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water, by placing in a small barrel a piece of "un- 

 slacked lime, about the size of a double fist, with 

 five or six pounds of flowers of sulphur, on which 

 we pour a few gallons of boiling water, mixing it 

 freely: cover it up for an hour, and then stir in 

 three or four gallons of cold water. After settling, 

 we pour off the water for use, putting about a 

 quart of it to the gallon for syringing. A recent 

 writer says, he uses one ounce of nitre to one gal- 

 lon of water, with which he syringes the plants 

 once in ten days, and finds it an effectual cure. 



PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



THAT ELOOM THE AVHOLE SEASON. 



These ma}- be propagated by budding, graft- 

 ing, or layering, as directed for roses that bloom 

 in June ; as we have before said, the latter method 

 is preferable, and makes very permanent plants. 

 They are also extensively propagated by cuttings, 

 which is the plan that now calls for our special 

 notice. There are two periods of the season, June 

 and September, in which this mode can be adopted 

 extensively and successfully, with the families of 

 Bengal, Tea, Koisette, Bourbon, and Eemontantes 

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