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superabundant, remove them altogether. The flowers generally abound on 

 the small twiggy branches, which should be encouraged. Thick, strong 

 shoots, produced in summer, should be removed in autumn, or immediately 

 after the bloom is over if they bloom earlier, unless new wood is wanted to 

 cover the walls. 



2022. The hybrid climbers are strong hardy -growing roses. Wells's Whiter 

 or Madame d'Arblay, makes gigantic growth in strong soil, and soon forms a 

 pillar of the largest size. Wood's Garland, raised from the seed of a Noisette, 

 is also a vigorous grower, and produces immense clusters of bloom of great 

 fragrance, changing from white to pink. 



§ 2.— Cultivation of Roses in Pots. 



2023. It was imagined for a long time that the rose was unsuited for pot- 

 culture, and, accordingly, these beautiful objects were confined to the garden, 

 where it was the object of the cultivator to encourage their blooming iu the 

 summer and autumn months. It is now found, however, that with all its 

 hardihood and vigorous growth, the more delicate kind of roses can be 

 grown to perfection in pots under a proper S3'stem of training and cultivation, 

 and can, by judicious forcing, be made to bloom at all seasons. The re- 

 quired conditions are, to keep them from exposure to heavy rains, frost, or 

 snow ; but to let them have plenty of air, day and night, in open weather ; 

 that the soil should be suited to their respective wants, and that the forcing 

 should be gentle, the heat being kept at about 40° at first, rising to 45° by 

 night, and to 50° by sun-heat during the day, accompanying this with £.ir 

 whenever it can be given safely. The best compost for potting roses is a good 

 stiflf loam one bushel, rotten dung from an old hotbed one peck, and half 

 a gallon of pigeon-dung, or double the quantity of sheep-dung, well decom- 

 posed. Another good soil is a turfy loam, rather stiff, and well-decomposed 

 cow-dung in about equal parts. Either of these, with good drainage in the pots, 

 gentle forcing, careful examination for insects, and keeping the trees well 

 balanced and neatly trained and tied down to their supports, with constant 

 attention to watering with liquid manure, as well as pure water, will produce 

 abundance of bloom. All the strong-growing varieties, such as Hybrid Pro- 

 vence, Hybrid China, Hybrid Bourbon, French, Moss, Alba, Hybrid Per- 

 petuals, and the strong-growing Bourbons and Noisettes, should be potted in 

 autumn. The delicate Bom-bons and Noisettes, together with the Tea- 

 scented and Chinas, should be left till the spring. When the roses are had 

 home for planting in the autumn, examine the stocks minutely, particularl)' 

 among the roots, cutting out any decayed parts, all knots, the remains or 

 rudiments of suckers ; lopping any w^ounded or bruised roots, and cleaning all 

 •well over I jforo potting, as no such oi^portunity will again offer. When 

 planted, cut back the head about a third, and about the end of February or 

 the beginning of March cut back to li-om two to four eyes. In potting, let the 



