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the dwarf roses, neatly and regiilarly down to them, but not leaving the centre 

 open or bare. The pyramidal plants should be trained regularly from the 

 rims round the sticks to the summit, and the climbers in a similar way : they 

 should also be turned round once or twice a week, to prevent them getting 

 one-sided. Through the spring, while the plants are growing, particularly in 

 March and April, the admission of air must be regulated with caution ; the 

 young shoots being extremely soft, the cold harsh winds of March would be very 

 injurious to them. By night they should be shut close to avoid spring frosts, 

 which ai-e more injurious when the plants are so far advanced, than 12° or 15" 

 of frost would be in the depth of winter. At the same time no opportunity 

 should be lost of removing the lights from the whole collection every fine day, 

 and for as long a time as possible, that the shoots may not be weak or drawn. 

 They should be exposed to all the light possible, and to soft rains, which 

 are very beneficial. 



•2032. By the middle of April, all danger from severe frosts being past, the 

 lights should be tilted up all night at the back, and kept off as much as pos- 

 sible during the day. By the beginning of May the pots may be removed from 

 nnder the plants, and the pots containing the plants set on the bottom of the 

 pit, providing it is not too far from the glass,— not more than nine inches. From 

 the end of April to the blooming of the last plants, the pit, morning and even- 

 ing, should be sprinkled every fine day, round the sides, on thegi'ound, and over 

 the foliage of the plants : this should be performed with a very fine rose-pot or 

 a syringe. In wet or cold weather this must not be done, as mildew would be 

 the consequence. All strong watery shoots, as they make their appearance, 

 shouldhave their extreme points pinched out when six inches long ; and through 

 the whole season of growth continual attention is necessary to tying, training, 

 and taking off the suckers of worked plants as soon as they appeal-. From 

 the commencement of their growth to the end of the blooming time, as soon 

 as the least sign of green-fly is visible, they must be fumigated with tobacco- 

 smoke, and the buds closely examined for the larvae of insects. As the season 

 advances, give shade in sunny weather for a few hours in the middle of the 

 day ; and as the buds open, move them into a colder and more shaded part of 

 the house to bloom : a cold pit facing the north answers the purpose. 



2033. When the roses have bloomed, cut off all dead flowers, and place the 

 pots in a pit where they can have plenty of air and light, and where they can 

 perfect their growth and ripen the young wood. Here they should have a copious 

 supply of liquid manure once a fortnight until their growth is completed* 

 all suckers and straggling shoots being cut off, when they may be placed out of 

 doors till the end of September, at which time they will require fresh potting, 

 the balls being reduced a little in the operation, some of the old wood being 

 cut out, and the young wood shortened, thinned out, and tied down as before. 

 1034. The Cloth of Gold and Solfaterra should not be allowed to get over- 

 crowded with wood. In spring, thin out and shorten the branches, tying down 

 a portion of the shoots to the rim of the pots. Stop all shoots at nine or 

 twelve inches, tying them neatly down to their proper places, giving liquid 

 tnar.nro whenever required. 



