THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JANUARY 1st, 1834. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I.— On Forcing the Rose, more particularly 

 the Rose du Roi, or King of the Roses.^ By Mr. 

 William Wood, Nurseryman and Florist, Wood- 

 lands Nursery, Maresfield, Sussex. 

 On a perusal of the FlorkuUural Cabinet, I observe one of its 

 correspondents requests information on the best method of forcing 

 Roses, (Vol. I., p. 10:5,) and other persons I see wish to know 

 the best sort of Rose for the purpose. 1 feel much pleasure in 

 not only having it in my power to communicate a method of 

 culture which I am certain will amply repay for the attention given 

 it, but also to add my first mite of contribution to the deservedly 

 popular Florist's Magazine. 



Before I detail my mode of culture, I beg to remark that the 

 Rose du Roi, or King of the Roses, is perhaps the best Rose 

 known for the purpose of forcing ; in fact, out of twelve hundred 

 kinds which I grow, I have not one more deserving of general 

 cultivation, nor do I believe a better Rose exists in any other 

 collection. It continues to bloom in the open border for eight 

 ive months ; the flowers are of a line bright deep red, very 



■ho*] - « iih :i f ""' dark s^ 011 folia s e ' closel y a,tached t0 the flower ' 



an at which will form a beautijd bouquet ; the flowers are also 



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