94 THE FORCING GARDEN. 



ture by discontinuing the heat, and by an abundance of 

 air for a week beforehand. Not that Eoses are tender, 

 but they may then be used again next year for the 

 same purpose, if not too severely checked by the 

 sudden change of temperature when shifted from the 

 forcing house into the open air. These Koses should 

 be shifted from the pots, or at least turned out and the 

 soil partly shaken out of the roots, and then be re- 

 potted, using a good and entirely fresh compost. This 

 may be done in the month of May, when they may be 

 cut back and well watered, and then plunged in saw- 

 dust, cinder-ashes, or old tan (not fresh tan). Each 

 pot should be set upon a piece of slate to prevent the 

 ingress of worms. The situation for plunging them 

 must be a full sunny one, where they may remain for the 

 summer, when, if kept well supplied with water, with two 

 or three good waterings with liquid manure, a good and 

 vigorous growth will be made for giving flowers the 

 next season. Three or four good strong shoots should 

 be allowed to develop themselves well through the 

 summer, as this is far better than a lot of spray and 

 weak stuff. Cut such out and induce a few strong 

 shoots to make good growth, and when November 

 comes round again they may be lifted from this plung- 

 ing, the pots cleaned off a bit, the drainage looked to, 

 and be taken into the house, but no heat applied at 

 first. 



The pruning of these forcing Eoses may be done 

 soon after they are placed in the house, but it requires 

 some care, and concerning which I have treated par- 

 ticularly in my ' Fruit Tree and Shrub Pruner.' But 

 for the sake of those who may not care to refer further 

 than to this work for information on this matter, I 



