CHAPTER V. 



THE KOSE FORCING HOUSE. 



IT is a well-known and established fact among good 

 floriculturists that it is highly advantageous and 

 effective to devote a whole house, whether it be large 

 or small, to a single class, especially in forcing. There 

 is no doubt some peculiarity belonging to every genus 

 of plants that requires, in a measure, some distinct 

 treatment, under which the class will do much better 

 than when it is treated only partially. The treatment 

 necessary to the proper development of its character 

 can thus be better carried out, and in no case is it more 

 necessary than in the forcing of Roses. 



The Rose may be forced with other plants, it is true, 

 but there is no class that requires more individual 

 attention daily than this flower, which when so treated 

 with other plants seldom gets what is absolutely 

 necessary for its proper cultivation, and this from 

 various causes. Light, heat, and moisture are the 

 chief elements required in forcing the Rose. The term 

 * forcing' may be modified considerably, and some 

 wider range allowed for what is commonly understood 

 by the term by some persons ; but in this case it refers 

 to the cultivation of flowers for cutting by February, 

 March, and April. 



