THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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Roses on Clay. — The other extreme 

 of a heavy, wet clay bottom, is to bo met 

 by an opposite practice in planting. Dog 

 Roses bear the effects of a wet bottom 

 better than choice Roses on their own 

 roots, and if worked with strong-growing 

 Roses that otherwise would not survive on 

 such a soil, the strength of the stock and 

 its love of moisture will enable them to 

 endure it ; and Cabbage Roses on their 

 own roots will be the best kinds for 

 dwarfs, because they also can fight against 

 stagnant water better than most other 

 kinds. Still, if you want Eoses to flourish 

 and to last, you must secure the best pos- 

 sible drainage, and provide two feet of 

 rich, strong, hearty loam for every Rose 

 root you intend to plant ; they like to bite 

 the ground firmly ; they like good living, 

 as all showy people do; and the only 

 royal road to the Rosary is in securing, as 

 far as possible, the conditions which expe- 

 rience proves to be requisite. 



As to situation, Roses do not bear ex- 

 posure well ; they like shelter and sun- 

 shine. A south-cast aspect is the best ; 

 at all events they must be protected from 

 the cutting cast blasts that tell so severely 

 against vegetation of all kinds in early 

 spring. In open grounds, bcecli, yew, or 

 hornbeam hedges are good screens, but 

 they do not bear the drip of trees well, 



and need a full circulation of air about 

 them to keep them healthy. 



The best season for planting is the 

 early part of November ; but when it is 

 not convenient to plant then, they may 

 be safely put iu as bte as March. I have 

 frequently moved Roses late in April, and 

 have had them break well at the beginning 

 of June, and get hearty in time to be gay 

 all through the autumn ; but there is no- 

 thing like early planting ; it is the only 

 safe course; and whenever planted, they 

 should be kept out of the ground as short 

 a time as possible. Quarter-day has a 

 good deal to do with gardening matters, and 

 the wise gardener, when " on the move," 

 fixes on Michaelmas as the safest season 

 for the transference of his stock. At that 

 time Roses of all kinds may be trans- 

 planted safely, even though full of leaf 

 and covered with bloom ; but they should 

 be first pruned in closely, and the branches 

 that remain should be disleafed. I have 

 seen Roses moved at the end of August, 

 being first pruned and then stripped bare, 

 and do well, but November is the season ; 

 every week before or after that time is too 

 soon or too late for the insurance of a 

 good result. — HihhenVs Garden Favour- 

 ites ; No. 6, the History and Cultivation 

 of the Rose. 



NOTES FOR NOVEMBEE. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



The frost has made an end of runners, 

 marrows, and everything else except the 

 hardy winter stock, and a general clear- 

 ance must be made at once of everything 

 destined for the muck-pit. Use the hoe, 

 spade, or fork, wherever an opportunity 

 presents itself, to keep the ground clear 

 and open among standing crops, and let 

 the frost into plots that are cleared for the 

 winter. This is a good time to throw up 

 slopes for early peas, radishes, etc., to get 

 them well settled before sowing time. Get 

 manures together under cover ; clear out 

 the rubbish pit, and lay the stuff in a 

 heap to be frozen. Avoid as much as 

 possible putting manure on the ground 

 now, for the rains \\ill wash away the best 

 of it before spring. Hunt for vermin, 



I trim up patlis, turn over the beds of ashes 

 used for jjlunging pots in, and study tidi- 

 ness in every detail. Early peas and beans 

 may be sown this month by those who 

 have the courage to risk it. 



FHUIT GARDEN, 



Begin at once to put iu canes of cur- 

 rant and gooseberry trees, that they may 

 get rooted well before spring. Fork be- 

 tween the bush fruits to kill weeds ; 

 prune whatever requires it, and burn the 

 prunings with turf, clay, etc., for surface 

 dressings. Plant fruit-trees and bushes as 

 soon as you can get them ; scrub old 

 apple-trees that are infested with blight 

 with a strong brine, rather warm, and stop 

 th.e holcj" with a mixture of clay, sulphur, 

 soot, and cow-dung, beaten together into a 

 tenacious paste. Put stakes to everything 



