142 PRACTICAL GARDENING. 



succeeding springs that have killed our hardy laurels, laurus- 

 tinus, bay, and aucubas, to the ground. The assistance that 

 can be given while young cannot be afforded to large trees ; 

 and therefore it is fortunate that they require less care as 

 they grow larger, and older, and better estabHshed. Eoses 

 growing on their own bottoms, and forming beds, are for the 

 most part tender, and are among the most interesting of our 

 garden beauties. Mr. Greenus, of Rickmansworth, once re- 

 <commended to us his method of protecting these dwarf tender 

 roses j and we published it in the Garden Almanack. After 

 planting out his roses in the order they are to remain in, he 

 filled up the interstices between the plants with rough white 

 flints, through which the roses made a very pretty feature ; 

 during the winter months he tucked moss between the 

 plants ; and for the season it looked like a bed of moss and 

 flints. In the sprrag the roses were cut down close, and soon 

 resumed all their wonted beauty. Nothing could be more 

 simple than this. It was evident that the flints and moss 

 together bid defiance to the frost, and that roses which would 

 not have stood the open weather were preserved in good 

 health and strength. The same tender varieties budded on 

 stocks would inevitably perish, if not protected in some way ; 

 and moss is the best medium : let the moss be tucked between 

 the branches, and some be wrapped round the outside, and 

 all be papered or matted over until May, when they may be 

 released, all the weak branches cut away, and the strong ones 

 shortened ; and the bed will be as fine as ever. But there is 

 another way of managing tender roses on stocks : they may 

 be taken up carefully, and be planted in by the heels, in any 

 sheltered spot where litter and a mat may cover a dozen or 

 two heads, and be planted as carefully in the spring ; when 

 they may be staked and pruned, and will be as strong and 

 healthy as if they had never been removed. But they must 

 not be replanted until the spring frosts are done with, because 

 they will grow directly, and the young wood, in such case, 

 must suffer considerably, even if the frost be not sharp enough 

 to kiQ them altogether. The magnolias, while small, will 

 often suffer ; and if they are grown in pots till they are a 

 tolerable size, they will be two years before the roots lay fairly 

 hold of the new ground ; but it is better to plant them out 

 small, and to cover them with a straw cap, like a beehive, 

 made after a similar plan, but rougher and lighter, because 



