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leaf- mould, silver sand, and maiden loam (equal parts), 

 and set the pan or pans on a nice gentle heat. When 

 the seedlings are 3 or 4 inches high, pot them off 

 singly into small 60-size pots, and continue them in a 

 close cold frame for a week, when air may be admitted. 

 The following spring shift them into 5-inch pots, and 

 continue them in a frame or in a good house : give but 

 little water through the winter. 



By Cuttings. — At any time they can be had, take 

 short cuttings, 2 or 3 inches in length, of the sound, 

 half-ripened young wood, with a heel of the old wood, 

 trim off the leaves from one-half the cutting, and make 

 a clean cut immediately through the base, leaving a heel 

 of the old wood, and insert them in pots filled with 

 sandy peat and maiden loam of equal parts. Give 

 water, and plunge in a tan-bed, or in a sand-bed over 

 a warm tank, or set in a mild heat in a frame, pit, or 

 house. Pot off as soon as well rooted. The double- 

 flowered Pomegranate is a most beautiful plant for the 

 conservatory. Age is necessary for them to flower and 

 bear fruit well. 



The Eose. 



The Rose family is divided into two classes — viz. 

 Climbing Roses and the Shrubby Roses. I only 

 include the last class under this head, and shall refer 

 to the Climbing Roses under " Climbers." The 

 Shrubby Roses are numerous, and severally include 

 many divisions, as the Provence, Gallica, Moss, Bourbon, 

 Perpetual, China, Scotch, Damask, Austrian Briar, 

 Macarteney, Rosa Lawrenciana , or Miniature Rose, &c. 

 The Provence Roses are, no doubt, among our noblest 

 and finest Roses, being double and very beautiful. 

 Another is the Crested Provence, or Crested Moss, as 

 some call it ; but I am convinced it is a Provence Rose, 

 and a species, although sometimes it will produce 

 flowers without the crested calyx, and then no one can 

 tell it from a Provence. This is one of the most 

 beautiful things it is possible to possess of the kind, and 

 should be in everv good garden. It is a summer Rose. 



