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The plants soon began to grow surprisingly. On the twentieth of June 

 I took the blade of an old scythe and cut round the ball of roots, about 

 two inches from the old ball, and to the depth of the soil. I repeated this 

 operation, at two inches from where it was last cut, on the eighteenth 

 of July. The check which the plant received by this cutting in of 

 the roots, caused the shoots to produce blossoms, a profusion of which 

 I had from an early part of August to the end of October. The six 

 plants were put out, three on each side a walk, and they had a most 

 beautiful appearance. 



I took up the plants the first week in November, repotted them, 

 and kept them in the greenhouse during winter. About the middle 

 of May this year, I planted them out again, and treated them in 

 every respect as before stated. The plants have been a complete 

 picture of beauty, and are likely to continue so to the end of the 

 season. Next spring I purpose raising young plants, the large ones 

 becoming too big for a greenhouse in winter. I had not an oppor- 

 tunity of obtaining a supply of manure water, but I think if I had 

 that to have given the plant occasionally after the blossoms had 

 begun to show, it would have increased the length of the shoots, and 

 of course increased the number as well as the size of the flowers. I 

 can assure the readers of the Cabinet, that the experiment will 

 amply repay for the trouble. 



ARTICLE XIII.— A DESCRIPTION OF THIRTY OF THE BEST 

 KINDS OF MOSS ROSES. 



BY THE REV. J. JONES, A. M., BRISTOW RECTORY. 



The annexed list and description of moss Roses, are such as I have 

 selected and taken remarks upon this season, aud which I can confi- 

 dently recommend to the readers of the Cabinet. I have planted a 

 bed of them, and I expect next season a delightful show of bloom ; the 

 plants are strong, and I hope will answer my expectations ; I have 

 put a basket full of litter manure round the stem of each, which I 

 have found of essential service with all the moss Roses; it keeps the 

 soil cool in summer, and causes the plants to bloom profusely and 

 vigorously. I always put the manure over early in November, and 

 then throws a slight covering of earth over the whole, in order to 

 prevent its removal, which causes it to decompose, and conceals the 

 unsightliness of it. 



I have my bed raised a foot above the surrounding ground, which 

 keeps the plants from injury in wet and frosty winters ; yet it is not 

 too dry, when the manure is placed, for any dry summer. 



