_ DECEMBER. 809 
Yaeter, of the plants, and the situation in which they are found in their 
native habitat—viz., the dense foliage of the New Zealand forests— 
they will be admirably adapted. for growing in Wardian cases, and 
‘My. 8. is haying some. made of an ornamental character, for the pur- 
pose of showing their adaptability, Before leaying these new, plants, 
let us, not forget Apres. MERTENSIANA introduced from Vancouver's 
Asland, a kind of Hemlock Spruce, but, unlike ,that, capable of bearing 
a_dry, parched soil; also WooDWARDIA ORIENTALIS, a fine Fern, 
“with fronds four feet long, introduced by Mr: Fortune from the north of 
‘China, and therefore hardy ;, it is one of those, curious ones called. vivi- 
parous, small plants being produced at the extremity of the fronds ;_and 
lastly, Myosotidiwm nodile, or Antarctic Forget-me-not, a fine foliaged 
and giant kind, though, I fear, miffy in its habit—doubtless, with true 
lovers, neyer to equal in interest our native Myosotis. 
As the introducer of Eugene Appert and Celine Forestier, Mr. 
Standish has made good his claim to the consideration of Rose. growers. 
The former, he tells me, has proved commercially a most valuable Rose, 
and though some said it was not.so very good, and others said it was 
- like other Roses, yet the Rose-growing. public in general, who are the 
“best and most disinterested. judges, wif] have it; its noble growth pro- 
‘mises to make it a fine pillar or climbing Rose, for I saw shoots of this 
year five feet long and three-quarters of an inch thick. . The soil of 
Bagshot is not adapted for Roses, but, Mr..S. has just. taken, a piece of 
ten acres for the purpose of growing specimen. Rhododendrons, and in 
“it there is a piece which he thinks will grow, them well. He has just 
“returned from France, where he has purchased, 200/. worth of new 
“sorts, including four seedlings of M. Trouillard, which will not, of course, 
- he let out before another season. _ One of them, Gregoire Bourdilion, the 
“ raiser pronounces to be the finest Rose ever grown, being finer in out- 
“line than Eugene Appert and Géant,. and of the same, vivid, colour. 
“Amongst the new ones of this season, of which there are, upwards of 
“forty, 1 heard very highly spoken of La-Boule d’Or, a perfectly yellow 
“Tea, raised by Margottin, said to be large and of good. shape ; 
“MApDAME FurtApov, a large pink flower, in the style of Madame. de 
‘‘Cambaceres; TRIOMPHE D’AMIENS, a distinctly striped Rose, and 
“General Washington and Jean Bart, two high-coloured varieties. .,The 
“soil and situation of Bagshot are admirably adapted for Tea Roses, and 
there is a plot being planted out, to he covered with the invaluable 
- tiffany when needed, which will enable them to be thoroughly tested. 
ComrE DE FaLoux still bears out its character of being the very best 
" Rose for forcing purposes—not a shoot but what has a bloom at the 
top -—while MADAME STANDISH, from. its. style of growth, will 
will doubtless form a fine pillar Rose. These two Roses are seedlings 
of Trouillard also, and Mr. S. believes will be found acquisitions ; the 
“former is small, but every shoot produces. a flower of brilliant, colour. 
The constitution of Madame Standish” is just that which we want, and 
this is a point which in all new Roses ought to be paramount, for. it 
becomes very tantalising, when a Rose comes oyer from France with a 
~* This is altogether different from. one named Mrs, Standish, 
