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Herewith we show an illustration of how a rose can be 

 trained to make a perfect rounded mass of bloom. Two 

 to three inches of the main stem at the base have all the 

 buds nibbed out, and any suckers from the roots below 

 are destroyed. When the plant has made six inches of 

 growth pinch the ends of the upright shoots and throw 

 strength into the side branches. Continue this course as 

 the plant grows, and with many varieties the illustration 

 given will be overshadowed. 



Ere we leave the roses let us say that where the Bour- 

 bons, Noisettes, Chinas, Teas, etc., are often winter killed 

 if left out in the open ground ; that if they are taken up 

 ere there is two inches deep of frost in the earth, and 

 heeled in to a common hot-bed frame, then covered with 

 small brush and over that a covering of leaves, then boards 

 put over so that water will not come in, they will find the 

 roots of the plants in spring as good as new. When plant- 

 ing out be careful to keep the roots from the air, and cut 

 the tops down to three or four inches from the crown of 

 the roots. All varieties are the better for being cut down 

 near the ground in early spring, then the leading shoots 

 pinched back from time to time and the faded flowers 

 picked off. Never refuse to give your friend a boquet of 

 roses if you do not cut the fresh opening buds. This re- 

 mark I acknowledge is a little out of my line, for I always 

 cut the faded roses and drop them on the ground, while 

 I put the buds and half blown ones into my friends hands. 



Each year brings new varieties of roses, and while we 

 cannot give the whole list, we will here give a short list 

 of the latest and best new ones : 



