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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
rose ELLEN POULSEN. 
ConspicHious in several of the beautiful 
of roses exhibited by Messrs 
Patti and Son at the meetings of 
UK* Royal Horticultural Society held dur- 
tin* summer and autumn of last year, 
^ thi chamimg variety Ellen Poulseu, of 
,hrb an illustration is given here. This 
Tinitv belongs to the dwarf polyantha 
Zuon, was introduced in 191i-12, and 
Jurng’iho past year it proved so satisfac- 
Lorv a« to be regarded as a valuable addi- 
u»o to the dwarf bedding roses. TJndei- 
guod cultivation, such as it would receive in 
thf Waltham Cross Nurseries, it attains 
I height ranging between eighteen; and 
twenty-four inches, and prodiuceis freely 
ftwl ctmtifiuously its large clusters of 'bright 
(berry-ruse flowers. The form of the 
lowers and their arrangement in the truss, 
whah was cut from one of Messrs. \V. 
Paul and .'^on’s plants, is so admirably de¬ 
picted tliat further description is unneces- 
ary. It must, however, be said that the 
lowers are delightfully fragrant, and that 
the petals have a cream-coloured base. The 
loJjge is dark green, and described as 
uddew-proof; and the variety is of much 
rilue for forcing. Where the distinctive 
(harms of the dwarf polyantha roses are 
ipp^-^fated Ellen Poulsen should be iii- 
dodeu amongst the newer roses selected for 
this spring. 
SMOOTH CAYENNE AND 
CHARLOTTE ROTHSCHILD 
PINEAPPLES. 
I» iKm. days, when British-grown pine 
»PP« are seldom asked for, and conse 
l^tly gardeners generally need take Dm 
•iMteiiiieiest in tliem, irom a cultural oj 
•^ther point of view, 1 oiigiit perhaps t< 
lor trtvspassing upon space ii 
;2>«Stothen.. Having, However, beer 
lespeccing their cuituie 
«a boil *** ^'’^‘‘'•o'e-iianieH varieties 
unable troni the means at eon. 
'*.1*11...*'"^ '**'"."*^ co'uesponaent about 
rlX ’ may 1 ask il 
11 this imte will assist niei' 
I aware 
**‘W,tholl^hft Cliarlotte Kotli. 
"I'iK.iu of mentioned in the firsi 
'« \I n \ Joitnson’s Cottage Gar 
•“fxhmfe" "f/ V^tac-tieal Garaener,’ 
“- Munrc 
the first volume ol 
V-ieu •• Tsan Itoyal Horticul- 
.*^«edeseHbe,/®^v’ 'v ''“■'te- 
inciudfvl in +/• ^ it would have 
tics ha^it description of 
l^'^«eofnuhlih'^ cultivation at 
' ttest for it is one of the 
'^'"6 a sum^®P®cmdy for 
^ favour and^han”/ uits, of excel- 
" inter““Pix^^t miee, dur- 
•.‘■‘tewige the mot?'" ^ 1^""^ months. It 
ll? at which it F^t\! condi- 
fctl.v oWed ‘il"! P'-odaced can be 
^■H'nc fniit.>.!i ^ ©sta:blishments 
iCiTt ‘7‘‘cfers. 
^e* Pi!!: ’'*ta,“ipsoii. in the 
and this ^ for every pip 
r!‘.i«not4:!J®.have mai-^tfu 
•‘'drag '^‘icn taking charge of tlv 
’''’*?ofcot®teHT"S P'atits of 
‘® Kothsehild in 1870, 
they were grown at Duporth, in Cornwall, 
by the late Mr. Bacon. At the same date, 
at Tregrehaii, in the same county, pine¬ 
apples were grandly managed by Mr. ^Vool- 
cock. I well remember Mr. Bacon, when 
speaking of Charlotte Rothschild, referred 
to it as a new variety, and said his plants 
were the first of it he had fruited, and I 
believe I am right in saying he obtained the 
suckers from Mr. Barnes, who was then 
gardener at Bicton, and distinguished as a 
cultivator of pines. From these recollect 
Scottj^re, in Cachar, I think 1 grew as 
fine pine-apples and Ibananas a,s were pro¬ 
duced anywhere. The pine-apple contains 
no fibre. You can cut the top off and sup 
the delicious mushy contents with a spoon.” 
The Hendre Gardens. Thos. Coomber. 
GLORIOSAS. 
Having been rested, the tubers of 
gloriosas may now* be taken fro'm their pots 
and repotted, placing several in lOin. or 
ROSE ELLEN POULSEN. 
A dwarf polyantha variety, the flowers bright cherry-rose. 
tions it may be supposed it had at that 
date been but recently introduced. 
Relative to pine-apples, it may be re¬ 
marked that I am informed by two former 
assistants, Tespeetively manager and as¬ 
sistant manager of tea plantations in 
Cachar, that these fruits are quite easily 
brought to perfection there in open quar¬ 
ters, the flavour being excellent, and this 
I see is confirmed by Thomas Carson, who 
writes in a chapter on Tea Planting, in 
“Ranching, Sports, and Travel”: “At 
12iiL. pots. When finished, the tubers should 
be covered by an inch or so of the compost, 
which may consist of fibrous loam, peat, and 
leaf-mould in equal parts, with the addition 
of a little well-decomposed manure and some 
sand. If the compel is in good condition 
very little water will he required until the 
growths appear, when moist heat will be 
n-^essary. G. superba and G. Plant! (or 
virescens) are both useful for covering stove 
rafters and for affording cut flowers in late 
summer and autumn.— H. Pblme, Hatfield 
House Gardens. 
