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for weeds of minor growth to flourish. Those weeds that 

 are more robust should be pulled out occasionally; and 

 this is all the culture they will require. For temples, col- 

 umns, wire-fences, which they soon cover with beauty, 

 and verandas, their use is now becoming well known. 

 One of the most complete temples of roses is that at the 



seat of Warner, Esq., Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire ; and 



the prettiest specimens of festooning these roses from one 

 column to another by means of small iron chains (strong 

 iron wire will do) may be seen at Broxbourn Bury, near 



Hoddesdon, the seat of Bosanquet, Esq. 



"... About six or eight years ago, I received, among 

 others, some very stout short stocks of the Dog Rose : 

 they were not more than two feet in height, but stouter 

 than a large broom-handle, the bark thick and gray with 

 age. They were planted, and grew most luxuriantly. I 

 was for some little time at a loss what varieties to bud 

 them with ; for, be it remembered, all stout and old rose- 

 stocks require to be worked with very strong-growing 

 sorts of roses, to take off the abundance of sap, and keep 

 them in a healthy state. At last, in a mere freak of fancy, 

 I had them budded with some varieties of the Evergreen 

 Rose (Rosa Sempervirens). They grew most luxuriantly; 

 and after a year or two, not being trees adapted for sale, 

 they were planted in a sloping bank of strong white clay, 

 and left to grow and bloom as Nature dictated : not a 

 shoot was ever touched with the pruning-knife. 



