28 CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 



necessity of employing standards. Of course it will 

 require time, and also judicious pruning, to perfect such a 

 bed of roses ; but, when this is done, it will be both a beau- 

 tiful and permanent ornament of the lawn or garden. 



A new mode of growing roses, so as to form a tall pyra- 

 mid instead of a standard, has been recently introduced 

 in England. Instead of inserting buds at the top of the 

 stem only, they are inserted at intervals throughout its 

 whole length, thus clothing it with verdure and flowers. 

 By this means it is effectually protected from the sun, and 

 one of the dangers which in our climate attend standard 

 roses is averted. The following directions are copied from 

 a late number of the " Gardener's Chronicle : " 



" Some -strong two-years-old stocks of the Manetti Rose 

 should be planted in November, in a piece of ground well 

 exposed to sun and air. The soil should have dressings 

 of manure, and be stirred to nearly two feet in depth. In 

 the months of July and August of the following year, they 

 will be in a fit state to bud. They should have one bud 

 inserted in each stock close to the ground. The sort to be 

 chosen for this preliminary budding is a very old Hybrid 

 China Rose, called Madame Pisaroni ; a rose with a most 



