350 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CHAP. 
seasons, the month of Roses, H.P.s being a little 
later than the old-fashioned Roses of the poets. 
The last week in June and the first fortnight in July 
are roughly the general bounds of ‘‘ the season” for 
the metropolitan latitude. Rose shows will be in full 
swing, and exhibitors for a time will have enough to 
do in cutting their blooms and rushing about the 
country night and day to the various shows. 
Mildew often gets a chance now of establishing 
itself, and hoeing and aphides are too frequently 
neglected. It is harvest time, and the details of 
culture) are naturally neglected for a while. Still, 
even before the show-boxes are put away, budding 
will have commenced with Tea buds on standards 
stocks, as these stocks often suffer from a stagnation 
of sap in August, and Tea buds, which cannot always 
be got in sufficient quantity, will stand the winter 
better if they be budded early. 
While the Roses are still at their best, it is 
advisable that notes be made of the colours and 
good or bad qualities of unfamiliar varieties, as even 
a good memory may hold a somewhat unreliable 
picture of certain flowers if they be not accurately 
judged in comparison with others, and the results 
of observation commited to writing at once. Now 
is the time to condemn certain sorts for weeding out 
and to determine to grow more of others. If it be 
found that some variety does better in a certain 
situation or on a particular stock, especial notice 
should be taken of the fact. The foundations of a 
good deal of work for the rest of the year may 
depend upon a few days’ observation. All flowers 
should be cut as soon as they are faded, if not before, 
