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THE ROSE GARDEN. 



No. 28. 



No. 29. 



Our plants are not equal to what they are capable of becoming ; but the accom- 

 panying engraving (No. 29) may be considered a fair illustration of a three-years' 

 old plant that has been carefully and skilfully cultivated for two seasons. Its growth 

 is too vigorous to be called perfect, for the flowers are, in consecpience, nearly all 

 on the top of long shoots. This, however, is desirable at this stage of growth, and 

 easily remedied the next year, by long pruning, and afterwards bending the 

 branches down. 



Roses are often lifted from the ground to be grown in pots, and it is necessary 

 to say a few words about them. Early in autumn (September) is a good time 

 to take them up ; and if done immediately after rain, the roots are less liable to be' 

 injured in the removal. When potting, whether the plants are on their own roots 

 or on stems, the straggling roots should be cut in so far as to admit of their being 

 placed comfortably in the pots. If any of the roots have been bruised in taking 

 up, the bruised part should be cut away : let the cut be made clean with a knife, 

 and fibrous roots will soon be emitted from its surface. "When potting worked 

 plants, we should have an eye to suckers from the wild stock, which should be 

 cut off close to the stem, to prevent their springing into life at any future period. 

 The sized pots most suitable for dwarf plants from the ground vary from Nos. 32 

 to 12 j if a plant is of robust growth, strong and well rooted, it may be placed in 



