ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE. 253 



The plant must be trained as is done to a peach tree, and early 

 in summer, when the shoots are young, a suitable portion must 

 be secured by the wall, as is done to the peach, and all others be 

 taking clean away. 



As soon as it is perceived the shoots have embryo buds upon 

 them, a cover of canvas, or something that will cause shade, 

 must be fixed so as to cover the entire plant. 



This shading is essential to success. If the covering is placed 

 so as to keep the rains from the border, recourse must be had to 

 watering, also an occasioned sprinkling by means of syringe must 

 be given over the foliage. 



When the blooming is over, the shading is no longer requisite, 

 and its removal is necessary to palitate the ripening of the shoots 

 for next year's supply, which is an essential point to be obtained. 



My first success with blooming the rose successively was by the 

 following circumstance. A plant was growing at the south side 

 of a vase placed on a pedestal, around which the branches were 

 trained. At the blooming season I found all the buds on the 

 South (sunny side) went off in the usual way, but all that portion 

 of the plant which was on the shady side produced perfect bloom 

 in perfection. 



It appears to me to be essential to obtain well ripened wood, 

 and then to give shade during the period from buds being form- 

 ed to blooming. These being obtained success is certain. I have 

 a plant which now annually produces a profusion of fine flowers 

 treated in the manner above specified. 



During the first summer that I trained the plant against the wall, 

 a considerable quantity of young shoots was produced, in order 

 to assist the shoots that had buds upon them, I cut off all others, 

 which amounted to three parts of them, so sudden a destitution 

 caused all the buds to drop off, but when the shoots are stripped 

 off at an early stage this evil is entirely obviated. 



Sept. 4th, 1839. Rosa. 



ARTICLE III. 



ON THE CULTURE OF CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS, AS A STANDARD 



PLANT. 



BY CLERICUS. 



The C'lianthus Puniceus is well worthy of a place in every col- 

 lection, both for its beautiful foliage and pendant racemes of red 

 flowers. When grown as a standard, it far surpasses in beauty 



