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years, selections of them planted in rows or hedges, 

 dividing the compartments in our gardens. 



They are all hardy, but of those that are not perfect- 

 ly so, we have mentioned the required protection. Any 

 of them that have not been proved hardy in your 

 collections, it would be extremely injudicious to leave 

 them exposed the first winter after planting out. Cau- 

 tion is necessary on every unknown point; therefore, 

 we would recommend to give them slight protection,by 

 a covering of straw, mats, boxes, &c. and if they ap- 

 pear to withstand the winter in perfect safety, they will 

 not need again to be covered. 



The best season of the year for pruning them is 

 about the first of this month. In doing so it is not ad- 

 visable to shorten any of the young shoots, except in 

 cutting off the injured parts, that being the wood most 

 productive of bloom; but where there is old stinted wood, 

 it should be cut out as close to the surface of the 

 ground as the other parts of the bush will permit, with 

 any other of the oldest wood that is too crowded. If 

 the plants have been long established, dig in amongst 

 their roots a little well decomposed manure, and stir 

 and hoe them frequently during the summer. 



CLIMBING ROSES. 



No. 1. Rosa Champneydna. This celebrated rose has 

 a situation in almost every garden in our city, and forms 

 a great ornament, flowering very profusely in immense 

 clusters from May to November. Many of these hav- 



