114 ADDENDA. 



the older or two or more years 'wood is all cut away ; tmt 

 in newly planted beds, or those of mixed sorts, we prefer 

 pinching to form little bushes. 



The ground for roses cannot be too deep, nor too rich, 

 if only the enriching compost be well and thoroughly 

 rotted. Roses budded give larger and better blooms than 

 when grown on their own roots, but so few appear to 

 recognize the necessity of cutting away the suckers which 

 at times come from the stock, that it is advisable to plant 

 only those grown on their own roots. If, however, the 

 plants cannot be had otherwise than budded, then always 

 plant so as to cover the point where the bud was inserted 

 at least two inches in the ground, and then, if you wish 

 to make the plant strike roots from itself, as soon as it is 

 well established take a knife and make a few slight notches 

 just at the point where it is budded, and from these 

 notches, or wounds, new roots will soon strike, and when 

 well grown the old root below can be cut away. 



FORMS OF ROSES. 



In almost every catalogue descriptive of 

 roses, as well as in the rose books, there 

 are certain terms used to indicate the forms 

 of flowers terms which, though apparently 

 plain, yet are often seemingly misunder- 

 CUPPED. stood. We copy here sketches of the forms 

 of roses, with their appropriate terms. 



Although the actual form of a flower varies with its 

 growth some roses being globular when partly blown 

 and cupped or expanded when fully developed it should 



