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at almost any time. Their tenderness 

 excepted, they require the same general 

 treatment as other roses. They thrive 

 well in a well-drained compost, of equal 

 parts loam, leaf mould, and peat, and a 

 sixth part broken charcoal and gritty sand. 

 Before starting them in the spring is a good 

 time to pot them ; and if they could be 

 plunged for a few weeks after this operation 

 in a gentle bottom heat of 50, so much 

 the better. They could then be placed 

 fully exposed to the light on a greenhouse 

 shelf. The pots should be placed in a 

 larger-sized pot, with a layer of moss 

 between, to protect the roots from the 

 heat of the sun. After flowering, the 

 shoots should be cut back to two or three 

 eyes, and any weak old shoots cut entirely 

 out. They will break again directly, and 

 flower several times throughout the season. 

 After their last flowering in September, 

 they may be placed for a month or so 

 exposed to the sun out of doors, to give 

 them a season of rest, and be kept dormant 

 until wanted again in the spring. If re- 

 quired for winter flowering, however, they 

 must be moved out of doors, and a rest, 

 if possible (for it is not always possible), 

 secured earlier ; or they may remain under 

 glass to ripen their wood ; be pruned at 

 the end of September or beginning of 

 October ; kept in a genial temperature of 

 from 50 to 60, and they will be in flower 

 at Christinas. When growing freely, they 

 enjoy weak manure water ; but they are 

 very impatient of an excess of moisture or 

 gross food. They are, perhaps, less liable 

 to the attacks of insects than other roses ; 

 but if they appear, they must be at once 

 destroyed, as nothing should be allowed to 

 tarnish the beauty of their exquisite foliage, 

 which constitutes one of the chief charms 

 of this delightful family of roses. 



Roses, Treatment of. 



As a matter of course, where there are so 



many varieties of roses, it may be imagined 

 that the same treatment will not suit them all. 

 The following summary of treatment suited 

 to each class is therefore appended. Its 

 utility is self-evident, as it focuses the 

 special culture of each sort, as it were, and 

 brings the cultural directions suitable foi 

 each into the smallest possible space. 



1. Provence, or Cabbage Roses. Prune 

 close, shortening every shoot three or four buds 

 down, one half in April, the other in October, and 

 keep beds of dwarfs clear from weeds. Propagate 

 by budding and layers in July ; graft in March. 



2. Moss Koses require the same severe pruning 

 as the above, and a light rich soil ; pruning, one 

 half in May, the other in October, in order to have 

 a succession of flowers. Propagate by layers and 

 budding in July ; graft in March. Some of the 

 perpetual mosses are very beautiful : as Madavtc 

 Edouard Ory, dwarf and compact, bright rosy 

 carmine; Salet, bright rosy, with blush edges. To 

 insure a free bloom in autumn, shift and replant in 

 fresh compost in November. 



3. Hybrid Provence Roses. Prune mode- 

 rately short ; propagate by budding and layers in 

 July, and by grafting in March. Robust, vigorous 

 roses, requiring good soil enriched with manure. 



4. French Kose (Rosa gal lica). Prune mode- 

 rately short, and cut out all spray-like shoots ; pro- 

 pagate by budding and layers in July and August ; 

 graft in March ; mulch round the stems, and water 

 with manure-water in dry weather. 



5. Hybrid China. Prune moderately short ; 

 shorten strong branches, and cut out the smaller 

 shoots ; propagate by budding and layers in July 

 and August, by cuttings from Septemberto Novem 

 ber ; graft in March ; mulch the surface round the 

 stem in winter with good rich manure, adding to it 

 as the blooming season approaches. 



6. Hybrid Bourbons. Prune rather short; 

 propagate by layers and budding in July and 

 August, by cuttings from November to December ; 

 graft in March. 



7. Austrian Briers Little pruning required ; 

 only shorten the shoots and thin out old wood, 

 leaving young wood untouched; propagate by 

 cuttings and budding in July and August. It 

 requires a rather moist soil, and dry pure air, and 

 little manure. 



8. Banksian Roses bloom on the previous 

 year's wood. Prune in July, when the season is 

 over, and the plant will produce bearing wood in 

 the autumn ; propagate by cuttings in May and 

 September. It requires a wall, and should be on 

 its own roots ; blooms freely in dry soil. 



9. Hardy Climbing Koses require little prun- 

 ing ; but thin out old wood as soon as the blooming 

 season is over; the after-growth will furnish bearing 

 wood for next season. 



10. Damask Perpetuals. Prune moderately 

 in June, and again in November; propagate by 

 budding and layers in July, graft in March ; a dry 

 soil, with an annual supply of manure on the sur- 

 face, and the soil just stirred in November. 



n. Hybrid Perpetuals. Prune very close in 



