46 CULTURE OP THE ROSE. 



blooming roses in pots in the open air during summer, 

 plunging the pot in the earth, and placing a tile or brick 

 beneath it to prevent the egress of roots and the ingress of 

 worms. Towards the end of August, cut off all the flow- 

 ers and buds, at the same time shortening the flower-stalks 

 to two or three eyes. Then give the roses a supply of 

 manure- water to stimulate their growth. If they are in a 

 thrifty condition, they will form new shoots and flower- 

 buds before the frost sets in ; and may then be removed to 

 a cold greenhouse, where they will continue. to flower for 

 several months. 



The following is the description given by Mr. Rivers of 

 a practice recently introduced in England, and which 

 seems well worth a trial here, with such modifications as 

 the heat of our sun may require : 



" To have a fine bloom of these roses, or, indeed, of any 

 of the Hybrid Perpetuals, Bourbons, or China roses, in 

 pots towards the end of summer or autumn, take plants 

 from small pots (those struck from cuttings in March or 

 April will do), and put them into six-inch, or even eight- 

 inch pots, using a compost of light turfy loam and rotten 

 manure, equal parts : to a bushel of the compost add half 



