140 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



admitted and the temperature gradually lowered so 

 as to prepare them for removal from the house. The 

 middle of June is quite soon enough, as the plants 

 should be encouraged to make new growth before being 

 placed outside. An open spot, handy for watering, 

 should be chosen for the summer quarters of these 

 pot plants, and the pots plunged to their rim in ashes 

 in order to keep the roots cool and to check evapora- 

 tion. The endeavour at that season should be to 

 obtain strong new growths which will become well 

 ripened by the autumn. For this purpose the wants of 

 the plants should receive frequent attention in the way 

 of watering, the destruction of insect pests, and dusting 

 with sulphur on the first appearance of mildew. All 

 the flower-buds will also require to be removed as 

 they appear. It is to the absence of reasonable care 

 of pot Roses during the summer months that much of 

 the want of success in growing them may often be 

 traced. Occasional waterings with weak liquid manure 

 will be found of much service. 



Repotting. — As soon as the plants have flowered, the 

 roots and drainage should be examined. If any plant 

 be found to require moving into a pot a size larger, 

 this must be at once done, taking care to disturb 

 the roots as little as possible, and to ram down the 

 new soil firmly with a potting stick between the 

 pot and the old soil. A suitable compost would 

 be one composed of one half fibrous loam, one quarter 

 old cow manure, and the remaining quarter leaf- 

 mould, sand, and bone meal in equal quantities. 

 Where it is found that the roots have not made 



