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with a nearly equal quantity of light, well-rotted manure, 

 adding sand if the texture of the loam requires it. The 

 bed should be in an open, sunny situation, and sheltered, 

 as for as may be, from strong winds. The Tea roses 

 planted in it unless they have been exhausted by forcing 

 in the greenhouse will give a liberal supply of bloom 

 until checked by the autumn frosts. 



Many of these roses can be grown to great advantage 

 in a cold grapery, in a bed suitably prepared. They differ 

 greatly in hardiness, and in respect to ease of culture. 

 Some are so vigorous as to form greenhouse climbers, 

 and so hardy as to bear a Northern winter by being simply 

 laid down, and covered with earth, like a raspberry. Of 

 these is GLOIEE DE DIJON, a rose of most vigorous growth, 

 and closely resembling in the shape of its blossoms that 

 matchless Bourbon Rose, the well-known Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison. Its color, however, is very different, being a 

 mixture of buff and salmon. It has one defect, a crum- 

 pled appearance of the central leaves, which gives them a 

 somewhat withered look, even when just open. Five or 

 six large plants of this variety are growing here with the 

 utmost luxuriance on the rafters of a glass house, without 

 fire. In winter they are protected by meadow-hay thrust 



