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On a Fix suited to prqsekyb many tenbeu pl.n:- i i rinb Winter, as 

 Veruenas, Petunias, Heliotropes, Celsias, &e:— A dry pit, with facilities for 

 excluding frosts, is indispensable, when the amateur's si eds what he can 



conveniently protect iu his dwelling-house. Choose the highest and best-diained 

 portion of the garden, and let the pots, when stored attay, be placed with their 

 tops a few inches below the surface of the surrounding ground. The ordinary 

 covering of glass and a mat will suffice till hard frosts set in, when the sides of 

 the frame placed over the pit should be protected with a lining of dry straw, or 

 other material, piled to the level of the lights. This, with an extra mat or two, 

 will defy all frost. 'Experto crede. But 1 must reiterate the necessity of giving 

 air and light on every favourable occasion, and also of leaving the plants in 

 darkness for a day or two whenever a thaw occurs. More plants are lost by ex- 

 posure to solar light after frosts, than by any other means; and it is a fact that 

 cannot be too extensively known, that frozen vegetation, even in the case ot 

 tender exotics, will recover itself in most cases, if allowed to thaw in the dark. 



A. B. 



On uaIsinu Koses from SEEn, and PKUNiNci them, &c. — A Constant Subscriber 

 to the Flohioultuhal Cabinet, seeks for information as to the best method of 

 raising Ruses from seed. 



Which kinds of Roses should be pruned in the autumn. 

 Isle of Wight, October 16. 



The following particulars of the practice pursued by an extensive Rose grower 

 and raiser of numerous good sorts, were sent us some tune back, and will supply 

 the information required. 



" During the months of September and October I repaired to several first-rate 

 nursery collections of Roses, in order to see which kinds, in each class of Roses, 

 bore fruit the most freely, and ripened the earliest ; and I then procured several 

 of each class, which I planted at the proper season. These bloomed the following 

 summer, and having a very extensive collection of nearly all the finest double 

 Roses, 1 carefully selected farina from the best of the double flowers, and impreg- 

 nated the fruit-bearing kinds therewith. The fruit-bearing flowers are generally 

 not quite double, and I found it to be of use to thin out the larger trusses of 

 flowers, so as to leave about half a dozen in a head of the plumpest buds. 



" In the process of impregnation, just as the flowers to be impri ginitcd are ex- 

 panding. I cirt away the anthers therein by means of a small pointed penknife 

 or scissors, this prevents natural seedlings being produced from the kind. Whtre 

 I had a specific design in the impregnation of any two kinds, after the operation 

 lrad been effected, I tied a piece of fine gauze over the head of bloom to prevent. 

 access by bees, &c. 



" In autumn, as soon as the seed was ripe, I had it gathered and placed in 

 gauze bags, and so kept in the seed-vessel till required for sowing. Karly in 

 spring I sow the seed thinly in boxes, and place them in a gentle heat in a com- 

 mon frame, keeping the soil moist, not wet. till that portion which then pushes 

 appears to have done entire for that season. When the plants can be safely 

 transplanted, I have them carefully taken up, and planted in a rich soil ar d warm 

 situation in the open garden, where they remain to bloom. The general quantity 

 ol the seed does not come up the first season, but remains to the second. I there- 

 fore Irave the boxes kept just moist, till the end oi the summer, and then remove 

 them into a dry place during winter. Karly in spring place them in a gentle 

 heat, and all the j^ood seeds soorr push forth plans, which are treated us before- 

 named. Seed may be quite successfully treated by sowing in the open border, 

 having it in a warm situation, and keeping it moist by covering the lied over with 

 moss, &c. Two years are required here as in the former named instance, to get 

 up the whole. Dining winter I usually spread dry leaves letwixl the plains that 

 come up, and remain in the seed bed, so they lie secured from injury by frost, 

 being yet tender ; this protection is removid at the spring. Moss or tanners' 

 bark may be substituted for dry leaves where the latter are objected to. 



•■ I have paid particular attention to crossing the most distant classes, as well as 

 to obtain kinds which will bloom the longest period, and to get liin '-coloured, 

 fragrant, and VI iy double Roses.'* 



