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THE ROSE GARDEN. 



niceties of the Rose Garden : the advantage of iron supports is their durability. 

 Will our readers kindly determine the value of their respective claims ? 



Two or more plants of different colours are sometimes placed together, and 

 their branches so interwoven that a pied pillar is formed. This, to my taste, is 

 as objectionable as two sorts on one stem, as the effect is notecpial to that produced 

 by plants of opposing colours placed side by side. Pillar Roses require more 

 manure than others. In addition to the supply granted in spring when the soil is 

 forked over, it is necessary to give a second supply in June, just after the plants 

 have flowered, as recommended for the Autumnals. Pillar Roses are often found 

 bare of branches and flowers at their base, due, usually, to their having been car- 

 ried up too quickly, or to poverty of soil. To remedy this defect, reduce their 

 height when pruning, and enrich the soil, when eyes will be developed at the base, 

 and the upward growth may be again encouraged. 



The Weeping Rose (No. 36) is the last form of which we have to speak. Can 

 No. 36. 



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Weeping Rose. 

 any thing be more beautiful ? In windy situations an iron trellis is indispensable : 

 in sheltered places a hoop, as shewn in No. 19, is sufficient. It accelerates the 

 perfecting of the Weeping Rose to thin out the supernumerary shoots in July, 

 after the tree has flowered. We advise cutting off the flower-stalks in all cases 



