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APPENDIX No. III. 



NEW ROSES 



The plan which I have advised the amateur to pur- 

 sue in the formation of a Rose-garden — that is, to buy 

 his Rose-trees from the nursery and then to multiply 

 them upon stocks of his own — will be the best for its 

 future continuance also. The best and the cheapest, 

 because, although the foundation will be costly (that is 

 to say, the site, the preparation of the ground, and the 

 material), the superstructure and the maintenance of 

 the fabric will not be expensive items. Once possessed 

 of the most beautiful varieties of the Rose, and planting 

 every November such a quantity of Briers from the 

 hedge-row, from cuttings, or from seed, (or of Manetti, 

 if that should prove the stock most suitable to his soil), 

 as he may deem desirable, the independent Rosarian 

 will grow his favorite flower to perfection, year after 

 year, from his own resources, only requiring in addition 

 those new looses which promise to be of superior merit, 

 which are regularly advertised by our English nursery- 

 men in the spring, and may be had from them in the 

 month of May. 



But how am I to know, the amateur will ask, what 

 selection to make from the numerous varieties which 

 are annually announced as ^^superbes, ravissantes, mag- 



