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ber, and lay their roots in the ground near a 

 north wall or fence, their heads resting against 

 the wall ; over these a mat should be nailed during 

 frost. For forcing or blooming early in spring 

 in the greenhouse, they form beautiful plants, 

 budded on neat stems about one foot in height : 

 these, if potted in November, give abundance of 

 flowers in spring, of a larger size than when 

 grown on their own roots. Other modes of pro- 

 tection of standards and dwarf standards are, 

 either to remove them to some warm shed in 

 November, and lay their roots in damp mould, or 

 to reduce their heads and give each plant an oiled 

 paper cap. This is a mode practised in the north 

 of Italy with great success, to protect their tender 

 roses and other plants ; and though paper caps 

 may not be thought objects of ornament on an 

 English lawn, yet the method will be found very 

 eligible in many cases. In March, those that have 

 been laid in the shed for protection may be re- 

 moved to the flower borders, pruning off all 

 superfluous and dead shoots ; they will bloom the 

 following summer in great perfection, and in 

 general surpass those that have been suffered to 

 remain in the ground without protection. Some 

 of the varieties are much more robust and vigor- 

 ous than others, and equally beautiful as those of 

 more delicate habits : it will therefore be scarcely 

 worth while to grow any but what are of known 

 hardihood and vigour. I have pointed out some 



