THE ROSE FORCING HOUSE. 93 
convinced that there is already an abundance of these 
commercial forcing houses for all classes of plants as 
well as for Roses, which might be my excuse for not 
giving an illustration of what I consider a useful and 
economical house for the purpose. If the reader refers 
to most builders’ lists of prices for the erection of such 
a place, he or she will find that my estimate for the 
same class of house is fully 50 per cent. below theirs. 
Considering all the advantages connected with the 
effectual forcing of very early Roses, there can be 
no better constructed house than one like the 
Cucumber house. This is capable of holding a great 
number of large-sized pots, It is sixty feet long, four- 
teen feet wide, with other good proportions for trade 
purposes. The pits ¢ ¢ may either be retained or dis- 
pensed with, but in my opinion the retention of them, 
filled with leaves and tan, will be most beneficial in 
Rose forcing. 
Roses will force without bottom heat very well, 
but they do much better plunged in fermenting 
materials where a moist temperature can be maintained. 
It will be found that under such circumstances a more 
healthy and robust state of the foliage and flower buds 
will ensue. This house will hold 500 large Roses in 
nine-inch pots, and capable of giving at the least twenty- 
five good cut flowers; that would be 12,500 at say 3s. 
per dozen—ll. 5s. per 100=156l. 5s. for cut Roses 
from this house from the month of February till the 
end of April. They may then all be removed from 
the house and set outside in a sheltered spot and pro- 
tected from the cold cutting winds by placing mats 
over them at night for a week or two. 
Previous to their removal, cool down the tempera- 
