104 PRACTICAL FLOKICULTUKE. 



continue to produce shoots and flowers in profusion 

 during any part of fall or winter, at the will of the 

 operator, proper judgment being used to prune in the 

 plants previous to the desired time of flowering. Thus, 

 if Rose-buds are wanted at the first of January, it will be 

 necessary to prune off or shorten the shoots about Novem- 

 ber 1st ; they may then be put into a temperature ranging 

 from 50 to 60, at night, with 15 higher daring the day, 

 plentifully syringed, but sparingly supplied with water at 

 the roots until they begin to grow freely. In the summer 

 treatment, I have omitted to state that the plants should 

 be at all times fully exposed to the sun, but, to counteract 

 the drying up from this exposure, the pots should be 

 plunged to the rim in sawdust, refuse hops, tan bark, sand, 

 or some such material, as is most convenient. Another 

 plan that may be adopted when it is not convenient to 

 carry the Roses through the summer in pots, is to 

 lift up and pot those planted out early in the fall, say 

 by the middle of September, or, at latest, the first of 

 October ; if carefully lifted thus early, and kept from 

 wilting, they will have filled the pots with working roots 

 by November, and will make plants nearly as good for 

 forcing as those grown throughout the entire summer in 

 pots. For this purpose, two-year-old plants are much bet- 

 ter than those only one year old, as, having more fibres, 

 they more quickly form the essential " working" roots. 



There are comparatively few varieties of Roses suitable 

 for producing flowers in sufficient abundance in winter 

 to make it profitable, and these few are such as in the 

 summer months are by no means our finest; but they 

 are selected for winter, not for their developed flowers, but 

 for their buds. Thus the Safrano, one of the most valued for 

 its saffron yellow buds, is but semi-double Those most 

 valued by the New York florists are : 



Lamarqne. White, with a tinge of straw color in the 

 centre ; a vigorous grower, usually trained up the rafters. 



