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Tkkatmknt ok a Rose Bush. — I liiivo posBCSsed foi- iimiiy yiars ft very fine ftruflcd Rose bush of 

 tlic kind oulloJ Cloth of Gold ; tliose possess the jioculiarity of blooming finely and freely, with 

 very large flowers, when iu the green-liouse ; but in the open air the roses are not nearly so 

 roMiarkuble. My bush began to run some three years ago very rampantly ; but my gardener 

 rcularly eiit it down to j>roduce grafts from, losing the roses. I deternjined to "moke an 

 example" of the specimen, and proceeded as follows, M'ith what results you shall hear. 



I planted the bush under the drawing-room front window, and made a plant-case, covering the 

 sides with bark to make it sightly. As soon as heavy frosts set in, I bent down the stem and 

 fixed it there with a pronged stick, covering the whole, which had now a fine head, with glass. 

 Being near the door, and under constant observation, I treated it as is usual with salad or cucum- 

 ber beds — that is, I gave it plenty of air when the sun Wiis on it, or the air was sufficiently warm. 



The result has been, my pet has been raised uj) in the spring in the most extraordinary vigor, 

 health, and beauty. This year it came forth with eighty-four enormous buds, followed by 

 giant flowers, so much so that it became a perfect show to the neighborhood. I branched 

 the runners to stakes, and it now measures twenty-one feet in length, and next year will mount 

 to the second story on a special trellis. It is now perfecting a second eei-ies of buds, and will 

 continue to bloom till late in the fall. I may add, that I have watered it and my other roses 

 once a week with a solution of sulphate of ammonia, in the proportion of one pound to thirty 

 gallons. Lovei-s of roses will do well to try the exjicriment with Cloth of Gold, Soffrana, 

 Solfatare, &c. J. J. S. — Germantown, Pa. 



I RE.\D with much interest in the Horticulturist for June, 1853, "Hint? on Pinching." It was 

 confined to pinching trees, but it recalled to my memory an exjierimeut I once made in Newport, 

 R. I., with some cucumber vines. I had a narrow border, not more than two feet and a half 

 wide, on the edge of a paved yard enclosed by a high board fence. I planted three cucumber 

 hills in the border, and laid some brush (such as are used for pea-vines) between them and the 

 board fence. As soon as they crept up to the top of the brush, I pinched off the ends of the vine 

 which thickened rapidly around the roots, and in every direction throwing out the most vigorous 

 foliage and a profusion of flowers. I did not allow the cucumbers to grow large, but watched 

 them, and such as I wished to reserve for the table, I picked as soon as they became of proper 

 size; all the rest were carefully gathered every day for pickles, every day pinching ofi" the bud at 

 the end of every shoot. In this way the hills continued fresh and productive until they were 

 touched by frost. Some judgment can be formed of the value of this practice when I add, that 

 more than a barrel of pickles were made from the three hills, beside allowing a supply for the 

 table. Whenever a leaf began to look rusty or yellowish it was removed, and every cucumber 

 and leaf was cut off with large scissors, so as not to disturb or wound the vine. There is an 

 advantage in having them run up on bushes instead of trailing over the ground, because they 

 are much injured by being trodden on ; and by being kejit low on the bushes they can be easily 

 and thoroughly examined every d.ay, which is essential, for if one or two cucumbers are over- 

 looked and grow very large, it stops the yield of that vine. n. s. 



Sheltee. — A correspondent writing from Truinansbiirg, N. Y., says : 

 "I think your article on 'Shelter' is particularly applicable to my case, as I have an orchard 

 of from one to two hundred peach trees growing in an exposed situation which have been old 

 enough to bear three years, and not a peach has yet set on them, to my knowledge, though the 

 trees grow veiy luxuriantly, so much so as to attract the attention of all who see them. I attri- 

 bute their failure to produce peaches to the cold winds, as peach trees within eighty rods of them 

 bear regularly though in no more favorable situation, except having buildings and an 

 orchard on the north-west of them, which screens them from the cold winds." 



