1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



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horse curries his head too low, a curb bridle will' 

 often be found the best remedy ; and the contra- 

 diction is cleared up by the remark, that it is the! 

 way of adjusting and using the curb, that the 

 difference of effect is produced. For the latter! 

 purpose, a short-cheeked bit, when judicious-' 

 ly used, will, with many subjects, be found ef- 

 fectual ; and, in order to render it so, the hands 

 must be raised higher than usual at the precise, 

 instant when the animal endeavors to drop his 

 head ; by this means the cui-b is l)rought into 

 action, but should be again released when a 

 proper position of the head is obtained. This[ 



should be jxirticularly attended to, for such 

 horses are very suljjcct to hang on the ])it — an 

 imperfection likely to increase witli ago, if not 

 counteracted. Although I so far advocate the 

 use of double rein or curb bridles for certain 

 purposes, let me not he misunderstood as recom- 

 mending them for general use ; quite the reverse. 

 A horse with a good mouth, carrying his head 

 in tlie true position, never goes so freely and 

 pleasantly to himself, as with a snaffle bridle ; 

 but it is to teacli tlie horse how tu carry him- 

 self, that the curl> is in many cases of great utili- 



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STAKBARD CLIMBING ROSES. 



Our engraving represents the standard climbing 

 roses, formed by budding the different varieties 

 of climbing roses upon stocks of the standard 

 varieties. "VVe sometimes see stocks like minia- 

 ture trees ; and these, by some of our most en- 

 thusiastic rose growers, have been transformed 

 into " weeping tree roses" — the most beautiful 

 ornaments for lawns and gardens which can be 

 imagined. Mr. Rivers, an English floriculturist, 

 was one of the first to illustrate and draw atten- 

 tion to the matter. He speaks of them as fol- 

 lows : — 



" Some six years since, having some rose-stocks 

 five or six feet high, and stout as liroora-handles, 

 I was induced to try what effect some of the 

 beautiful varieties of Rosa Sempervireus would] 



have if budded on them, as I had some latent 

 idea that they would form very graceful pendu- 

 lous trees ; I accordingly selected from that fam- 

 ily a few of its most interesting varieties. These 

 trees are, in the blooming season, pictures of 

 beauty ; not a shoot has ev?r been touched by 

 the pruning-knife ; there is consequently no for- 

 mality ; their beauty consists in their graceful- 

 ness and rusticity, which is quite refreshing in 

 contrast to the closidy jjruned heads of the liner 

 varieties of standard roses." 



Sir. Barry says that our native sweet l)rier, to 

 be found in all parts of tiie country, is one of the 

 best stocks for the purpose. Tlie double prairie 

 roses, Queen of the Prairies, BaltiiuDre Belle, 

 Perpetual Pink, and other varieties, furnish flow- 

 ers of the proper character for budding. 



