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are by no means inferior to those on the standards, as the greater portion of the 

 flowers that have this year brought nie ten first prizes, including four silver 

 cups, have been cut from these beds. 



Perhaps the cause of the pegged-down system not being more general, is the 

 length of time required to bring the plants into perfection, viz., three years ; but 

 against this drawback the cultivator must consider that they never wear out, as 

 the young wood only is each year pegged down, all the old blooming shoots 

 being cut away. Some of my beds have been planted twelve years, and are in as 

 fine condition now as when they were three years old. 



To those who contemplate growing Roses on this plan, I will give a few words 

 of advice. Obtain plants on their own roots only : do not be persuaded to plant 

 any others. Plant this autumn, and cut down to two or three eyes next spring. 

 The next spring cut' down to about four or five eyes, and by the following spring 

 you will have shoots from four to eight feet long, which will produce the effect 

 I have endeavoured to picture. One cause of the great beauty of these Eoses is 

 that both flowers and foliage are brought under the eye, yet not so low as to 

 become soiled and spoiled by the storms. Another advantage that I have not 

 yet spoken of, is, that the Eoses are in bloom both earlier and later than on any 

 other system, as the points of the rods are always into bloom before the base, and 

 when the latter portion has bloomed, the young strong shoots from the stool 

 produce such magnificent flowers up to nearly Christmas as can be obtained in 

 no other way that I am acquainted with. Let the ground be well trenched and 

 manured ; plant roses on their own roots only ; and I am sure the cultivator 

 will be gratified with his experience of Pegged-down Eoses. 



The Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Charles James Perry. 



HOW I GOT OVER MY " DISENDOWMENT." 



V3B0UT two years ago, owing to a change in the government of this place, 

 I was " disendowed " from having my usual supply o£ Manure from the 

 farm-yard, and was told that if I must have manure, I must buy it. 

 These were hard lines ; for to send "to Coventry" for manure would 

 have taken more of our time and money than my estimate would permit. There 

 was, however, no getting away from the fact that I was disendowed of my chief 

 staple,, "manure," — that which gardeners so much depend upon for the produc- 

 tion of good vegetables, and which are required at this place in no very moderate 

 quantities. The problem generally held before the gardener to solve is this, — 

 Given a piece of land, how to grow, during all your life (and the lives of as 

 many as may live and die in the culture of that piece of land), a good and 

 plentiful supply of vegetables, rich and crisp, and in every way equal to vege- 

 tables seen at any one's table. In my case, the supply of vegetables was to be 

 nothing short of that produced previously to the disendowment of manure, and I 

 had to set about the manufacture of manure as best I could. 



