CULTIVATIOX OF ROSES IN POTS. 175 



of cultivators and amateurs to it; they may yet 

 bring to view flowers of more perfect character 

 and of more brilliant colors than any of the pre- 

 ceding, and even possessing, in a greater degree, 

 tbe odor wbich appertains to the original species. 

 It is true, we have the Pinh Mush Cluster^ Red 

 Mush Cluster^ Frazerii^ and some others, but, as we 

 have already said, they are worthless. 



CULTIYATIOX OF EOSES IX POTS, 



FOR TPIE GREENHOUSE OR ROOMS. 



A SELECTION, for this purpose, should be made 

 from the Tea, Bengal, and Bourbon families, all 

 on their own roots, or budded very low. Presum- 

 ing that these roses are already in pots, or to be 

 procured from the nurserymen in the smalP pots 

 they are generally grown in for sale, they should 

 at once be placed into those of six inches in diame- 

 ter, carefully and freely watered, during July and 

 August, cutting off all the flower-buds they show 

 in the latter month. About the middle of Sep- 



■^ The plants for winter blooming should be ordered from the 

 Tenders of an extra size; the very small plants sold at Zo?:- prices 

 would defeat the object. 



