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can be obtained. When the crop of flowers 
is cut the plants can be treated about the 
same as the Teas, excepting they will not 
need quite so much water for a few weeks 
until they begin to grow freely again; then 
encouragement should be given them, for 
the finer the growth now the better will be 
the produce the next season. At the begin- 
ning of June they can be taken out of doors 
and receive the same treatment as young 
plants. 
Varieties suitable for forcing are numer- 
ous (see Chapter XI. for list of varieties), 
perhaps the best dark ones for very early 
work are General Jacqueminot and Fisher 
Holmes. Varieties of Tea Roses suitable for 
forcing are almost innumerable, and every 
grower has his favorites; among the newer 
sorts some of the Hybrid Teas will certainly 
rank among the first. 
For this chapter readers are indebted to Mr. 
J.N. May, of Summit, N.J., a practical cui- 
tivator, one of the most successful rosarians 
who grow flowers for the New York market. 
Roses under glass are nowhere brought to 
such perfection as in the neighborhood of 
Summit and Madison, New Jersey. In the 
English rose exhibitions are yet to be seen 
