The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE.

The Rose Garden. By Wm. Paul. London : Sherwood,
Gilbert, and Piper.
To attempt to classify the apparently endless varieties
of the queen of flowers, would at first sight appear to be
impracticable ; and no one would make the effort who

was not possessed of abundant experience upon the sub-
ject. Mr. Wm. Paul, of the Chesbunt Nurseries—fa-
mous for roses wherever roses are known in this country
—has undertaken the task, and the volume before us is a
triumphant prof that he has eminently succeeded. In
the
,first part Mr. Paul shews that he can not only grow,
and classify roses, but that he can also write a classical
history of these beautiful flowers ; every author is
quoted who has written in favour of the rose, and a most
interesting account is given of its history from the ear-
liest mention which can be found in the most ancient
writings. But the great valueof Mr. Paul's " Rose garden"
is his practical arrangement and description of more than
one thousand varieties of choice, well-proved roses ; the
value of such a book will be apparent at first sight to the
rose-grower, for nothing can be more bewildering than
the heterogeneous lists upon which be has hitherto
been obliged to depend. This beautiful work (fur it is as
ornamental as it is useful) is illustrated by exquisitely
perfect coloured representations of the typical roses of
each group, by which means it is impossible to find any
followingdtirulcauratyheiralmat ii
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practicalt classification.rose _o
rose-grower
can Every p
wish
forar-
as to quality of variety, time of flowering, mode of cul-
ture, &c., is amply detailed ; and we can confidently
assert, that we never saw a bock which we could recom-
mend with so much satisfaction to those for whom it is
written.

OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.

Spring is beginning to indicate its approach ; the
plants under glass arc evidently feeling the influence, and
are beginning to sheer signs of new growth ; it is, there-
fore, necessary to prepare for the necessary operation of
potting, which will soon be required. Camellias are
beginning to fade, and we must now look for the beautiful
Chinese azaleas, moss roses, and other showy plants which
have been brought forward ; the buds of the azaleas are
pushing forward actively, and will be much assisted by
occasional application of weak liquid manure. It is too
soon to move in the flower.garden ; but no opportunity
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be neglected
aste the dof
gettingon with the work in the
excessively wet autumn and winter
have caused much to be left undone which will have now
to be completed. In the plant-houses all leisure time
will be well employed in destroying insects. The follow-
ing is worth knowing :
The Thrips.--! find the following an effectual remedy
for this destructive insect :—Place the plant in a house
and fill it with the strongest common tobacco-smoke three
nights successively, syringing them well on the following
mornings. My azaleas suffered a good deal this spring
with the red and black thrips, but by the above means
have effectually destroyed them, as I have proved b 1
placing them on a white sheet of paper. I have found the
red insect more easily destroyed than the black one.—S'
7'., he Turner's Florist and Garden Miscellany.

CHANGE or FORTUNE.—A paragraph under this head
has been going the round of the press, stating, on the au-
thority of a Devonport paper, that a stoker on boar
H.M. steamship Valorous, has just become possessed by,..
a decree of the Court of Chancery of the Earldom 05
Stockport, and an estate of the value of £34,000 a-Yelq."
It is pure invention. Her Majesty has no steamship'
Valorous. There is no Earldom of Stockport, and 1.1,..°
estate of £34,000 a-year has recently been decided on, I"
the Court of Chancery.

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