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that " in planting the ground should be deeply trenched, 

 and well-rotted manure be plentifully added. If the soil be 

 old garden-soil, add good loam, rich and yellow ; choose 

 a dry day for the operation, and leave the surface loose. 

 Stake all standards, and mulch with litter, to protect the 

 roots from frost." Well does this young champion sustain 

 the ancient honours of his house, having achieved no less 

 than forty-four first prizes at our principal exhibitions in 

 the summer of 1868. 



Mr William Paul, in his interesting work, TJie Rose- 

 Garden, gives, in the introduction, the results of his experi- 

 ments with manure. "In the summer of 1842," he writes, 

 "six beds of Tea-scented Roses were manured with the 

 following substances: i, bone-dust; 2, burnt earth; 3, 

 nitrate of soda ; 4, guano ; 5, pigeon-dung ; 6, stable 

 manure, thoroughly decomposed. The soil in which they 

 grew was an alluvial loam. The guano produced the 

 earliest visible effects, causing a vigorous growth, which 

 continued till late in the season ; the foliage was large and 

 of the darkest green, but the flowers on this bed were not 

 very abundant. The shoots did not ripen well, and were 

 consequently much injured by frost during the succeeding 

 winter. The bed manured with burnt earth next forced 



