176 CULTIVATION OF ROSES IN POTS. 



tember, shorten the overgrown shoots, and thin 

 out the slender ones, turn the plants out of the 

 pots, depriving them of some of the soil, and repot 

 in those of seven inches diameter, using a compost 

 of sand, turfy loam, and manure in equal propor- 

 tions ; they will also grow admirably in the black 

 soil from the woods, composed principally of de- 

 cayed leaves : put several pieces of broken crockery 

 in the bottom of the pot, then a portion of soil ; 

 place the plant so that its surface roots should be 

 under the rim of the pot, and then fill all round 

 with the soil ; put them in a situation partially 

 shaded — water sparingly, till they begin to grow 

 — then expose them fully to the sun and water 

 freely every day. There they may remain till 

 the middle or end of October; and in the South, 

 till N'ovember, when they should be removed to 

 the greenhouse or rooms, for flowering. Previous 

 to their removal, the pots should be washed, and 

 the plants neatly tied up. Thus treated, they will 

 mature all the buds they will then show, and pro- 

 duce a profusion of flowers again in January and 

 February. "Where there is the convenience of 

 charcoal, it will be found of prime utility in rose 

 pot-culture, broken to the size of nuts, and about 

 one-fifth mixed with the soil ; the roots will de- 

 light to ramble through it, and the foliage will be 



