CHAPTER V. 
THE ROSE FORCING HOUSE. 
It is a well-known and established fact among good 
floriculturists that it is highly advantageous and 
effective to devote a whole house, whether it be large 
or small, to a single class, especially in forcing. There 
is;no doubt some peculiarity belonging to every genus 
of plants that requires, in a measure, some distinct 
treatment, under which the class will do much better 
than when it is treated only partially. The treatment 
necessary to the proper development of its character 
can thus be better carried out, and in no case is it more 
necessary than in the forcing of Roses. 
The Rose may be forced with other plants, it is true, 
but there is no class that requires more individual 
attention daily than this flower, which when so treated 
with other plants seldom gets what is absolutely 
necessary for its proper cultivation, and this from 
various causes. Light, heat, and moisture are the 
chief elements required in forcing the Rose. The term 
‘forcing’ may be modified considerably, and some 
wider range allowed for what is commonly understood 
by the term by some persons ; but in this case it refers 
to the cultivation of flowers for cutting by February, 
March, and April. 
