CHAPTER XXXI 



ROSES IN COLD FRAMES 



The restricted size of many gardens often precludes the 

 erection of a greenhouse, but it is rarely that room 

 cannot be found for a small frame wherein one may 

 grow some beautiful roses. Such a frame is of especial 

 value to those who live in smoky districts and near large 

 towns, for the flowers are finer than it is possible to 

 obtain out of doors; by having a few plants in a cold 

 frame, it is possible to protect them from the effects of 

 smoke and other impurities in the atmosphere. Cold 

 frames also serve the purpose of providing roses earlier 

 than they can be obtained out of doors, and the labour 

 and skill demanded are slight, while they serve admir- 

 ably for the accommodation of roses for forcing previ- 

 ous to their being taken into the heated house at intervals. 

 Cold frames may be of almost any size. The most 

 convenient are those six feet long by four feet wide. 

 The frame should be rather deeper than usual because 

 the pots in which the roses are grown are those of seven 

 or eight inches diameter and about eight inches deep. 

 The depth at the back should be about two and a half 

 feet and two feet in front. The frame may either be 

 of wood or brick, or a makeshift frame can be made by 

 digging out the soil half the necessary depth and build- 



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