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should not be planted ; but the remedy is simple, 

 for by planting pyramidal roses on the Manetti 

 stock, as directed in p. 114, no soil obstacle re- 

 mains, and the rose lover may cultivate his 

 favourite flower in the sands of Bagshot, the 

 blowing sands of Norfolk, or the equally light 

 sands of the neighbourhood of Folkestone. 



Eoses on the Manetti stock require no admix- 

 ture of clay to make them flourish, and but a 

 small quantity of manure ; still they are benefited 

 by surface manures ; which should be applied in 

 November and suffered to subside by the rains of 

 winter, which take it to the roots by the usual 

 process of nature. 



I have never yet seen a soil so bad as to require 

 to be removed ; if very stiff, sand, burnt earth, 

 and manure may be mixed with it, so as to make 

 it fit for roses on Dog Eose stocks ; if very light, 

 plant roses on the Manetti stock. 



Numerous platitudes have been penned on the 

 subject of soils for roses, so it may not be out of 

 place to condense in the following summary my 

 opinion. 



Standard and dwarf Standard Eoses, on Dog 

 Eose stocks, may be successfully cultivated in soils 

 consisting of stiff loamy clay, whether calcareous 

 or ferruginous : in rich sandy loams resting on 

 clay ; in low alluvial bottoms where standing 

 water is not less than two feet from the surface ; 

 and in deep dark-coloured vegetable soils. 



