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in a very short time. These are only a few of the 
advantages derived from growing the delicate kinds 
of Roses under glass, and it is almost needless to 
attempt to picture to the Rose amateur the delightful 
and pleasurable occupation which a Rose conser- 
vatory affords at all seasons of the year, for it can 
more easily be imagined than described. 
I had long contemplated the idea, as well as the 
necessity, of having conservatories in which to plant 
out all tender kinds of Roses, but not until the 
destruction occasioned by the severe winter of 
1860-6], was I fully determined to carry out this 
object. During that season nearly every Tea- 
scented, China, and Noisette Rose not under glass 
was totally killed, this disaster being attributable as 
much, perhaps, to the cold, wet, sunless summer 
preceding, as the the severity of the winter. I then 
determined to erect a large conservatory, wherein 
to plant out all Tea-scented, China, and Noisette 
Roses. This conservatory is 140 feet in length, 24 
feet in width, and has a,well-prepared bed, 11 feet 
wide, made the entire length of the house, with 34 
feet walks passing round, upon either side of which 
are tan pits, 3 feet wide, for growing specimen 
plants in pots. The centre bed is divided into seven 
rows, the centre row being planted with Maréchal 
Niel, Lamarque, Climbing Devoniensis, Reine Marie 
Henriette, Cheshunt Hybrid, Gloire de Dijon, 
Celine Forestier, William Allen Richardson, Belle 
Lyonnaise, &c. ; these are trained upon iron-wire 
pillars to the top of the house, which by-the-bye, is 
16 feet in height. The other rows are planted with 
