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repotting rather often; but, instead of doing this, 
substitute liquid feeding, and get by that means, 
a nicely developed plant in a small pot. 
A few years back, such a thing as a climbing 
rose for winter flowering was not dreamed of, 
but with the advent of the Crimson Rambler there 
came the forcing of climbing roses, and at present, 
the demand of the New York markets alone is 
for thousands of the forced blossoms. A mistake 
made by most growers is that they stick fast to 
the Crimson Rambler. It is a good rose, to be 
sure, but there are many good roses equally 
deserving of recognition and appreciation. Doro- 
thy Perkins is a magnificent pink variety of the 
Rambler type; all the Wichuraiana hybrids are 
excellent for forcing. In fact, I have heard a 
great many people remark that they liked the 
single rose best for growing as a pot plant. Of 
‘course, the single rose is inferior for cut-flower 
purposes because of the falling of its petals, but 
all the roses described in Chapter XIII are 
splendid subjects for forcing. Go over the list, 
pick out the colours you desire, not forgetting 
to include two or three single-flowered varieties. 
The details of forcing climbing roses are simple 
even for amateurs. The whole question of suc- 
cess or failure hinges chiefly upon the matter of 
