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ing, and then be removed to the house, newly planted. When 

 there is only one house, they must of necessity remain in that 

 house. Some attention and labour are necessary in carrying out the 

 system of grape growing here described, but the splendid crops that 

 may be obtained from very small houses will afford ample compen- 

 sation. A lean-to house twenty feet long will accommodate ten 

 vines, and from these a crop weighing from seventy to eighty pounds 

 may be obtained. A span-roof house of the same length will of 

 course accommodate double the number of vines. 



The variety best adapted for this system of culture is the Black 

 Samburgh, but if a few white grapes are required, two or three 

 vines of Buckland Siveetwater may also be planted. Healthy vines 

 may be obtained now at a very low rate, and by purchasing' and 

 planting at once, a good crop may be had next summer. It is im- 

 portant to select those in a thrifty state, for if at all stunted they 

 will not make canes strong enough to produce good crops the 

 following season. 



KOSES IN THE GREENHOUSE AND THE WINDOW. 



BY J. E. SAUNDERS, ESQ. 



IHIS spring I have had such a splendid display of roses 

 in my conservatory and drawing-room windows that 

 my friends have been somewhat astonished, and it has 

 been suggested that a few particulars of the means by 

 which such satisfactory results have been obtained 

 would be interesting, and probably prove as useful to some of the 

 many readers of the Floeal World. 



Amateurs who have an opportunity of seeing the gigantic bush 

 roses in pots, which Mr. Charles Turner, of the Royal Nurseries,. 

 Slough, and one or two other trade growers exhibit in London and 

 one or two of the principal provincial shows, admire these triumphs 

 of cultural skill, and think that because they cannot produce speci- 

 mens of equal merit, they cannot enjoy the freshness and beauty of 

 roses grown in pots under glass. If they are told that the cultivation 

 of pot roses is really not difficult, they will refer you to the poor 

 half-starved pigmies which are usually staged by gardeners by the 

 side of these well-fed giants from the trade growers. As a 

 frequenter of some of the principal exhibitions, I know well enough 

 that not more than one gardener in twenty exhibits roses in really 

 first-class condition ; nevertheless, I am ^jrepared to assert that pot 

 roses may be grown by amateurs without any special difficulty. I 

 know not why gardeners fail, but I do know that there is no greater 

 danger of failing with them than there is with many other good 

 things. I might say much in advocacy of the pot culture of the 

 rose ; I might speak of the great beauty of a medium-sized plant, 

 furnished with six or eight superbly-developed flowers ; I might 

 also descant on the extreme freshness and delicious fragrance of 

 flowers produced under glass ; but I will leave that to the imagin- 



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