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scene of enchantment that language cannot portray. 

 It is not necessary to remove the old soil ; very 

 decayed manure (with an addition of road or 

 river sand to heavy soils) well incorporated wdth 

 it, twelve to eighteen inches deep, is all that is 

 required. 



GROWING ROSES FROM SEED. 



To the amateur this opens a field of very inte- 

 resting amusement. It is an object which may 

 profitably occupy every leisure moment. The time 

 spent upon impregnating, saving the seed, sowing, 

 and watching every movement of the plant, till it 

 develops its beauties of inflorescence, will be amply 

 compensated should the rose prove of new charac- 

 ter. If not worthy, it is at least a good stock to 

 be used in budding or grafting upon, and even 

 then causes no loss. In the centre of many roses 

 there are a number of thready filaments sur- 

 mounted by what botanists term anthers ; these 

 are small oval forms, which, when ripe, contain a 

 quantity of pollen or yellow dust, which can easily 

 be perceived between the finger and the thumb 

 after giving them a gentle pressure. This pollen, 

 though to the naked eye a fine powder, and light 



