CHAPTER X 
ROSES UNDER GLASS 
THIs is a large subject, capable of being treated 
at considerable length, for if there is so much to be 
said upon the growing of Roses out of doors under 
natural conditions, even more care, skill, and 
experience are required for their cultivation under 
artificial circumstances, and at unnatural seasons. 
There would, however, I think, be no need for such 
a treatise in this book, even if I were capable of 
compiling it. Professional Rosarians and skilled 
gardeners have nothing to learn from me in this 
matter. I write for the genuine amateur Rose 
grower and Rose lover who takes a warm personal 
interest in his favourite flowers. If he be wealthy 
enough to grow and force them on a large scale he 
will no doubt employ a man who has learned the 
art under more able guidance than mine; but for 
others I hope to give some general principles and 
outlines of routine which should help those who 
wish to make ‘‘a bit of glass’’ useful in the cultiva- 
tion of the Rose. 
The glass-house for Roses, whether it be merely a 
‘pit’ or ‘‘lean-to,”’ or a more ambitious structure, 
should run lengthways north and south, so as to 
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