FORCING ROSES. Q7 
during clear days. The fire should be lowered and 
shut off in the morning during very bright and _ pro- 
mising sunny days in March, merely just keeping it in, 
and at three P.M. pull out the damper and stir up the 
fire, but the heat should not be allowed to rise too high 
during the night, merely enough to secure progress at 
a low temperature, say 40° or 45°. The heat of the 
house during the day may be maintained at 70° or 75°. 
In my opinion there is no branch of forcing that 
will better repay the trouble and expense than a house 
devoted solely to the production of Moss Roses for the 
market. All these are especial favourites with the fair 
sex; and I ask, what can be more beautiful than the 
half-open bud of a moss rose, with its curious calyx 
half enveloping the beautiful pink, white, or crimson 
bud, forming as it were love in a shrine? and of these 
none deserves more attention than the Crested Pro- 
vence. This is a rose not generally known; I am con- 
vinced, however, that it needs only to be known to be 
properly appreciated. There is, I think, a mistaken 
idea about this flower. Some regard it as a moss 
rose, but I am convinced it is not a true moss, but 
a Provence, for it bears all the characteristics of - 
that species; on some occasions it will be entirely 
destitute of moss, and then no one can distinguish it 
from a true Provence rose. The large foliage and the 
growth exactly coincide with this kind. Nothing 
among roses can equal a half-open bud of this class, 
with its extraordinary and long, mossy-pointed calyx 
enveloping the lovely pink bud. 
To succeed well with this rose, grow it strong, and 
prune it but very moderately, merely taking a few 
inches off the points of the last season’s growth; or, if 
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