308 LISTS Of TREES, &C SECT. XIX. 



fhrub to treat us in the latter parr of the year, pulling 

 off the fir ft rofes, as fopn as they begin to. decay, is a 

 means; but to pull off all the buds, at the ufual time of 

 blow, from a tew trees, is a more certain. method. A 

 more Aire way frill, is to top the new moots towards 

 the ehd'of Maw or prune down to two or three eyes ; 

 Thefe m-mcruvres {uould be particularly exeteifed on 

 the moithly forts. Tranfplanting rofes in fpring, is a 

 means to effect a middle blow ; and if into a . North 

 border, and cool ground, this may be done late iri 

 April, or even in 'May, (ocrafionally 'watering) pruning 

 at the fame time fhort. Early jotts are obtained by 

 being trained again ft a fouth wall. The monthly thus 

 planted, and haying glafs (as the light of a cucumber 

 frame) put before it will lometimes come *s early as 

 theetid of April, or beginning of May. It is a good 

 way to put mofs round the roots of thefe wall trees in 

 March, to keep the ground warm, and at trie fame time 

 moid, which helps us to both forward and large rofes: 

 In dry and hot (ituations water often. 



To difpofe rofe trees to bear forward, the not fuffering 

 any flowers to blow the prefent year, and pruning fhort 

 in July, or Augujl, is a me-ms from which much may 

 be expected, especially if there is any artificial warmth 

 ufed in the fpring to force them. With a view to 

 this fomegood brulhy rooted, low growing plants, may 

 be potted fn autumn, not fuffered to bear the next 

 fummer, and being pruned down (as above) will force 

 well the next fpring. Rofe trees potted for an ordi- 

 nary blow, mull not be in too f mall pots, nor placed in 

 a warm titration, except early in fpring, and muft be 

 kept cool by frequent watering. 



As to the propagation of rofe trees, many will feud 

 forth fuckers enow, and thofe that do not, fhould be 

 layered, by Hitting (as carnations ) or budded; but may 

 be two years before they root. See page 66. Seine 

 will come by cuttings, but uncertainly, as the hurgundy 

 &c. The China ev$rgreen y or cverbhiving rojc, takes 



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