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houses a space of 3,000 square feet is devoted to this 

 plant, and in bright sunshine is presently a blaze oi 

 scarlet that is perfectly dazzling. 



Figure 34 is a section of a Rose House, where the Tea 

 Roses are being forced for their buds in winter. A space 

 of 6,000 square feet of glass is devoted to this depart- 

 ment, producing about a thousand buds daily. The 

 varieties grown are very few, as we find onlv six or eight 



Fig. 34. EOSES IN POTS. 



sorts are suitable for forcing. We name the kinds in 

 order of excellence as we find them Safrano, Isabella 

 Sprunt, Bon Silene, Duchess de Brabant, Agrippina, Le 

 Phoenix. These embrace saffron, yellow, straw, pink, car- 

 mine, crimson, and rose colors. To force Roses in winter, 

 the plants must be grown in pots during the previous sum- 

 mer and fall. It is useless to lift a Rose plant from the 

 ground in the fall and expect it to flower well during win- 

 ter. 



Figure 35 represents a section of the house in which is 



