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standards with advantage, i.e. on stems about 

 four feet high, the usual height of standard roses. 

 They cannot be too highly cultivated ; abundance 

 of manure wafer in summer should be given to 

 them, and the surface round each stem kept 

 covered with moss, or the short grass mown from 

 the lawn. For the window gardens, mentioned in 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, No. XIX., 1846, all the 

 varieties of moderate growth and bushy habits will 

 be found admirably adapted. These, with their 

 rich foliage, beautiful and perfect flowers, and 

 ever-blooming habits, need but a passing word of 

 recommendation ; indeed, all the varieties de- 

 scribed in the foregoing paragraphs are most 

 desirable for pot culture ; they all force well ; 

 but it must be confessed that the Hybrid and 

 Damask Perpetuals are most desirable for that 

 purpose, on account of the almost unrivalled 

 fragrance of their flowers. 



I hope in a few years to see Bourbon Koses in 

 every garden, for the ' queen of flowers ' boasts 

 no members of her court more beautiful ; their 

 fragrance also is delicate and pleasing, more par- 

 ticularly in the autumn ; they ought to occupy a 

 distinguished place in the autumnal rose garden, 

 in clumps or beds, as standards, and as pillars ; in 

 any, and in all situations, they must and will 

 please. To insure a very late autumnal bloom, a 

 collection of dwarf standards, Le. stems one to two 

 feet in height, should be potted in large pots, and 



