Constance
(Dodwell), rich rose; CORONER (Ware), bright scarlet; CRIMSON, old double Clove; CYNTHIA (Dodwell), bright rose, very pretty; GERTRUDE TEIGNER (Ware), rich pink, very fine; GLOIRE DE NANCY (Lemoine), pure white, very vigorous and free; GOG (Dodwell), carmine-purple; KING OF THE YELLOWS (Abercrombie), rich salphur-yellow; LADY ROSEBERY (Turner), the best yellow Self; MARY MORRIS (Smythe), rich salmon-rose, immense; MRS. MATTHEWS (Matthews), pure white, freely fringed; SPARKLER (Ware), crimson-scarlet; VIVID (Dodwell), very brilliant scarlet; W. P. MILNER (Fisher), pure white, of grand substance, one of the best.
TREE OR PERPETUAL. These are, without doubt, some of the most useful plants grown for cut bloom, and their culture is of the easiest. Some growers strike the cuttings from July till the end of august, in gentle heat, or layer the old plants in a frame, in August, and, when well rooted, pot them off into 3in. pots, or the stronger ones into 4in. pots, in which the plants are wintered the first season, in an airy position near the glass. The second season, the plants are grown on, and not allowed to flower through the summer, about two shifts being given until they are in 10in. pots. Meanwhile, the shoots are trained s required, and the general shape of the plant arranged. When the pots are filled with roots, liquid manure should be supplied, and, about the middle of September, they may be taken indoors, giving plenty of air for some days. By maintaining a temperature of from 45deg. to 50deg., and applying liquid manure, plenty of blossom may be obtained through the winter and early spring months. For potting soil, use good fibrous yellow sandy loam thre parts, and one part rotten manure, with enough sand to keep the whole sufficiently porous to admit of the free passage of water. Another excellent method of cultivation is to put the cuttings in, selecting the small side shoots, about the middle of January, in bottom heat, of about 70deg. to 75deg., with an atmospheric temperature of 60deg. to 65deg.; or they may be struck in a half-spent hotbed, when it will not be advisable to put them in till February. As soon as rooted, they should be potted off, and gradually hardened, so that they will bear removal to the greenhouse, where they should remain till April. They may then be shifted on, and grown liberally in pots, or be planted out. In June, go over the plants, and take off the tops; and, about once a fortnight, remove the tops of any of the side shoots which may appear likely to bloom. About the end of September, the plants should, if placed out, be carefully potted up, and shaded for a week or ten days, keeping them well supplied with moisture; and, after root action is resumed, removed to the greenhouse, and an unlimited supply of air given until frost sets in. Only sufficient fire heat should be applied in winter to maintain a temperature of 50deg. to 55deg., and a free circulation of air should be admitted on all favourable occasions during the day. Fumigate if fly should put in an appearance; and for mildew, flowers of sulphur should be thoroughly dusted over the plants, washing it off after three days, taking care to remove all dirt from the plants. Varieties. These are numerous, and their number constantly being added to. The following are among the best:
A. ALEGATIERE, bright scarlet; AMAZON, buff, edged scarlet; BELLE ROSE, rose; BOULE DE FEU, scarlet; BRIDE, pure white; COVENT GARDEN, scarlet; DRAGON, scarlet; FIREFLY, bright scarlet; FLORENCE, clear buff-yellow; GARIBALDI, rosy-scarlet; GOURDAULT, scarlet, crimson-flaked; HENSHAW'S, scarlet; JEAN BART, bright scarlet; JEAN SISLEY, yellow, red-edged; LA BELLE, pure white, very fine; LEE'S, scarlet; MADAME ALEGATIERE, carmine-rose; MAIDEN'S BLUSH, blush-white; MISS JOLLIFFE, blush-pink; MRS. G. HAWTRY, bright yellow; OSCAR, yellow; PRINCE OF ORANGE, yellow, edged with crimson; PURITY, white; REMBRANDT, large crimson; SOUVENIR DE MALMAISON, blush-white; VALIANT, rosy-scarlet; VAN DYCK, white, striped rose; VULCAN, mottled-red.