Mr, Editor: The above question is very frequently proposed, and is much more concise than any reply that can be given. We would say that there are none supremely beautiful, if they are not abundantly supplied with free soil, and well incorporated with very rich material, such as decayed leaves, old, decayed manure from the piggery or barnyard; or, where there is a deficiency of these, rich water, twice a week, must be applied. "What is rich water?" There arises another question. If you will not consider me too tedious, I will give you in detail how it is manufactured. I have a half cask, containing about 80 gallons of water, into which I put lbs. of guano, half a bushel of horse droppings, or a peck of chicken manure; either of these, just as convenience suggests. I allow the portion selected to remain in the the 24 hours, when it is stirred up, and from which I give my select plants a copious watering twice a week from May till the middle of June. The soil round the plants must be frequently stirred, and kept clean, and properly cared for, neatly tied up, and, when in bloom, shaded from severe sunshine.

Such is the treatment bestowed upon the finer and rarer sorts.

We are confident that there are 700 varieties cultivated in the United States, and we are also confident that 100 would embrace every color and character among them, placing entirely in the shade many of the so-called new sorts. Permit me to hand you for publication a few from each section of the perpetual or semiperpetual blooming varieties. You will see that I have not placed the eulogized Augusta amongst them, considering it only the solfatare, or a reproduction of that variety; this conclusion is arrived at after having had it three times from the firm that sent it forth as the finest rose in the world.

In some of the former volumes of your Journal, your readers were treated with the experience of many extensive fiorists, by naming the best twenty-five Roses, the best twelve, the best six, etc., for outdoor culture. We would like to bear from them again, to know if their opinions remain unchanged. Such Information is highly valuable to persons unacquainted with the blooming properties of the different kinds. I am about to stock a new yard, the coming spring, with shrubbery, mostly Roses, and desire to make such purchase as will not disappoint me. Good bloomers, fine forms, distinct colors, dwarf habit, or at least such as can easily be protected if needful, and good foliage, are the characteristics for them to possess. The selection to be made from per-petnals, or fall-blooming Boses. The Roses figured in the but two numbers will undoubtedly take their place among the farorite few. A Farmer's Wifr.