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and thus weaken the lower buds. In the course of a year 

 or two, magnificent pyramids may thus be formed, their 

 stems completely covered with foliage, and far surpassing 

 any thing yet seen in rose culture." 



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Another new method of culture is put forward in recent 

 French and English journals, and is said to have proved 

 very successful, increasing both the size of the flowers and 

 the period of bloom. I cannot speak of it from trial ; but, 

 as it may be found worth an experiment, I extract from the 

 "Florist and Pomologist" the account there given of the 

 process by a Mr. Perry, who was one of the first to prac- 

 tise it. He says, 



" As I have now spoken of the advantages attendant 

 upon this mode of training, I will proceed to explain the 

 method of carrying it out. I will suppose that the plants 

 are well established, and are either on their own roots, or 

 budded low on the Manetti (the former I prefer). The 

 operation of bending and pegging-down should be per- 

 formed in the month of March, or early in April. All the 

 small growth should be cut clean away, and the ends of 

 the strong shoots cut off to the extent only of a few inches. 

 These shoots should then be carefully bent to the ground, 



