CULTURE OP THE ROSE. 51 



Roses potted in the manner described for forcing may 

 also be brought into bloom in the sunny window of a 

 chamber or drawing-room. They will bloom much better 

 if allowed to remain at rest in a cool cellar for a month or 

 two after potting. 



The following is a cheap mode of forcing, described by 

 an English cultivator. The amateur may, perhaps, be dis- 

 posed to make the experiment. 



a Those who wish for the luxury of forced roses at a. tri- 

 fling cost may have them by pursuing the following simple 

 method: Take a common garden frame, large or small, 

 according to the number of roses wanted ; raise it on some 

 posts, so that the bottom edge will be about three feet 

 from the* ground at the back of the frame, and two feet in 

 front, sloping to the south. If it is two feet deep, this will 

 give a depth of five feet under the lights at the back of 

 the frame, which will admit roses on little stems as well as 

 dwarfs. Grafted or budded plants of any of the Perpetual 

 roses should be potted in October, in a rich compost of 

 equal portions of rotten dung and loam, in pots about 

 eight inches deep and seven inches over, and plunged in the 

 soil at the bottom. The air in the frame may be heated by 

 linings of hot dung ; but care must be taken that the dung 



