through February they broke into leaf, till by the end of 
the month they made quite a pretty show, with the various 
shades of foliage, from coppery shades to the palest green. A 
little weak soot water about this time I found improved the 
colour of the foliage and purified the soil. 
The two, climbing Roses, viz., Marechal Niel and Madame 
Pierre Coohet, I treated much as the others, only leaving the 
shoots fairly long when pruning to train on to, the wires across 
the house. 
The first week in March the first bud made its appearance, 
followed shortly by others, which included Perle d’Or (Poly- 
a,ntha), Madame Lombard, and Marechal Niel. 
A little artificial manure I found good for them when the 
buds are growing, but it wants to be given very sparingly. 
When the days are warm I give plenty of ventilation, syring¬ 
ing the plants often and keeping the greenhouse fairly moist 
to, keep the Roses from drooping. 
Now, at the time of writing, my greenhouse is full of a lot 
of healthy plants through this treatment, with clean foliage, 
plenty of strong shoots, and a quantity of buds, many of which 
are just breaking into flower. 
This year my most promising plants include Madame Lom¬ 
bard, a, lovely Rose and prolific bloomer ; Mrs. W. J. Grant, 
Papa Gontier, White Martian Coclret, K. A. Victoria, a beauti¬ 
ful yellow-cream bloom ; Jules Finger, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Niphetos and Enchantress, both of which make good pot 
Roses ; Souvenir du Therese Levet, a lovely dark Tea Rose; 
Marechal Niel, which needs no praise; and many of the hybrid 
perpetuals such as Mrs. J. Laing, Dupuy Jama-in, and Charles 
Lefevre make good pot, Roses. Tire two pretty sweet-scented 
Polya,nthas, Perle d’Or and Cecilei Brunner, are doing 
capitally; and this year, for the first, time, I am trying Liberty, 
which ha»s made a handsome plant, with good promise for 
bloom. Alexandra is a beautiful Tea Rose after the colour of 
Gloire de Dijon, and Frau Karl Druschki has clean, foliage, 
strong growth, and' promises to come up to reputation in the 
way of blooms. 
My Rose in the tub a,t the end of the house is a Madame 
Lombard, some three or four years old, which has been allowed 
to grow freely. I pruned it moderately, and it is now a pic¬ 
ture, with its beautiful foliage, crowned with a lot of buds just 
breaking into bloom. 
I look forward now to, an, ample display of beautiful Roses 
very shortly, and if any of my fellow amateur gardeners are 
growing Roses in pots, this article, if useful for no, other pur¬ 
pose, will be interesting from the point of comparing notes, 
and maybe gaining knowledge for some future occasion;. 
A. D, Cooper. 
