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attempt to describe would be to insult the taste 

 of every reader. I shall, therefore, merely 

 speak of the propagation and the management of 

 the plant. All roses may be propagated from 

 seed ; but, as the seed seldom comes up till 

 the second year, and as the plants come to per- 

 fection slowly, the usual mode of propagation of 

 all sorts, except the China Rose, is by suckers. 

 These come out near old stems, during the sum- 

 mer ; they are dug up in the fall and planted 

 out. In the spring they are cut down near to the 

 ground, and, the next year, they blow. The 

 China Rose is so easily raised from cuttings, and 

 little bits, put in the ground in spring, will be 

 trees, and have a profusion of bloom before the 

 fall. This Rose is in bloom in England, from 

 May till January ', if the soil and situation both 

 be good. It is very strange that Mr, MARSHALL 

 should set this down amongst " tender shrubs" 

 and say, that " it will not do abroad, except in 

 u summer months" It stands the winter as well 

 as the oak, and, I have, for years, had it, against 

 the front of my house, blowing finely at Christ- 

 -mas, without any attempt at covering. In 

 America, in the open air, it might not be in 

 bloom at Christmas ; but it stands^ the winter as 

 well as any tree that can be named. It is beau- 

 tiful for the Green-house ; for there it, mixed 

 with Geraniums, blow beautifully all the winter 

 long. As to the management of roses ; the 

 ground should be good, and dug every autumn as 

 directed for fruit trees, and should be ma- 

 nured frequently. They should (except when 

 trained against walls or over bowers) be kept cut 

 down low ; fer, when they get long stms and 



