72 ROSA ODORATA OR TEA ROSE. [April. 



elevated situation, and a southern aspect. Select a spot of 

 the dimensions requisite for a quantity of plants to be 

 planted, and dig therefrom soil to the depth of at least 

 eighteen inches ; six inches of the bottom may be filled 

 with pieces of bricks, stone, or lime rubbish of any sort ; 

 on this, place a layer of compost, (at least fifteen inches 

 thick, to allow for its settling,) half turf, or good garden 

 mould, and half well rotted manure, with about an eighth 

 of sand, all completely mixed together. A few weeks after 

 the bed is thus prepared say about the first of May, the 

 roses may be planted about two feet apart. In this latitude, 

 during the severity of winter, they should be protected by 

 a temporary frame: if covered with glass, so much the 

 better; but boards will serve where glass frames are not at 

 hand. With this treatment they will never receive the 

 least injury from our severest winters, and they will bloom 

 in the greatest perfection the whole season. The only 

 pruning they require is, merely to remove any old shoots 

 to give room for those of younger growth, and to occasion- 

 ally shorten any of extra length. However, where there 

 are only solitary plants, they will do very well covered 

 with branches of cedar, or a box or barrel perforated in 

 several places to allow the moisture to evaporate. Those 

 that are grafted or budded, will not generally stand the 

 winters of our eastern or middle states, and should be lifted 

 and put in a back shed, or tied close to the ground and 

 covered with earth. About the first of the month they can 

 be raised up and pruned of any dead or superfluous wood, 

 when they will bloom nearly as perfect as those that have 

 received finer treatment. In the southern states they enjoy 

 the great luxury of this rose in its utmost perfection ; there 

 they grow in "wild luxuriance," displaying their varied 

 beau ies, and perfuming the air with their delightful fra- 

 grance. Every flower garden in mild latitudes, should 

 have a full and perfect collection of such " pleasing flow- 

 ers." Among. the many distinct varieties known to be 

 worth culture, are 



Antherose, pale pinkish white, large and compact. 

 Aikinton, flesh colour, very double, large and perfect. 

 Barbot, deep pink inclining to creamy blush, very large. 

 Boutrand, large double pink. 



