HOSES IN NOVEMBER. 



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readers ; and I resolved to make a little article on 

 the subject, so that all lovers of roses may, if they 

 please, prolong the enjoyment of their beauties. 



The roses which I gathered were all Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, and of the fol- 

 lowing varieties : Baronne 

 Prevost, Mrs. Elliott, Robin 

 Hood, Geant des Batailles, 

 LaReine, Dr. Marx, Duchess 

 of Sutherland, Madame 

 Laffay, Countess Duchatel, 

 and some others. Now, 

 working out a system from 

 the above accident, I should 

 recommend that a bed in 

 every rose-garden be appro- 

 priated to these winter roses, 

 proceeding thus: — Presuming that plants one, 

 two, or three years old are convenient, or that a 

 bed of Hybrid Perpetuals can be appropriated, 

 the plants should be taken up in February, their 

 long roots shortened to about half their length, 

 the fibrous roots left untouched, and their heads 

 left unpruned. They should then be planted 

 thickly under a north wall, or fence, and remain 

 there till the end of April. They may then be 

 taken up ; their heads closely pruned, as in the 

 annexed figure, which is that of a dwarfed Standard 

 Rose pruned for late flowering. 



A bed must be prepared for them, which can- 



