90 THE GARDENER. [Feb. 



served with pot-Roses, in even moderate condition, during the early 

 spring, but woukl look for them as eagerly during that season as for 

 their pans full of gaudy Dutch bulbs or their glowing bushes of 

 gorgeous Azaleas, among which the Rose may be placed and still 

 retain her proud title of Queen of Flowers. 



Should the above remarks be the means of drawing the attention 

 of any to the cultivation of the Rose in pots who have hitherto 

 neglected it, the writer shall think himself happy in being able to 

 advance the interest of the Queen of Flowers in however small a 

 degree. Where the plants are forced for cut bloom in large quantities, 

 a different system may be pursued ; but we will not enter upon that 

 in this paper. Suburban. 



[We saw a plant of Marshal Niel grown on its own roots in a pot by an amateur 

 last autumn, with seventeen splendid blooms on it, some of them 4 inches in 

 diameter. — Ed. ] 



HOW TO GROW ONION'S FOR COMPETITION". 



Sow them in a forcing-pit or hot-frame about the beginning of Feb- 

 ruary. About six weeks thereafter place them in 3-inch pots — one in 

 each pot — filled with rotten turf and leaf -mould — two parts of the turf 

 to one of the mould ; and grow them on in heat until about the end of 

 April ; then transfer them to a cold-frame, and keep it close for the 

 first three days, except during sunshine, when the higher ends of the 

 sashes ought to be raised 1 or 2 inches, according to the heat of the 

 sun. Shut the frame about four o'clock, so as to husband the heat, and 

 thus a higher temperature will be kept up in it during the night. 

 After the first three days, the weather being favourable, open the 

 frame half an hour earlier every day, and close half an hour later. The 

 sashes should at the same time be raised a little higher every day 

 until they are removed altogether ; this may be accomplished in ordi- 

 nary weather in the course of ten or twelve days, when the plants may 

 be put out into a sheltered place, prepared in the following manner : — 

 In autumn take out a trench, say, 8 inches deep and 9 inches wide, 

 or thereby, then raise the subsoil with a pick 12 or 14 inches deep to 

 carry off the superfluous water. This being done, place the soil to be 

 taken from the next trench on the top of the subsoil so raised. Continue 

 to proceed in this way, raising the subsoil and turning the surface on 

 the top of it until you have the quantity of ground required, then 

 level the ground and remove the whole surface 1 inch deep, and 

 place thereon a coating, 1 inch thick, of pure nightsoil, or, should such 

 manure not be available, 2 inches of rotten cow, horse, or pig's dung 



