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strong tea, twice a week until after blooming time. 

 You will find that the flowers will be improved in 

 size and borne more profusely. 



Some English gardeners in the Spring lay down 

 two or three of the long shoots of the Hardy Per- 

 petual Roses, merely cutting off a couple of inches 

 from the ends, and peg them to the ground. The 

 other shoots are pruned back. In this way more 

 bloom may be had, but of course the method should 

 only be employed in the Rose bed or Rose garden. 

 The next year these shoots are cut off and other 

 shoots pegged down to take their places. 



The Perpetual Roses that have been described 

 are quite able to withstand the hardest Winter in 

 the latitude of New York, and there is no neces- 

 sity for providing straw wrappers for them, or for 

 laying them down and covering them up with straw 

 or leaves. A good mulch of coarse manure mixed 

 with long straw is all they need, with some cow 

 manure spaded in lightly in the Spring. There- 

 after the ground about their roots and between the 

 plants should be kept loosened with a hoe until 

 the Roses have bloomed; after which time once 

 every two weeks will suffice for cultivation. If you 



