100 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



or pond water, so as to make a thick liquid, the best pos- 

 sible manure for Roses, poured on the surface of the soil 

 twice in winter, from i to 2 gallons to each tree ; December 

 and January are the best months : the soil need not be 

 stirred till spring, and then merely loosened 2 or 3 inches 

 deep with the prongs of a fork. For poor soils, and on 

 lawns, previously removing the turf, this will be found most 

 efficacious. Brewers' grains also form an excellent surface- 

 dressing ; they should be laid in a heap two or three weeks 

 to ferment, and one or two large shovelfuls placed round 

 each plant, with some peat-charcoal to deodorise them, as 

 the smell is not agreeable." 



I will quote in alphabetical sequence the other distin- 

 guished public Rosarians, who have expressed their 

 opinions, or proved their skill at all events, in the matter. 

 These are Mr Cant of Colchester ; Mr Cranston of Here- 

 ford ; Mr Francis of Hertford ; Mr Keynes of Salisbury ; 

 Mr Lane of Berkhampstead ; Mr Mitchell of Piltsdown ; 

 Mr George Paul, the representative of Messrs Paul & Son, 

 Cheshunt ; Mr William Paul, Waltham Cross ; Mr Turner 

 of Slough, and Messrs Wood of Maresfield. There is, of 

 course, a very large number of other nurserymen, who grow 

 Roses most extensively and in their fullest perfection — 



