have next to cut a slice out of one side on which to splice the graft, and this slice should be about an inch in length. There is no wedge, notch, chink, or tongue required. It is a simple case of splicing, and unlike some other kinds of splicing the parties are sure to agree, and set at nought all the provisions made for cheap divorce. Having cut the slice down to the wood and no deeper, cut the top of the stock over horizontally, and square off the lower part of the cut to make a ledge on which the bottom of the graft will rest, while the top of it is cut horizontally to form a shoulder to rest on the top of the stock.

Having prepared the graft and stock fit them together, tie firm with soft bass, and plant directly; but in planting put the grafted plant in deep enough to cover the junction of scion and stock with one inch depth of soil. This is the first practice. The knife is used vertically and horizontally, and two buds only are used for the graft. When brought together the edges of the two barks ought to fit correctly, especially at the top.

In the next practice, instead of cutting horizontally cut aslant, and at about the same angle as in pruning. This style of cutting can be performed more quickly than the other, but as the fitting is not quite so easy, we recommend beginners to practise the first method before attempting the second. But in the second practice, instead of

using scions of two buds, they may be cut with four, as the work will now be performed more quickly and neatly, and the scion will be less exhausted by exposure to the air during the operation. The simplest, cheapest, and most offhand way is to take up the stocks in batches, cover their roots with a wet mat, keep the scions in a wet mat also, and removing them as required to perform all the grafting indoors in the evening, replacing them between wet mats as they are tied up, and planting next morning with the grafted part an inch at least below the level. But in this plantation there will be a few failures and many suckers, and this brings to the next practice, for which, indeed, preparation ought to have been made the year before. We want the stocks now established in pots, and all their last year's growth still unpruned. Now take your strong potted Manetti or Boursault, cut it over as close to the rim of the pot as will be convenient for the operation; put on the graft, tie carefully, and arrange them all on a bed of cocoanut dust over a cool tank in a forcing pit, and when all are placed strew between them more of the same material till the ties are all covered. After the lapse of three days get up the heat of the tank to 60°, and keep it at that for a week, taking care that the plunging stuff is nicely damp. After another week has elapsed raise the heat of the bed to 70°, and keep it at that for three weeks, in the

meantime sprinkling frequently to keep a moist surface. After this the heat may go down to 60° again, and the shading may be removed. Six weeks from the date of grafting they may be taken out and the ties removed, and taken to a cool pit to harden. By this time, some will be showing bloom; nip out the bloom and keep them growing, and if they like to bloom after August, let them. At the end of the next May any of these may be planted, and the graft is to be covered with at least two inches of soil, so as to have a chance of making roots of its own, if it is so disposed. If there be any doubt about the sort of wood to be used in any case, then we have only to say reject all soft, sappy shoots, and the points of all shoots, and let graft and stock be as nearly as possible the thickness of a common lead pencil.

SELECT LIST OF ROSES.

1. A SELECTION OF ONE HUNDRED OF THE FINEST VARIETIES OF ROSES FOR EXHIBITION.

(This List includes some of the Newest.)

SUMMER ROSES.

Hybrid Provence-Comtesse de Segur, Princesse Clementine.

Moss-Common Crested, Gloire des Mousseuses, John Cranston, Laneii.

Gallica-Boula de Nanteuil, Gloire de Colmar, Grandidissima, Transon Goubault.

T

Hybrid China-Chenedole, Leopold de Bauffre

mont.

Hybrid Bourbon-Charles Lawson, Coupe d'Hébé, Paul Ricaut, Paul Perras.

Damask-La Ville de Bruxelles, Madame Zout

man.

AUTUMN ROSES.

Hybrid Perpetual-Alphonse Damaizin, Alphonse Karr, Anna Alexieff, Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Baronne Prevost, Beauty of Waltham, Belle de Bourg la Reine, Charles Lefebvre, Comtesse de Chabrilland, Deuil de Prince Albert, Duke of Cambridge, Duc de Rohan, Empereur de Maroc, François Arago, Françoise Lacharme, Geant des Batailles, General Washington, Gloire de Santenay, John Hopper, Jules Margottin, La Ville de St. Denis, Lælia, Lord Macaulay, Lord Clyde, Lord Raglan, Louis XIV., Louise Darzins, Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Madame Boutin, Madame William Paul, Madame Charles Wood, Madame Domage, Madame Furtado, Madame Knorr, Murillo, Madame Vidot, Mademoiselle Bonnaire, Maurice Bernardin, Monsieur de Montigny, Mrs. Rivers, Olivier Delhomme, President Lincoln, Prince Camille de Rohan, Princess of Wales, Prince Leon, Victor Verdier, Vanquier de Goliath, Sœur des Anges, William Griffiths, William Paul.

Bourbon-Acidalie, Baron Gonella, Bourbon

Queen, Baronne de Noirmont, Catherine Guillot, Docteur Leprestre, Louise Margottin, Modele de Perfection, Souvenir de la Malmaison.

Tea-scented-Adam, Comte de Paris, Devoniensis, Gloire de Dijon, La Boule d'Or, Madame Damaizin, Madame Willermoz, Madame William, President, Souvenir d'un Ami, Souvenir d'Elise, Triomphe de Guillot fils.

Noisette-Cloth of Gold, Celine Forestier, Lamarque, Solfaterre, Triomphe de Rennes.

China-Clara Sylvain, Madame Bréon, Marjolin, Mrs. Bosanquet, Virgine.

2. A SELECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR OF THE FINEST HYBRID PERPETUALS.

Anna Alexieff, Beauty of Waltham, Comtesse Cecile de Chabrilland, Cardinal Patrizzi, Colonel de Rougemont, François Arago, Geant des Batailles, General Washington, Gloire de Santenay, Jules Margottin, Lord Macaulay, Lord Raglan, Lord Clyde, Louise Darzins, Madame Knorr, Madame Domage, Madame Rivers, Madame Vidot, Mademoiselle Haiman, Olivier Delhomme, Prince Leon, Senateur Vaisse, Victor Verdier, William Griffiths.

3. A SELECTION OF THE HARDIEST ROSES FOR THE COLDEST LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.

SUMMER ROSES.

Provence-Common Cabbage, De Meaux, Unique.