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their culture even within tlie smoke radius, either planted in 

 beds or altogether in pots under glass. Knowledge is acquired 

 by practice, and there are many little matters which only experi- 

 ence can teach. Difficulties are strewn pretty freely in every path, 

 but it is l)y surmounting them that the most valuable informa- 

 tion is gained. 



EosES ON THEIR OWN KooTS. — In forming a collection of 

 Roses for culture imder glass, it is best to buy the strongest and 

 best -budded plants, selecting the most robust varieties for pot 

 culture. In after years cuttings of the most suitable kinds will 

 be rooted, and the collection may ultimately be got upon their 

 own roots if it be so desired. A good deal may be said on both 

 sides of the question, and I do not feel called upon to argue it out 

 now. As regards 



Pruning Pot Roses, all shoots not strong enough to carry 

 blossoms are, as a rule, best cut clean out, and the stronger 

 shoots should be so regulated as to show a fair proportion all 

 over the jjlants. Only in this way can well-balanced bushes be 

 grown. The flowering wood should be shortened back in propor- 

 tion to strength, and as plants under glass mature all their buds, 

 there is no fear of cutting off all the blossoms, even if the shoots 

 are shortened back considerably. In pruning Teas the same 

 system of cutting away weak shoots should prevail ; but as Teas 

 are more excitable, and do not altogether cease growing, the 

 shortening back should be to ripe wood, but no farther ; and so 

 long as there is space to fill, the leaders may be laid in un- 

 shortened. 



Varieties. — I append a short list, from which, as a matter of 

 course, it is inevitable that many good and suitable varieties are 

 omitted : — 



Tea Roses. — Adam, Anna Olivier, Belle Lyonnaise, Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, Catherine Mermet, Devoniensis, Duchess of Edinburgh, 

 Homfere, Isabella Sprunt, Madame Falcot, Madame Bravy, Marie 

 Van Houtte, Niphetos, Rubens, Moire, Safrano, Souvenir d'uu 

 Ami, and Gloire de Dijon. 



Noisette Roses. — Celine Forestier, Lamarque, Jaune Desj^rez, 

 La Biche, Miss Gray, Bouquet d'Or, Ophirie, and Solflxterre. 



Hybrid Perpetuals. — Abel Carrik-e, Alfred Colomb, Anna de 

 Diesbach, Annie Laxton, Baroness Rothschild, Beauty of Waltham, 

 Captain Christy, Charles Lefebvre, Countess of Oxford, Dr Andry, 

 Due Descazes, Duchess of Bedford, Duchesse d'Orldans, Duchesse 

 de Vallombrosa, Duke of Edinburgh, Emily Laxton, Emilie Haus- 

 burg, Etienne Levet, Fraugois Michelon, Glory of Waltham, 

 Harrison Weir, John Hopper, La France, Hippolyte Jamain, 



