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and be the most readily inspected when at their best ; whilst those 

 from which the blooms for show purposes are to be gathered, must 

 be planted in the kitchen-garden, or in some situation where they 

 will not be within view of the windows, for the top-dressings of 

 manure applied in the early part of the season are necessarily 

 unsightly, and as the flower buds have to be thinned severely, at 

 no time do they make much of a display ; certainly not sufficient to 

 compensate for the drawbacks above mentioned. 



The attention of the readers of the Ploeal "Woeld is now 

 directed to roses adapted for garden decoration, because November 

 and December are the two best months in the whole year for planting, 

 and to insure trees of the best quality, purchases should be made as 

 early in November as possible. It matters not whether the trees 

 are in full leaf, or whether they have shed a part of their foliage. 

 They can, after the end of October, be replanted with the full assu- 

 rance of their doing well. By purchasing early the buyer has the 

 first pick, and by planting in November the work can as a rule be 

 done more expeditiously, and with a greater degree of comfort, than 

 later in the season ; and as the soil is warmer, the roots are placed 

 under conditions more favourable to their speedy development. 



It would be most difficult to say where roses should be planted 

 in gardens when intended for decorations, because of the great differ- 

 enceswhich exist in their conformation; but it may be said with advan- 

 tage that they should not be planted in the forecourt, neither should 

 large masses be formed in prominent positions near the windows, for 

 there are seasons of the year when groups of rose trees, especially 

 standards, are rather unsightly. Again, borders, tilled with roots of 

 large timber trees, even if they are not shaded by the branches, 

 ought not to have roses planted in them, for, owing to the poverty 

 of the soil, it is impossible for them to make much progress, and in 

 the end they become victims to the aphis and other enemies that 

 prey upon roses when half starved or in an otherwise unhealthy 

 state, 



Eoses cannot well be planted in soil that has been too deeply 

 stirred, or which has had a too liberal application of manure. There- 

 fore in the preparation of the beds spread a layer of either old hotbed 

 or pigs' manure over the surface, and then proceed to dig it over to 

 a depth of twelve inches, or, what is better still, have it trenched six 

 inches deeper. The roots will then be able to penetrate to a great 

 depth, and drought and other adverse influences will have but little 

 effect upon the trees. If the soil is light and sandy, six inches of 

 clay or strong loam may be worked into the soil, as the digging pro- 

 ceeds, with advantage. But the application of clay is not of suffi- 

 cient importance to justify the expenditure of a large sum of money. 

 "When the roses are to be planted at intervals in the borders, or 

 blanks in the beds to be filled up, the stations should be marked out, 

 and holes made about two feet in diameter and eighteen inches in 

 depth, and then filled in with manure and soil, the latter to be taken 

 as far as practicable from the surface. 



Bush roses, either on their own roots, the Manetti, or the brier, 

 are, when of large size, the most attractive in the garden ; but if the 



