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and I hope, ere long, to have standard roses 

 spoken of as things of the past like stage coaches 

 and road waggons. The culture of pyramidal 

 roses will require more care and time than the 

 culture of standards, which we all know is very 

 simple; but the rose gardener will be amply 

 compensated by such glorious effects as have 

 never yet been seen in our roseries. 



Like all really good gardening ideas, the cul- 

 ture of rose pyramids, although requiring more 

 time and care than the culture of standard and 

 dwarf roses, is still very simple, and may be 

 carried out as follows : 



Some strong two years old stocks of the Ma- 

 netti Rose should be planted in November, in a 

 piece of ground well exposed to sun and air. 

 The soil should have dressings of manure, and 

 be stirred to nearly two feet in depth. In the 

 months of July and August of the following year 

 they will be in a fit state to bud. They should 

 have one bud inserted in each stock close to the 

 ground. The sort to be chosen for this prelimi- 

 nary budding is a very old Hybrid China Rose, 

 called Madame Pisaroni, a rose with a most 

 vigorous and robust habit, which, budded in 

 strong Manetti stocks, will often make shoots 

 from six to seven feet in length, and stout and 

 robust in proportion. In the month of February 

 following, the stocks in wlu'ch are live buds should 

 be all cut down to within six inches of the bud. 

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