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that, to show their true characters correctly, they must be neatly 

 and carefully staked with sticks aud ties, or their beauty is uot 

 shown, and furthermore, all decayed and dying flowers should be 

 picked oif, or they detract considerably from the beauty of those 

 opening, to say nothing of how much real sustenance they rob the 

 younger flowers of. To show their value as cut flowers, I may remark 

 that, more than a week ago, a friend gave me some buds quite un- 

 opened attached to others that were fully expanded. At the time of 

 writing, those buds, after a week's immersion in water, have opened 

 beautifully on my writing-table ; which proves that our lady readers 

 may send to any distance in the three kingdoms perfectly-formed 

 buds of these lovely flowers that will not fail to unfold their fragrant 

 petals in the course of a week from the time they are severed from 

 the parent stem, if they are kept in water, and have the amount of 

 fresh air common to a sitting-room at this time of year. 



ROSES FEOM ATJTUMX CUTTINGS. 



TJRIJS'Gr the years 1860 and 1861, the cultivation of the 

 rose was made a special feature of in the Elobal AYokld. 

 The interest that was aroused amongst rosarians by the 

 publication in those papers of our doctrines of rose- 

 growing, led to inquiries for a systematic treatise, and 

 the " Rose Book " followed. This work has had such an extensive 

 circulation, that we might have supposed the floral public had, by 

 this time, mastered every detail of the enchanting pastime of propa- 

 gating roses. But no ; scarce a week passes in which we do not 

 receive some half-dozen letters on the subject, mostly, of course, from 

 amateurs who have not made themselves possessors of the "Rose 

 Book," many of them, no doubt, being beginners. AVe return, 

 therefore, to this subject, not for the purpose of saying so much 

 about roses, that our readers will at last be confused, and scarcely 

 know whether they are on their heads or their heels, but to measure 

 out little doses of practical instruction on the various methods of 

 multiplying roses. Well, here is autumn once more, and we will tell 

 our friends how to make roses by the dozen, hundred, thousand, 

 million, if they like, by the easiest process imaginable. 



Erepare a piece of ground in a sheltered spot — if the soil is light 

 and sandy, all the better. All it requires to render it'fit for the pur- 

 pose is a good digging, and the incorporation of leaf-mould and 

 sand if the texture of the staple is at all stubborn. Make the plot 

 ready now, and leave it untouched until about the 20th, then begin 

 to make cuttings and plant them on the prepared plot. To prepare 

 the cuttings properly is a matter of the utmost importance, for 

 every cutting that is not in proper condition will perish. Little soft 

 bits of green wood are of no use at all. Cut from the rose trees 

 plenty of long stout shoots of this year's growth and of last year's 

 growth, but take none that are older than the second year, and none 

 of this season except such as are hard and firm. Cut these shoots 



