O8 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
the wood made the last season is two feet long, six inches 
may be cut off the points, and an abundance of flowers 
will be the result. Moss roses may, as a rule, be 
pruned very close. It is better to select a good many 
of each sort than to have a great variety for forcing, 
and I am quite convinced that for cut flowers itis much 
better to select them from old, well-known prolific sorts, 
than to have some of the more shy-flowered among 
the newer kinds. Many of the delicate Tea roses are 
very beautiful, but too shy of flower for forcing for the 
sake of profit. 
In packing cut flowers for market, every bud should 
be wrapped in tissue-paper, slightly twisting the paper 
carefully round it so as to hold it a little firm, in order 
to keen it from the air and further development. 
