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taken to give them sufficient watering, and in their whole 

 management to subject them as nearly as possible to the 

 conditions of open culture. When the green-fly appears, 

 it is immediately destroyed by fumigation with tobacco, 

 and the plants are subsequently syringed with clean wa- 

 ter. With this management, they soon begin to show 

 signs of life, the bud commences pushing forth its deli- 

 cate, light green shoot, the leaves then appear, the plant, 

 soon growing with luxuriance, is clothed with rich foli- 

 age, and about the middle of the third month, the house 

 presents a mass of thrifty growth and perfect bloom. 



By the means above described, roses may be forced 

 into bloom the latter part of winter ; and by observing 

 some care to bring them into the house at different peri- 

 ods, in regular succession, a bloom can be enjoyed through 

 all the spring months, until roses bloom in the open 

 ground. This process cannot, however, be continued two 

 years in succession without weakening the plant; and al- 

 though, if placed in a shady spot, and allowed to rest 

 during the summer, it may sufficiently recover to perform 

 the same work another year, it is desirable, if possible, 

 to have fresh plants, whose strength has not been exhaust- 

 ed by the unusual effort attending the production of flow- 

 ers out of season. 



The preceding directions apply more particularly to 

 late forcing ; and although the same means, with an earli- 

 er application of heat, will produce flowers early in winter, 

 yet the true art of early forcing consists in gradually 

 bringing the Rose out of its season ; and it is only by this 

 mode that thrifty plants and perfect flowers can be pro- 

 duced before Christmas. 



Two years, and sometimes three, should be employed in 

 preparing a Rose for early forcing. Having been prepared 

 by digging around it with a sharp spade some two weeks 

 previously, the plant should be taken up immediately 

 after the first frost, placed in a cold frame a few days, to 



