budded or grafted on low stems of the Dog Rose, or Blush Boursault, which seems, if possible, even a more congenial stock; they may be then arranged in the beds of any flower-garden, and graduated in height so as to form a bank of foliage and flowers. Grafted or budded plants when established will in general brave our severest winters; but still it will be most prudent in November either to remove them to some warm shed, and lay their roots in damp mould, or to reduce their heads and give each plant an oiled paper cap.* This is a mode practised in the north of Italy with great success, to protect their tender roses and other plants; and though paper caps may not be thought objects of ornament on an English lawn, yet the method will be found very eligible in many cases. In March those that have been laid on the shed for protection may be removed to the flower borders, pruning off all superfluous and dead shoots; they will bloom the following summer in great perfection, and in general surpass those that have been suffered to remain in the

"If these beautiful Roses are grown as standards they must have protection: the most simple method is to remove them in December, and lay their roots in the ground near a north wall or fence, their heads resting against the wall; over these a mat should be nailed during frost. For forcing or blooming early in spring in the greenhouse they form beautiful plants, budded on neat stems about 1 ft. in height: these, if potted in November, give abundance of flowers in spring, of a larger size than when grown on their own roots."-Extract from Catalogue for 1843.

ground without protection. Some of the varieties are much more robust and vigorous than others, and equally beautiful as those of more delicate habits; it will therefore be scarcely worth while to grow any but what are of known hardihood and vigour. I have pointed out some of these in my notices, but time can only make a knowledge of their habits more perfect. Worked plants of Tea-scented roses force very well: they do not require to be established one year in pots, for if only potted in October or November, and forced with a gentle heat in January and February, they will bloom finely; in March and April the extreme beauty of their foliage and flowers will amply repay the attention given to them, as they have a peculiar softness and delicacy of appearance when forced and growing luxuriantly.

With attention, some very beautiful roses of this family may be originated from seed, but the plants must be trained against a south wall; if flued the better, in a warm dry soil, or grown in pots under glass: a warm greenhouse, or the forcing-house will be most proper for them, SO that they bloom in May, as their heps are a long time ripening.

For yellow roses, Lutescens grandiflora and the Duchesse de Mecklenbourg may be planted with the Yellow Tea, which abounds in pollen; some fine roses, almost to a certainty, must be raised from seed produced by such fine unions;

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for the sake of curiosity a few flowers of the above might be fertilised with the Double Yellow Briar or Rosa Harrisonii. The Yellow Tea bears seed abundantly, but it has been found, from repeated experiments, that a good or even a mediocre rose is seldom or never produced from it; but fertilised with the Yellow Briar, something original may be realised. Gigantesque and Tea Hardy, planted with Prince Esterhazy, would produce seed of fine quality, from which large and bright rosecoloured varieties might be expected. Archiduchesse Thérèse and Duchesse de Cazes, planted with Bride of Abydos, would give pure white Tea Roses; and Mansais with Dremont would probably originate first-rate fawn-coloured roses; but the central petals of Mansais should be carefully removed with tweezers or plyers, as its flowers are too double for it to be a certain seed-bearer. Bélisaire, which is a hybrid, approaching very near to the China Rose, should be planted with William Wallace, as fine and large Crimson Tea roses are still wanting.

THE MINIATURE ROSE.

(ROSA LAWRENCEANA.)

In the botanical catalogues this curious little rose is said to have been introduced from China

in 1810, and botanists have made it a species; but, like the Rose de Meaux and Pompon Roses, which are dwarf varieties of Rosa centifolia, this is undoubtedly nothing but a dwarf seminal variety of the common China Rose. Many plants that have been long under cultivation have a tendency to produce from seed these pigmy likenesses of themselves: among these little "faerie queens," Caprice des Dames is a pretty morsel of beauty with vivid rose-coloured flowers. Gloire des Lawrenceanas is one of the prettiest of the tribe; its flowers are of a dark crimson, and larger than those of any other variety. Jenny and Lilliputienne are both of them bright-coloured and pretty roses. Nigra has not black flowers, but they are of the darkest crimson, and very pretty. This was named by some florist, with that exaggeration peculiar to the craft; this is not done by the florist wilfully to deceive, but is merely given as descriptive of what he wishes the flower to be, rather than of what it really is. Brugmansia sanguinea is a case in point; and many other sanguineas and coccineas might be mentioned, in which the colours of the flowers which bear those imposing names approach to any thing rather than blood or scarlet. To return to Roses; Pallida is the only variety in this division approaching to white. Its flowers, when they first open, are nearly of pure white, but they soon change to a pale flesh-colour: this is rather a delicate rose,

seeming very impatient of cold and damp. Petite Laponne is a brilliant little rose, quite worthy a place in the group; as is also Retour du Printemps, which is different from all the others; its pretty little flowers being surrounded by a leafy calyx, and the whole plant tinged with a reddish colouring matter.

These roses are all very impatient of moisture, and in all moist soils require a very dry warm raised border. I have not yet had an opportunity of seeing them grow in dry soils, but I think it probable that the light sandy soils of Surrey would suit them admirably. In cold situations it will be advisable to grow them constantly in pots, protecting them in a cold pit or frame till January, and then, if required to bloom early, remove them to a warm situation in the greenhouse, or force them with the Tea-scented Roses. A collection of these little rose-bushes, covered with their bright flowers in March and April, will be found one of the most eligible and unique ornaments for the drawing-room,

THE NOISETTE ROSE.

The original of this remarkable group, the "Blush Noisette" Rose, was raised from seed in