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grow Roses long, and in the end (to say nothing of the annoyance it 

 causes those who cultivate them) will prove not only more laborious than 

 wise and judicious treatment, but will also lessen the chances of pro- 

 ducing creditable blooms. The Rose-house that has to produce 

 Roses from the New Year onwards must now be in the autumn of 

 its growth, to be followed shortly with as complete a rest as it is 

 possible to force upon Tea kinds grown under glass. They have a 

 great inclination to continue to grow, whatever system may be followed 

 to bring them completely to rest. This can only be accomplished by 

 giving full ventilation day and night, with the doors standing wide 

 open. The atmosphere should be kept dry, as well as the soil about 

 their roots ; but not overdone, or injury to the roots will be the 

 result, as Roses should not suffer for want of water during any 

 season of their growth. The cold nights towards the end of Septem- 

 ber, when full air is left on, act wonderfully in bringing them com- 

 pletely to rest — an essential point in their cultivation. The flower- 

 buds in the Rose-house should be removed as soon as they appear 

 after the beginning or middle of July. By allowing blooms to grow 

 and develop until pruning-time, the plants are considerably injured 

 for the following season. Opinions appear to differ on this point, 

 and some contend that the production of blooms does not exhaust or 

 impede growth. I am., however, convinced that it does, and more 

 especially with such varieties as are suitable for the bed in the Rose- 

 house proper, being continuous bloomers, and differing much in this 

 respect from such kinds as Gloire de Dijon, that flower prof usely in the 

 early season, and then devote the remainder of the season to growth 

 and recruiting themselves ; and during the growing period only pro- 

 duce, comparatively speaking, a few solitary blooms. The mistake 

 that often arises in gathering blooms from the Rose-house until a late 

 date is a lack of forethought, when the outside supply is growing 

 scarce. A good number should be grown in pots for an autumn 

 supply. La France for this purpose is really a gem, and, like many 

 Tea kinds, continues to bloom as long as required. I have some plants 

 at the present time that have been flowering over six months, and would 

 doubtless, if allowed, go on for three or four months longer. Some 

 of the varieties of Bennett's Hybrid Teas will, from my experience, 

 prove valuable for pot-culture, although I do not think any of them 

 can compare for usefulness in every respect to that beautiful variety 

 just referred to. A box of blooms in the exhibition tent scarcely 

 appears complete without a bloom of La France, which is always 

 conspicuous. It is questionable if ever Bennett's varieties become so 

 popular in this respect, and will by many be condemned as useless. 

 Cultivators generally are very liable to rush to hasty conclusions at 

 the non-appearance of kinds in the exhibition tent, and upon these 

 grounds exclude them as poor and worthless. Their merits as exhibi- 

 tion blooms are not sufficient to indicate their usefulness. What would 



