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I J inch in width — three for the Roses, and three merely to 

 reduce the weight. There will be a space of i^ inch be- 

 tween the laths and the upper edge of the box, to be filled 

 as follows : Cover the laths with sheets of brown paper, two 

 deep, and cut to fit the box, and upon these place the best 



moss you can obtain. I get mine from trunks of trees in a 

 neighbouring wood ; have it carefully picked over and well 

 watered the day before a show ; and then, using the coarser 

 portion for a substratum, make my upper surface as clean 

 and green and level as I can. Fronds of ferns, especially 

 of Adiantum, are sometimes prettily introduced. 



It would, I think, repay the Rosarian to grow moss 

 specially for this purpose, such as would thrive — S. den- 

 ticulata, for example — in rough boxes and waste places 



