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them off for a few weeks in a cold house or pit 
before turning them out of doors. When ready to 
be taken out, top-dress with rich soil, and plunge all 
the hardy kinds in an open airy situation, there to 
remain until required for the next season’s work. 
About September or October let them be re-potted, 
take off a portion of the old soil, trim the roots, and 
pot into rich compost as before recommended. The 
same plants may be forced annually for several 
years, provided they are carefully attended to, and 
not allowed to be forced or bloom more than once 
during the same season. 
The French accomplish much in the way of 
forced Roses and their mode of growing them in 
small-sized pots for market is very clever. The 
plants which they use for this purpose are all 
budded upon the Dog Rose, of all heights, from 
dwarfs to standards, and the pots in which they are 
grown are rarely more than seven or eight inches in 
diameter, and many are grown in five or six-inch 
pots. The plants have a very unique appearance, 
and are usually loaded with deliciously fragrant 
flowers. With few exceptions, the gardens or 
nurseries where these are grown are small and 
untidy, and the glass houses of the rudest descrip- 
tion, having the most poverty-stricken appearance ; 
nevertheless, the healthy growth of the plants 
therein show that they have been well tended, and 
that the growers know full well how to manage 
them. 
One of the largest establishments for forced Roses 
have ever seen, and which, I believe, is the largest 
