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CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 



arbor, or to cover any disagreeable object ; 

 when in bloom, it is one mass of shaded 

 crimson-purple ; very hardy, growing in any 

 situation. 



RussELLiANA, or CoTTAGE RosE, is another 

 luxuriant growing rose, and will form a py- 

 ramid from the base to the summit of great 

 beauty ; the colors are scarlet, rich crimson 

 and purple ; the flowers are double, and 

 produced in large clusters. It also makes 

 a good stock for buddingother varieties upon. 

 Prince Albert, hybrid perpetual. A ce. 

 lebrated rose of perfect form, large and fra- 

 grant, of a purple or rich crimson color, ac- 

 cording to the season ; a constant bloomer 

 in rich soil ; grows luxuriantly, quite hardy ; 

 makes a fine pillar of six or eight feet, and 

 indispensable in the smallest collection. 



Rivers' George the 'povkih, hybrid China. 

 Every person, pardon me, every lover of 

 roses, has heard of George the Fourth. With 

 few equals, and none to surpass it of its 

 color, it grows freely with me, though I pre- 

 sume it will be rather tender in a more nor- 

 thern latitude. The flowers are full four 

 inches in diameter, of a very rich crimson 

 color ; in profusion ; makes an elegant pil- 

 lar of about ten feet high. 



Vandael, hybrid China, in size and form 

 is similar to the Brennus ; of a rich, shaded 

 violet-crimson color ; quite fragrant ; grows 

 luxuriantly ; greatly admired. 



Violet de Belgique is also a hybrid 

 China, of a coquettish character, being some 

 seasons of a crimson-violet color, while in 

 others of a rich bluish-violet (approaching 

 to what has been often said to exist, a blue 

 rose — a color that we never expect to see 

 in the family ;) flowers of medium size, very 



perfect, fragrant and quite desirable ; with 

 a little stretch of the imagination may be 

 called a blue rose. 



Belle Theresa, hybrid China. The 

 darkest of Roses, but to show its color re- 

 quires to be kept from the sun. The flow- 

 ers are under medium size, produced in pro- 

 fuse clusters of rich dark purple-crimson ; a 

 rampant grower. 



King of Hybrids, or Saunder Panache, 

 is as yet the only striped rose of this pillar- 

 ing family ; perfectly double, cup formed, 

 of a bright rose color, distinctly and invaria- 

 bly striped or spotted with blush-white ; 

 grows freely, but if pruned severely will 

 not produce a blossom. It will, I doubt, be 

 too tender for very cold latitudes, though 

 perfectly hardy hffre. 



The above are descriptions from nature, 

 feebly given I admit, though accurate in 

 the whole. Priming is of vast importance 

 in procuring a profuse bloom — even many- 

 practical men show very little knowledge in 

 pruning the different classes of the Rose. 

 The shoots of those now described may at 

 any time be thinned out, where too thickly 

 crowded together. Any time from Novem- 

 ber to March, (or farther north, in March or 

 April,) give them a general pruning by cut- 

 ting back about ont-third off" the extremity 

 of the shoots. The tender sorts are greatly 

 benefitted by a slight protection of spruce, 

 cedar or fir branches. Good cultivators al- 

 ways cover the roots with leaves, manure, 

 or any convenient litter during winter, and 

 enrich the ground every spring with tho- 

 roughly decomposed manure or leaf-mould 

 from the woods. 



Rosa. 



Preservation of apples. — The use of dry 

 sand was recommeuded by the late Noah 



through the winter. When packed in it 

 the flavor is not lost, and all mustiness aris 



Webster, as excellent for preserving apples ing from evaporation of moisture prevented 



