■WILDERNESS ROSES. 231 



Large sewer tubes, rejected on account of flaws 

 in the enamel-lining, were sunk vertically in the 

 pure gravelly soil to within an inch or so of the 

 surface, and filled in with loam and manure, and a 

 rose planted in the centre of each. The soil in 

 the tube was kept free from weeds, and the run- 

 ning grass, and other weeds outside were pre- 

 vented making their way into such good quarters. 

 To give the roses extra vigour, some manure 

 water was given to them occasionally in the 

 summer. The effect of roses growing in the 

 hiahest state of luxuriance in a wilderness was 

 most charming. The inside diameter of fhese 

 tubes is 1 6 inches, their length 30 inches, so that 

 they go below the roots of weeds, which would 

 otherwise soon devour the rich compost in which 

 the roses delight. 



Every alternate year, in November, the tube 

 should be emptied, filled with fresh compost, and 

 the roses replanted in them. 



EAELY SPRIXa ROSES. 



The Hybrid Perpetuals are the only roses adapted 

 for this mode of culture, which is very simple. 

 About the end of August select some plants in a 

 bed of roses, that you wish to bloom very early in 



