498 THE GARDENER. [Nov. 



ground likely to be injured by frost. Fern or coal-ashes does well 

 for the purpose. Myrtles or any other less hardy plants on walls 

 might be covered with fern or spruce branches and straw. Tender 

 Roses may be lifted, and their roots placed in soil under a wall or 

 similar place, where they can be protected. Rose-planting may be 

 finished without delay. Well-trenched heavy loam, in which is mixed 

 plenty of good rotten manure, is most suitable. A quantity of fresh 

 turfy loam placed with each plant in process of planting, will give 

 health and vigour to the plants ; a good mulching for protection after 

 the planting is done will keep them safe from frost. The grafted 

 parts should be well protected. Bedding and other plants now re- 

 quire careful attention ; no more water should be given than is abso- 

 lutely necessary, and always enough to moisten all the soil about the 

 roots. Open clean surfaces do much for health. Impure damp air 

 is a great evil. Hardy plants in pots, if not under cover, should have 

 the roots plunged in coal-ashes. Heaths and Camellias, when mixed 

 with other plants in structures, should be kept in the coolest end 

 where air can be freely given, and the more tender things where 

 they would be best protected from draughts, &c. Violets and Roses 

 flowering in pots require plenty of air and light ; also Primulas and 

 Cinerarias to succeed Chrysanthemums ; but they stand little frost. 



M. T. 



HOW TO OBTAIN ROSES ON THEIR, OWN ROOTS. 



I have read in a contemporary an article under the heading of "Roses 

 for Hedges." This is a good idea — one I, as an old Rose cultivator, 

 have long believed in and practised. The month of November, into 

 which we are just entering, is a busy time for me as a grower of Roses, 

 as during that month I put in my cuttings, and plant Brier and 

 Manetti stocks for budding. With regard to cuttings, it is of the 

 greatest importance to get them all planted before severe frosts set in 

 and the ground gets too cold. Although both the dog-Rose and 

 Manetti are hardy, they are 'apt to suffer from the effect of frost if 

 exposed to it after they are taken up, and weak shoots, instead of strong 

 healthy growth, results. 



In any place where there is a great demand for cut Roses, every ex- 

 ertion should be made to keep up a sufficient supply. I always make 

 it a rule here to supply the table with cut Roses during eight months 

 out of the twelve : in March and April I get blooms from plants 



