more uniformly good in favourable and unfavourable seasons, and never fail to bloom when their season arrives. Moreover, they are, for the most part, a few degrees hardier than the autumnals; certainly, after the winter of 1860 there were plenty to be had from the nurseries where not an autumnal was to be found in a specimen state. When we have pitched the praises of H. P. General Jacqueminot in the highest key, there remains Brennus quite as good, but not a Perpetual. La Ville de Bruxelles, delicately crimped and quartered, and with vivid crimson lines. upon its ground of light rose, a gem in colour and a tremendously free rose to grow and bloom. So again Boula de Nanteuil, D'Aguesseau, Duchess of Buccleuch, Kean, Ohl, Transon Goubault, and Triomphe de Jaussens, all high coloured. Gallicas will grow in any moderately-open town garden, and make the finest heads as standards of any class of roses we have. Of Hybrid China and Bourbon there are a fair dozen for the townsman all proved, and the best of them are Brennus, a thorough bouncer of a rose, Coupe d'Hébé, Frederic the Second, Comte Boubert, Paul Perras, Paul Ricaut, and if the situation is really good, Madame Plantier, pure white, most beautiful when just expanding from the bud. As to the Hybrid Perpetuals, there are several beauties which can now be added to the former list, and amongst them Madame de Cambacérès, a fine large cupped rose-coloured flower of profuse habit, a

better London rose perhaps than any yet announced. For abundant bloom, good constitution, and firstrate exhibition qualities, take Washington, Victor Verdier, Madame Domage, Lord Raglan, Madame Knorr, Madame Laffay, Cardinal Patrizzi, Eugene Appert, Nicholas Bellot, and Madame Vidot, and you have the cream of the section.

Roses for town gardens must not be selected according to the repute they have in the books; thus, I would advise townsmen to be very cautious about using Geant des Batailles as a standard, in which form near London it is always deformed and leprous with mildew. On its own roots it is, like most of its kindred, a much better grower than when hoisted up out of its element, and on foster roots. So as to quality, by comparison, where few roses can be grown, I would strike out nearly all the Noisettes, for what among them can be worth growing in towns, except Aimée Vibert and Fellenberg? Some Gallicas, still retained in the catalogues, are rubbish; as, for instance, Dido-who will care to see Dido a second time? Pharericus is only fit to grow in a hedgerow, and the townsman must have nothing to do with Alba, Hybrid Provence, Austrian, or Banksian roses, except to grow under glass, on which subject we must have a word hereafter. For a final remark, before presenting the revised lists, what is the use of roses of sprawling habits, except to peg down or cover rockeries? In a mixed col

lection they are a positive nuisance. Plant Caroline Marniesse on its own roots, in a row with perpetuals, and what a disgrace it is to the scene with its shabby white flowers and thrust-out brier-looking growths. So with Auguste Guinnoisseau, unless pegged to bloom on the ground, it is always untidy, and if wetted with a shower while in bloom tumbles over and gets its fine crimson petals drabbled with dirt. My way of growing these sprawlers, the pretty Fellenberg included, is on the face of a rockery, where they can lay full length, and make a pretty sparkling of their clustered flowers.

SUMMER ROSES FOR TOWN GARDENS.

Provence and Moss.-Common Moss, rose; Common Cabbage, rose; Maiden's Blush, flesh white ; White Moss, white; Luxembourg, crimson; Purpurea rubra, purple; Comtesse Murinais, white.

Damask.-La Ville de Bruxelles, flesh, and deep rose; Common Damask, crimson single, but good.

Gallica.-Boula de Nanteuil, crimson purple; D'Aguesseau, rich crimson; Duchess of Buccleuch, dark rose and blush; Kean, velvety purple, scarlet centre; Ohl, dark crimson; Transon Goubault, deep crimson; Triomphe de Jaussens, crimson, shaded purple.

These seven French roses are large, full, finely formed, and the very best of show roses. They require generous culture, and close pruning. There

is a long list of Gallicas, but very many are worthless.

Hybrid, China, and Bourbon.-Beauty of Billard, crimson; Blairii, No. 1, light rose; Brennus, deep carmine; Charles Duval, deep pink; Charles Lawson, vivid rose; Chénédolé, vivid crimson, fine for a pillar; Coup d'Hébé, deep pink, exquisite; Frederic the Second, crimson purple, fine for a pillar; Fulgens, deep crimson; General Jacqueminot, purplish crimson, dull, but free and good; Madame Plantier, white, fine for a good position; Paul Perras, pale rose, rather delicate; Paul Ricaut, rosy crimson ; Vivid, glowing crimson.

AUTUMNAL ROSES FOR TOWN GARDENS.

Hybrid Perpetuals.-Abd-el-Kader, bright velvety purple, shaded with scarlet, large; Alexandrine Bachmeteff, bright red, large; Alexandrine Belfroy, peach, a full, handsome rose; Alphonse Karr, bright rose, a gem, though small; Anna Alexieff, rose, large, full, good habit; Anna de Diesbach, clear rose, large; Baronne Prevost, pale rose, very large; Baronne Hallez, dark red, full; Belle de Bourg la Reine, satin-like rose, large; Cardinal Patrizzi, brilliant red, shaded; Caroline de Sansal, clear flesh, edges blush, large; Colonel de Rougement, pale rose, shaded with carmine, very large, sometimes loose; Comte de Nanteuil, bright rose, darker edges; Comtesse de Chabrillant, pink, beautifully

cupped, large, very sweet; Docteur Marx, carmine, large, not a show rose; Duchess of Sutherland, pale rose, large, and very double; Evêque de Nimes, bright purplish red; Eugene Appert, velvety crimson, pointed petals, striking, fine foliage; General Jacqueminot, brilliant red, velvety like a camellia, large, but not sufficiently double; General Pellissier, delicate rose, large, very sweet; General Simpson, bright carmine, full, fine shape; General Washington, bright rosy red, large and full, one of the best; Gloire de Santenay, scarlety crimson, very fine; Jules Margottin, bright cherry, large and full, superb, and a tremendous grower; Leon des Combats, reddish violet, often shaded with scarlet; Lord Raglan, scarlet crimson, edges violet crimson, large, full, splendid foliage, quite sui generis, and a fine grower; Louise Peyronny, silvery rose, large, full, but shy; Madame C. Crapelet, red, veined with lilac, large, full; Madame de Cambaceres, rosy carmine, large and full, fine form, and one of the best town roses; Madame Domage, bright rose, very large, double, and exquisitely scented; Madame Knorr, bright rose, edges paler, not to be surpassed by any rose when in bud; Madame Laffay, rosy crimson, large; Madame Vidot, transparent flesh, shaded with rose, imbricated, always perfect; Mademoiselle Alice Leroy, delicate rose, shaded, small; Mademoiselle Betsy Haiman, brilliant cerise, lovely colour, finely cupped, grows like Jules Margottin,