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also be so used here by those who will take the trouble to 

 remove them from the ground in the autumn, and place 

 them in a frame for protection. For this purpose, a hot- 

 bed frame may be used, substantially made of plank. It 

 should be placed in a situation where the soil is thoroughly 

 drained either by Nature or Art The roses are to be 

 placed in it close together, and overlapping each other, to 

 save room; the roots being well covered with soil, and 

 the plants laid in a sloping position. By covering them 

 with boards and mats, they will then be safe from every 

 thing but mice. The most effectual way to defeat the 

 mischievous designs of these pestiferous vermin is to 

 cover, not the roots only, but the entire plants, with earth. 

 The covering of boards and mats must be so placed as to 

 exclude water from rain and melting snow. Tea roses, 

 of which we shall speak under the next head, are, as a 

 class, more tender than the Chinas ; and, in order to pre- 

 serve them, the soil in the frame should be dug out to the 

 depth of a foot, the roses laid at the bottom, and wholly 

 covered with earth somewhat dry. On this earth, after 

 the roses are buried, place a covering of dry leaves some 

 six inches deep, and then cover the whole with water- 

 proof boards or sashes. The leaves alone, if in sufficient 

 quantity, would protect the roses from cold, but, at the 



