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house to which the upper portion of the cuttings are 
exposed. The temperature of the sand on the cutting 
bed must be retained at from 65° to 70°, with the tem- 
perature of the house 10° less. With the maintainance 
of an even temperature, frequent syringing and sprink- 
ling to keep up a proper degree of atmospheric moisture, 
and a judicious shading from.the warm and drying sun- 
shine, Roses will under these circumstances root in from 
twenty to twenty-five days anytime from September te 
January. 
POTTING. 
As soon as the reots begin to form they should 
be potted up. It is a mistake to allow them to make toe 
much roots in the sand before potting. A nice mixture 
of stiff loam, with about one-third well decayed cow 
manure and a little sprinkling of sand, answers this pur- 
pose admirably. Fora couple of weeks after potting they 
should be subjected to about the same temperature as 
that of the propagation house, as at this tender stage of 
growth they cannot stand any great change of tempera- 
ture. As soon as they show signs of making new growth 
and the root action becoming active, they may be ex- 
posed to the full light of the sun and freely ventilated 
and syringed daily, and as their growth demands it, if 
intended to be grown in pots, they should be changed te 
larger pots from time to time. Where they are intended 
for out door planting, they may be set out assoon as they 
attain a fair size and fill the pots they are first put inte 
from the cutting bed, with a good ball of roots. The 
same sand should never be used a second time for the 
next batch of cuttings. This sand is good enough to root 
several batches of Geraniums and soft wooded plants 
after the Rose cuttings are taken out of it, but to have 
