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than it stood before. The operation of placing the roots 

 and fibres should be done with the nicest care. In my fall 

 planting, I place the plant in an oblique direction, so that 

 the plants may be easily bent down and covered. Fall- 

 jDlanted Roses are liable to be more or less winter-killed, 

 which is prevented, if covered with coarse litter, or manure. 



We have seen Pillar Roses, in the grounds of Mr. 

 Charles Hoffman, of Salem, — which, without protection, 

 are liable to be killed down to within two or three feet of 

 the ground, — grown in great magnificence, forming beau- 

 tiful pyramids of Roses from twelve to fifteen feet high. 

 We had never seen the Pillar Rose in such perfection. 

 They were the same varieties which in our own ground 

 did not exceed more than five or six feet, as the greater 

 part of the new wood is every winter killed down. We 

 were informed that the supports to which these Roses 

 were trained, consisting of nothing more than three or 

 four strong spruce poles, were taken away in autumn, and 

 the plants laid down and covered with earth, or coarse 

 manure. The only time to plant tender Roses, as fiir 

 north as Boston, is in the spring. The China, Bengal, and 

 Tea Roses may be grown in the open ground, in New 

 England, if they are taken up in autumn. They may be 

 kept in a dry, cool cellar, with the roots packed in loam or 

 sand ; or they may be laid in by the heels, on a dry knoll, 

 and covered with earth, where they will remain secure till 

 spring. In planting them out, they should be cut down 

 to a few buds, and they will bloom after the summer Roses 

 have passed away, provided the roots were taken up well- 

 In replanting Roses, the roots should be carefully exam- 

 ined, and all broken or bruised parts should be cut off with 

 a sharp knife. 



A young, healthy plant is much better than one that is 

 old and overgroAvn, to plant out ; indeed, old plants should 

 be rejected. 



