CHAP. IX.] ROSES. 269 



these are the only kinds that should be used 

 for pegging down over the dug ground of a 

 shrubbery. They are of the easiest culture, as 

 they will grow under the drip of trees, and they 

 ought never to be pruned. They may be 

 planted in spring, the ground being first dug, 

 and cleared from the roots of weeds, &c. It 

 should then be manured with the remains of an 

 old hotbed, and the roses should be planted 

 about five feet apart. The following autumn a 

 good coating of manure should be laid on the 

 surface of the ground; and the plants will re- 

 quire no after culture, but pegging down the 

 shoots to prevent them from leaving any part of 

 the ground bare. The Triompbe de Bollwyller 

 is one of the most useful roses for this purpose. 

 The Boui'sault division (the handsomest of which 

 is the Rose de Lisle) may be treated in the 

 same manner. 



The Noisette Roses are known by the great 

 clusters of flowers which they bear at the ex- 

 tremities of their shoots. Their branches should 

 never be shortened, but the dead flowers should 

 be removed as soon as they fade. The Yellow 

 Noisette Roses are very beautiful, particularly 

 Solfaterre and the Cloth of Gold. The Bank- 

 sian Roses, the Tea-scented kinds, and the Ma- 

 cartney and Musk Roses, are rather tender, 

 and succeed best on a south wall. 



Roses are generally propagated by lavers, or 

 by budding on briars of the common wild dog 

 rose, which are found in the hedges ; they are 

 also propagated occasionally by cuttings and 

 seeds. The layers ought to be formed of shoots 

 of the current year, laid down in July, which 



