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considerable depth, plant in an airy situation, and 

 never near a tree, or any other bush which ex- 

 hausts the soil, and deteriorates the color of the 

 flower. The best season for pruning is as early 

 in the spring as their buds show a disposition to 

 swell ; in doing so, cut out all the dead wood, 

 shorten any of the young shoots that are irregu- 

 lar ; the old stinted wood should be cut as near 

 the ground as possible ; that the bush may stand 

 free and regularly, thin all over ; dig in among 

 their roots every season a good supply of rich 

 compost or old manure, and stir and hoe them 

 frequently during the summer. The remarks we 

 have made upon the culture of the Tea Rose will 

 not be misapplied if practised on the Bengal, though 

 these last are invariably more hardy. There are 

 about one hundred varieties of them cultivated, 

 though one-half of that number will give every 

 variety and character, compared with which most 

 of the others will be found worth neither name 

 nor culture. Aglae Lotli^ shaded rose fading to 

 dark red, very double, and perfect form. Arance 

 de Navaro^ sent out as a Tea, but evidently a 

 Bengal, of a pale rosy pink color, very profuse 

 and double. Archduke Charles is a noble variety, 

 opening a bright rose color, and changing to 

 crimson ; the points of the petals are frequently 

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