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there will then be strength to produce some welcome winter 

 flowers, and though these may open somewhat slowly from 

 want of sunlight during November and December, they will 

 increase as the days grow longer and brighter. One way of 

 getting extra vigorous plants from young-rooted cuttings is to 

 shift them at once either from the open ground or from 

 pots into those in which they are to flower, and which may 

 be from 6 in. to 8 in. in size, plunging them during the 

 summer in a gentle hot-bed made up of leaves and stable 

 manure, giving at the same time a liberal top-dressing to each, 

 but leaving the stems and foliage in full exposure to light and 

 sun. After some weeks the heating material may be renewed, 

 if the object be to obtain strong specimen plants quickly. 

 The pots must not be removed too suddenly from the plunging 

 material, as the roots will suffer if they are not gradually 

 hardened off. I have tried a similar plan with other plants 

 besides Roses, and have found it answer extremely well. 



There is no doubt that for the highest success in Rose- 

 growing for winter- and spring-flowering they should have a 

 house to themselves, however small it may be. The con- 

 struction of an unheated Rose house is a matter of importance, 

 and depends upon the mode of culture decided upon, for 

 Roses may be grown either entirely in pots or planted out in 

 borders. In the latter case the lights should be removable, 

 so that they may be taken off entirely during the summer 

 otherwise the Roses cannot thrive. A span-roofed house with 

 an aspect from north to south, and resting on low walls, is the 

 best form to adopt, whether for Roses in pots or in beds. 

 When there is a border at each side it is a great temptation 

 to plant some of the delightful Noisettes and climbing Roses 

 in order to make use of the roof-space, but my own experience 

 and that of others agree in condemning this plan, as it makes 

 the centre of the house practically useless by over-shading. 

 It is, nevertheless, not impossible to have climbing Roses, 



