176 REMARKS ON CULTURE OF ROSES IN TOTS. 



vence Rose, the China Rose, the Banksian Rose, and the Scotch Rose, 

 as examples. 



The Provence Rose is commonly grown in pots for the purpose of 

 forcing, and in this particular it is not likely to be surpassed ; as, 

 however, it forms no part of the present subject to enter upon the 

 " forcing" of roses, I must just remark that the course of treatment I 

 shall endeavour to detail is not marked out with any direct reference 

 to that object. 



To cultivate these roses in pots, so as to produce the greatest pro- 

 fusion of blossom, there must be a degree of attention paid to their 

 wants equal to that bestowed on the favourite and highly-prized plants; 

 it is not, therefore,' enough to dig up any one or two-year old plant, 

 and cramp its root into a convenient sized pot, and then, placing it 

 in favourable circumstances, to suppose that enough care can be be- 

 stowed on it. It must be grown from its infancy in a pot ; and thus 

 be brought, by natural steps, into a course of growth adapted to the 

 object in view. It must ever be borne in mind that a course of treat- 

 ment, if it be that which is calculated to bring the plants to their 

 greatest degree of perfection, will be such as may be repeated without 

 exhausting their energies, so as to render them less vigorous or less 

 beautiful in the succeeding season. 



I would therefore propose to take well-rooted layers in the au- 

 tumn, and to place them in small pots, in a compost of sandy loam 

 and leaf-mould, in the proportion of two parts of the former to one 

 of the latter; the pots should be as small as the roots of the plants 

 would conveniently allow, so as to admit of as much increase as pos- 

 sible during their subsequent growth. They should be pruned to 

 about three good eyes, and be plunged in a dry cold frame, in saw- 

 dust, ashes, or any similar material, until the following spring. About 

 the month of March they should be re-potted into pots at least two 

 sizes larger than those in which they were previously placed, using a 

 similar compost. A common frame, where they can enjoy an abun- 

 dance of light, is the most desirable structure for them ; and here 

 their growth should be encouraged as much as possible, so as to enable 

 them to become fully matured before winter; this would certainly be 

 the result in such a situation, for they would form a strong and early 

 growth ; and this would become well maturated, under the influence 

 of the light and heat of the sun during summer. It must be remem- 



