100 PIOTORIAL PRACTICAL ROSE GROWING. 
roots examined. Any decaying ones should be cut away, and 
the cthers carefully coiled in the new pots. The fresh soil should 
then be filled in and made firm by steady, gentle pressure. In 
the case of plants which have reached their pot limit, they may 
be turned out, the drainage examined and put right if defective, 
and sufficient soil carefully removed from the outsides of the old 
pene admit of a top-dressing of fresh soil when the plant is put 
ack. 
Disbudding, Staking, and Feeding. 
Plants of three years old and upwards will push a consider- 
able number of shoots, but it is wise to thin them when quite 
small, leaving a dozen flowering growths at the most. These 
may be supported by neat stakes. When the plants show buds 
liquid manure may be given, either from natura! sources or in 
the shape of pinches of artificials scattered on and watered in. 
This feeding is less necessary for young, freshly potted plants 
than for old ones merely top-dressed. 
Chapter 13.—Sections and Selections. 
THE writer on Roses has a kaleidoscopic view of the Rose garden 
in all its stages in the course of an afternoon’s work at an essay. 
As he touches on the various points in the routine of culture 
he sees the russet of autumn, the grey of winter, the green of 
(References to Fig. 47, page 101.) 
PICTORIAL PRACTICE.—PLAIN HINTS IN FEW WORDS. 
FIG. 47.—ROSES IN POTS.—TWINERS. 
A, a one year old plant from a cutting properly potted and pruned. Secticn 
of pot (8-inch): a, drainage; 8, layer of rough compost; ¢, soil; d, 
space for water. Plant: ¢, roots coiled round the inside of the pot, 
and soil worked amongst them: f/f, the strongest and leading growth 
shortened to two buds; g, side shoots pruned to one bud each when the 
. buds begin to swell. 
B, a two years old plant (A a year older) shifted into a larger pot (10-inch) 
in September, only removing the crocks and loose soil at the sides of the 
ball. Section of pot: h, drainage; i, rough compost; 7, soil; %, ball; 
1, space for water ; m, points of pruning the long shoots, only removing 
immature points or shortening to the length desired; », points of 
shortening the weaker shoots, as it is desirable to have the growths of 
different lengths for twining round the stakes or trellis, and the larger 
ones, as a rule, do not break well at the lower part. 
