OCTOBER 261 



new varieties are introduced each year, so many, in- 

 deed, that amateurs may well be bewildered in making 

 a selection. The pages of The Gardener may be studied 

 with advantage. 



Standard Briers from the hedgerows may now be 

 collected and planted. All who intend to exhibit 

 should plant a number of these. Briers about two 

 feet high, for forming half-standards, are the most 

 desirable. 



Cuttings may still be planted. This is a suitable 

 time to replant roses that appear somewhat worn out. 

 Dig them up and place them in soil while the ground 

 is trenched and manured. When replanting, give each 

 bush a shovelful or two of compost consisting of equal 

 parts of loam, well-rotted manure, and leaf-soil, and 

 half a pint of bonemeal. Roses in pots should be placed 

 under cover so that they may be safe from early 

 frosts. 



Roses to be forced into early bloom may now be 

 purchased, but it is far better to pot up one's own plants 

 and thus save considerable expense in carriage, besides 

 probably obtaining superior plants. Procure nice bushy 

 maiden plants, and pot them during the first two weeks 

 of the month. The beautiful Polyantha roses, if potted 

 now, make excellent plants for room or conservatory. 

 They do not require large pots, those five inches wide 

 being the best. Any extra long shoots on rose plants 

 out of doors should be shortened by about one-third, to 

 prevent damage by gales. 



