and well deserves a conspicuous place on the lawn, either as a standard or pillar rose: in colour it is of a fine and brilliant rose. Richelieu, (Duval,) differing entirely from a Hybrid China rose of the same name, is much superior to it in the colour and regularity of its flowers, which are inclined to the globular form, of a bright rose-colour, and very beautiful: this rose requires the Celine stock or Rose Manettii, as it does not grow luxuriantly as a dwarf on the Dog Rose, although it does pretty well as a standard, but requires a rich and moist soil. Sylvain, or Sylvain Caubert, is a brilliant light crimson rose always beautiful: in habit it is of moderate luxuriance, and will form either a dwarf bush or a standard.

Tippoo Saib is a new variety of great beauty: its flowers are finely cupped, resembling in this respect those of a new rose in this group, called Claude Lorraine, a rose-coloured variety of much excellence. In colour those of Tippoo Saib are deep pink, slightly mottled and tinted with salmon; it is an elegant and beautiful rose.

Pruning.

All these roses will bear pruning more closely than those of the preceding family. If an early crop of flowers is required, the trees may be pruned the first week in November, removing all the small branches and their spurs which have produced bloom,

and then shortening the shoots to within five or six buds of the base of each: these shoots should be left at regular distances, so that a well furnished and regular shaped tree is formed. To have a succession of flowers, it is only necessary to leave some trees unpruned till the end of April, and then prune as above: these will give their flowers from ten days to a fortnight later than those pruned early in autumn. The medium season for pruning them, and all the summer roses, is towards the end of February: they will then bloom at their usual period. In pruning, care must be taken to cut just above the bud in those shoots left for blooming: the wound will then soon heal over. To be precise, do not leave more than one eight of an inch above the bud.

Raising from Seed.

Of all the roses which bear seed in this country, some of the varieties in this family are the most prolific, and I may add, the most generous in rewarding the amateur for the culture bestowed; for to this group we owe the greater part of those splendid autumnal roses known now as Hybrid Perpetuals. To obtain these, it is necessary to fertilise the flowers of such varieties of this family intended for seed-bearers with the pollen of any favorite variety of the China, Bourbon, or Tea Scented Roses. Your seedlings, at least the majority of them, will, if all is favourable, prove

autumnal blooming roses. One of the most prolific varieties is Athelin, of which almost every flower gives it hip full of seed: this may be crossed with the China Rose, Fabvier, or the Bourbons, Gloire de Rosamène. Elizabeth Plantier, which requires firmness of petal and more plenitude, should be crossed with Madame Laffay, Melanie Cornu, or the China Rose, Eugene Beauharnais.

The Great Western, which bears seed freely, may be crossed with Fabvier, Gloire de Rosamène or the Bourbon Rose, Charles Souchet, Hortensia with the China Rose Aimée Plantier, or the Tea Scented Rose, Abricoté, the fawn colour is interesting.

Paul Perras will probably give some roses of the largest class if crossed with the China Rose, Archduke Charles, or Napoleon, or the Tea Scented Roses, Adam or Goubault. The amateur will, I trust, see from these few hints how extensive is the field of enterprise.

THE WHITE ROSE.

(ROSA ALBA.)

Rosier Blanc.

Rosa Alba, or the White Rose, so called be

cause the original species is white, is a native of

middle Europe, and was introduced to our gardens. in 1597. In some of the old farm and cottage gardens of Hertfordshire and Essex a semi-double variety is frequent: this is but a slight remove from the single flowering original species, and grows luxuriantly without culture in any neglected corner. The roses of this division may be easily distinguished by their green shoots, leaves of a glaucous green, looking as if they were covered with a greyish impalpable powder, and flowers generally of the most delicate colours, graduating from pure white to a bright but delicate pink,

Attila is one of the deepest coloured varieties of this division, with large and partially cupped flowers of a perfect shape. Camille Boularde is a very pretty and distinct variety with flowers almost globular, and of a bright pink.

Candide is a new and very pretty rose, with rather small and very double white flowers, tinged with fawn: this has the glaucous appearance in a great degree. Josephine Beauharnais, or Belle de Segur, is a pretty and delicate coloured rose of a faint blush. La Remarquable is really a remarkable rose, a hybrid, with robust and very spiny shoots, its flowers are large, cupped, pure white, and very striking.

Celeste Blanche or Nova Celestis, is a charming pure white rose, blooming most abundantly. Royale Rouge is like our old favourite the Celestial rose, but more double, Venus is an interest

F

ing white rose, of rather dwarf growth. Madame Audot is a new variety of a delicate flesh-colour, with finely shaped flowers.

Vicomte Schrymaker, a hybrid, is one of the most brilliant and striking roses of the group; its flowers are large, and of a brilliant rosy red, slightly margined with blush.

Duc de Luxembourg, a hybrid, is a most beautiful and unique rose, producing globular flowers of the largest size: the exterior of the petals is almost white, the interior of a bright rosy purple, at once singular and beautiful. Félicité is a beautiful rose; its flowers are exactly like a fine double ranunculus, of a most delicate flesh-colour: this is a distinct and fine variety.

La Séduisante is most appropriately named; it is not a new variety, but a rose most perfect in shape, and in its colour it is surpassingly so; its flowers are of the most delicate blush in their outer petals; inner petals bright rose. Madame Campan is a hybrid departing a little from the characters of the species, but producing flowers of a bright rose finely mottled with white, of firstrate excellence. Princesse de Lamballe is one of the finest in this division, possessing all the characters of the species in its foliage, branches, and flowers: these are of the purest white, and of the most perfect and beautiful shape. Queen of Denmark, an old but estimable variety, produces flowers of first-rate excellence as prize-flowers: so