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we have ' real merry days of June,' with a glowing 

 ^nd unclouded sun, how agreeable would be the 

 shade of the ' rosarium,' how beautiful the tints 

 of the flowers thus shaded, and how delightful 

 their perfume !" If the weather be warm and dry, 

 roses placed in a temporary erection of this kind 

 should be carefully, but not too abundantly, 

 watered every evening — and what is better than 

 saturating the pots with water — the central path 

 should be sprinkled two or three times a day, and 

 water poured on the ground between the pots. 

 The canvas covering should always be drawn up 

 in calm cloudy weather, day and night, for roses 

 are impatient of confinement. 



CULTURE OF EOSES IN POTS FOR 

 EXHIBITION. 



The most elegant pot roses for exhibition may be 

 selected from these families recommended for 

 greenhouse culture ; but as it is now the fashion 

 for Horticultural Societies to offer prizes for 

 ' roses in pots,' it becomes my duty to offer a few 

 observations on growing hardy varieties of roses 

 in pots, so as to form very large plants. I must 

 here caution the reader that occasional disappoint- 

 ment must be expected in growing them in pots 



