22 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
Atexieff. From the time the buds first appear manure water may 
be given freely, for when roots are well established the Rose is able 
to absorb strong stimulants. I generally give a mixture of the 
following :—Cow-dung, horse-dung, sheep-dung, a basket of each to 
about a peck of soot, and a six-inch pot of guano; the whole is put 
into a large tub and well stirred ; when settled it is fit for use. If 
strong I dilute with water, and my plants have hitherto thriven well 
and carried good foliage as well as good blooms. As the plants 
come into bloom they will be benefited by a little shading from the sun. ~ 
When the plants have done blooming plunge them out-of-doors 
in a bed of coal ashes, or some other suitable material, cut off all 
dead flowers, and give copious supplies of manure water, or a mulch- 
ing of rotten dung around them will answer the same purpose, for 
the watering and rains will wash it in. Most of the plants, if they 
have made good growth, will require a shift. This operation is best 
done from July to September, especially with the Tea Roses, 
although it can be performed up to the middle of October. 
At the commencement of this paper I said that the quickest 
method of getting a collection was to purchase established plants in 
pots; but plants obtained as follows, although not fit for early 
blooming the first year, still may carry a fair supply of blooms. The 
first step is to take up from the garden or purchase some dwarf 
Roses and put them in eight-inch pots well drained. Plunge the pots 
to the rim in a partly spent hotbed, and keep them close for a few 
days; give one good soaking with clear water, and dew them over 
with a syringe on fine days, and in the course of a fortnight they 
may have air and be treated as recommended for the established 
ones, only that these should be pruned hard back in the spring. 
If it 1s required to have flowers earlier in the season it will be 
necessary to prune them sooner than already stated, and also to 
introduce them into a genial temperature of fifty or sixty degrees, 
and, if convenient, a slight bottom-heat of ten degrees more will 
materially assist, but hard forcing should be avoided at all times, 
for it will be found detrimental to good blooms, the flowers coming 
very sparingly and puny. 
There are three other enemies to the Rose besides greenfly, and 
the Rose maggot spoken of, which are the common mildew, the 
black mildew, and orange fungus. Sulphur is recommended for the 
first; for the second I know no cure, though it may sadly disfigure 
some of the foliage; for the third, less moisture and more air will, I 
think, prevent its spreading. 
In conclusion, let me say to those who propose specimen growing, 
that they must possess great patience, and be exceedingly watchful, 
for a specimen pot Rose requires a great amount of attention to 
arrive at perfection. Some plants I purchased, as recommended at 
the commencement of this paper, two years since, are now in thirteen- 
inch pots, and from three to four feet in diameter; and I have 
bloomed them twice in succession in a cold Melon pit. 
I append a select list of thirty varieties :—Anna Alexieff, H.P. ; 
Beauty of Waltham, H.P.; Camille Bernardin, H.P.; Centifolia 
Rosea, H.P.; Countess of Oxford, H.P ; Duke of Edinburgh, H.P. ; 
