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off the ground, and all the remaining shoots suf- 

 fered to grow as they list. In the months of 

 July and August they may be budded after 

 the following mode : — Take some free-growing 

 beautiful Hybrid Perpetual, and place one bud in 

 the stem, mind, of your stock about nine inches 

 from the ground, and then on the opposite side of 

 the stem place another bud, and so on, shifting 

 sides to about three, or four, or five feet in height. 

 When these buds break out in the following May, 

 be sure and pinch in closely the three or four 

 buds at the top of the stock, or they will greedily 

 drink too much of the precious sap.' A rose- 

 lover must imagine the great beauty of such a 

 pillar of Jules Margottin, or Charles Lefebvre ; 

 if his constitution be not strong, the sight might 

 make him 'die of a rose in aromatic pain.' 



The most free-growing kinds, such as Jules 

 Margottin, General Jacqueminot, Triomphe de 

 FExposition, Franpois Lacharme, Alfred de Rouge- 

 mont, iMadame Clemence Joigneaux, Marechal 

 Valliant, Maurice Bernardin, Charles Lefebvre, 

 Victor Verdier, Cheshunt Hybrid, and other kinds 

 of vigorous habit ; these will form grand pyra- 

 mids from six to seven feet in height. For smaller 

 pyramids those of more moderate growtli may be 

 selected. It will scarcely be advisable to bud more 

 than one sort on a stem, as no two kinds will be 

 found equal in growth, but as a matter of fancy 

 varieties of different colours may be inserted so as 



