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moderate proportion of very old rotten dung. If there be choice 

 of situation, select one that is sheltered from strong winds, and 

 open to the sun. 



Secondly, as to Kind of Rose. — I find there are two varieties of 

 the dark-flowering China Rose, which are usually grown in this 

 country — one producing a fine double flower, the other only a 

 semi-double : the former is the kind 1 cultivate ; I obtained it 

 under the name of Rosa sanguinea. 



I have a plant of the above-named kind, that has been planted 

 against a wall about five years: during the last summer it made 

 shoots five feet long, and bloomed in vast profusion, producing a 

 splendid appearance. 



Thirdly, as to Method of Treatment. — In the spring, as soon 

 as I perceive the buds begin to swell, I select four or five of the 

 best young shoots, and head ihem down to about a foot in length. 

 I then cut the others close to the ground. From those left I gel 

 an abundance of fine flowers, from five to ten in every cluster, 

 during the whole of the summer. If the same mode of treatment 

 be pursued with most other kinds of this class of Roses, it will 

 amply repay for the trouble. Wji. Stent. 



ARTICLE VI. — An Effectual Method of Banishing 

 Ants from any particular Plant or Spot infested with 

 them. By A. B. 



With a trowel turn up the soil containing the ants, eggs, &c. ; 

 let it lie loosely, and pour upon the place a pot of sand. In a 

 few days the ants will have deserted the spot, being effectually 

 prevented by the falling in of the sand from continuing their 

 labours. A. B. 



