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and put on the lights, tilting them up at the back, so that a tho- 

 rough draught of air may circulate freely through, and moisture be 

 excluded. The same conditions might be secured to them in an 

 orchard-house, which is thrown open for the ripening of fruit-trees. 

 It may be that the cultivator does not possess any roses fit for 

 forcing, yet is resolved to have a feast of roses at tlie dawn of the 

 New Year. In such a case tliere will be no difliculty in securing 

 them, by application to any of the nurseries where roses are largely 

 cultivated ; for at these places small specimens are raised and pre- 

 pared expressly for the purpose. Messrs, Lane and Son, of Berk- 

 hamstead, Herts, and Mr. Eraser, of Lea Bridge E,oad, produce 

 roses of this sort largely ; and as they force them every year from 

 the first, they are in a condition suitable for forcing when they 

 come into the cultivator's hands. If I were selecting for myself, 

 I should prefer short briar or manetti bushes of the following 

 sorts : — 



TWENTY riNE EOSES TOE POT-CULTTJEE. 



Alphonse Belin, Achille Gonod, Admiral Nelson, Beauty of 

 "Waltham, Catherine Guiilot, Charles Lefebvre, Elizabeth Vigneron, 

 Eran^ois Lacharmc, General Jacqueminot, Jules Margottin, Lselia 

 or L. Peyronny, Le lihone, Madame Alfred de liougemont, 

 Madame 0. Wood, Madame Kivers, Marechal Vaillant, Mrs. W. 

 Paul, Modele de Perfectiou, Princess of Wales, Victor A'erdier. 



MANAGEMENT OF VINES. 



jEING in difficulties, I ask your advice. Being much taken 

 with the illustration of Ground Vinery, I resolved to 

 try my hand, so purchased two Black Hamburghs from 

 Edwards's, the best they had, said to be good canes, as 

 large as a yard-stick, and about twenty buds ; had them 

 properly planted last autumn, and ptaUed up from the ground. 

 Bought a ground vinery at a sale, thirty-four feet run, in pieces 

 apparently made from a greenhouse ridge, but thought would 

 answer, being cheap — merely £2. Now, my first difficulty was to 

 know where to place the vinery. The end of" March found the buds 

 about two inches long, so placed the vinery in position at once. 

 Having one of Wells's circulars, with cultural directions, which 

 said that at the beginning of May, when the buds were about two 

 inches, rub off every other one. Now at this time mine had grown 

 six inches, which rather puzzled me (being a complete novice in the 

 art). However, I endeavoured to carry out the directions as well 

 as possible with my limited knowledge, so I proceeded to rub off 

 every other shoot, most of them having fruit buds. 



Now this proceeding greatly disfigured the plant, the buds left 

 being all on one side of the cane ; and from this time forth it seemed 

 to go back instead of forward, the fruit-buds gradually disappeared, 

 and the leaves got a scorched-up look. Such being the case, I tried 



