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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



[ February, 



do not find any verification of these doubts, as in an intermediate temperature 

 the foliage keeps quite fresh, not exhibiting the slightest s^-mptoms of exhaustion. 

 This is no doubt somewhat accounted for by the supply of food afforded from 

 the roots that are eventually emitted from the scion. 



The time saved and the vigour produced by grafting are imjDortant to those 

 who grow largely for the market. Eoots suitable for this purpose, if buried 

 in soil in a cool retarding medium, will keep fresh for a length of time. 



The plants are most effective either indoors or out, -when confined to a single 

 shoot, and young ones are the most serviceable. — George Westland, With]/ Court, 



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EOSE TEMPLES. 



S^^I^VEET Eose garden, if of large, or even of moderate size, should be crowned 



{WJCT)" or supported Avith a Eose Temple, and, indeed, there are few flower- 



c^S^ gardens which would not afford some nook or cranny which would be 



^ appropriately filled by a light structure covered with climbing roses. 



Above all things, let these roses be sweet-scented and of graceful growth, so that 



