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eye ; the inexperienced apprehends no injury ; but the 

 disease is there, and the symptoms will soon show them- 

 selves. Wisely did our forefathers fix their Rogation 

 Days at this most perilous time. Wisely did priest and 

 people go together round the boundary fields, with 

 earnest prayer that they might in due time enjoy the 

 kindly fruits of the earth. Even the heathen kept his 

 days of Rogation, and besought his gods " ut om?iia 

 bene efflorcscei'ent ;'' and shall the Christian call it super- 

 stition to invoke the blessings of Heaven upon corn- 

 field and pasture, orchard and garden, fruit and flower? 



Examine the new growth of your established Rose- 

 trees, and when you think that it is too abundant, rub 

 off here and there those breaking buds, which might 

 weaken the plant, and prevent a wholesome circulation 

 of air through the crow^ded " head " of the Rose- 

 tree. 



A surface application of manure, as previously 

 recommended, should now be laid on the surface of the 

 soil, and this liberality may be extended to the Briers 

 also. 



Order your selection of new Roses in pots from the 

 nursery, repotting those, of which you have the best 

 hope, and keep them under glass for a time, so that in 



June 



you may bud them on some of your most forward 

 stocks ; and then, by turning them out of their pots into 

 the open ground, and by encouraging them in every 



