CULTURE OF ROSES In POTS. 
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to his end he has trusted to the open earth, not a plant raised 
in a hothouse, but seeds which he has gathered himself. There 
was perhaps some rashness on his part, but happily his attempt 
is on the eve of complete success. He can show eleven fine 
plants, of which many are in bud and about to put forth their 
flowers. 
“The late M. Dubuisson, about twenty years ago, exposed to 
the influence of our climate a strong plant of single flower, the 
first perhaps which was seen at Avranches. This Camellia grew 
under this, to us novel, culture, and soon displayed flowers that 
produced seeds, which in time arrived at full maturity. But 
these seeds being treated as exotics, and having an artificial 
heat to cause germination, the plants were scarcely more robust 
than was their parent. 
“ About seven years ago M. Bataille placed in autumn a 
number of grains in the open earth. In the following spring, 
impatient to know if these had not rotted, he searched for some 
of them, and found them in a satisfactory state. They were 
swelled, and had already the radicle pushed from its envelope, 
and directed downwards to obtain the necessary sustenance for 
the growth of the young plant, which gave evidence of its 
existence by displaying its first fibres. The plants which sprung 
from this first sowing during the summer acquired strength and 
height; the following winter a slight cover was placed over them, 
in the spring they were found in perfect preservation, and at 
length last year one of them flowered for the first time. 
“ This year M. Bataille will be more fortunate, the greater 
part of his eleven plants are in bud, and their blossoms ought 
soon to appear ; till then we must wait to judge of their merit. 
“ The writer gives other instances of the apparently success¬ 
ful attempt of cultivating the Camellia in the open air.” 
Our Illustration is another seedling raised by our respected 
friend Mr. Hally, nurseryman of Blackheath. It possesses a 
fine vigorous habit, is decidedly novel in colour, and has a 
greater regularity than is observable in many of the cultivated 
sorts. — Editor. 
PRIZE ESS AX- 
On the Culture of Roses in Pots. By Mr. T. Moore. (Read 
April 20 tli, at an Evening Meeting of the Regent's Park 
Gardeners' Association.) 
( Continued from page 104.) 
The plants under this treatment will have formed three or 
more vigorous shoots, each of which, just before they cease 
