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trees or stocks must be thoroughly drained and trenched 

 to receive them. 



Commence towards the end of this month the first 

 pruning of your Rose-trees, shortening by one-fourth 

 the longest shoots, and thus preventing the noxious 

 influence of those stormy winds, which would otherwise 

 loosen the hold which the tree has upon the soil, and 

 which sometimes decapitate the tree itself. These cut- 

 tings \vi\\ strike, many of them (just as cuttings from the 

 Brier will strike), if put in, about 6 inches in length and 

 closely in some sheltered place — by a wall, for exam- 

 ple — looking north or west, and protected by a hand- 

 glass; or they will strike, some of them, without protec- 

 tion overhead, if planted in a like situation, but deeper 

 in the ground, 7 or 8 inches, with two or three "eyes'* 

 avove the soil. Such of them as have made roots 

 should be taken up and potted in the ensuing spring — 

 i.e., in April — should be kept warm under glass for a 

 month or six weeks, hardened by the gradual admission 

 of air, and planted out towards the end of May. 



November 



is the best month for transplanting. Ah, how it cheers 

 the Rosarian's heart amid those dreary days, to welcome 

 that package from the nurseries, long and heavy, so 

 cleanly swathed in the new Russian mat, so closely 

 sewn with the thick white cord ! His eyes glisten, like 

 the school-boy's when the hamper comes from home, 

 and hardlv, though he has read the story of Waste not. 



