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gave flowers constantly in autumn, and were pro- 

 portionately esteemed. 



Culture. 



In cultivating China Eoses but little care is 

 required, as most of them are quite hardy. All 

 the varieties of Rosa semperflorens, are adapted 

 for the front edges of beds or clumps, as they 

 are of more humble growth than the varieties 

 of the Common. It must also be recollected that 

 the latter are those alone adapted for standards. 

 The varieties of Rosa semperflorens, though they 

 will exist for several years on the Dog Rose stock, 

 yet do not form ornamental heads, but become 

 stinted and diseased; on the contrary, the varieties 

 of the China Rose, as standards, particularly on 

 short stems two or three feet in height, form 

 good heads swelling and uniting with the stock, and 

 giving a mass of bloom from June to November ; 

 on tall stems I have not found them flourish 

 equally. About the end of March, not earlier, 

 the branches of standards will require thinning 

 out, and shortening to about half their length; in 

 summer, a constant removal of their faded flowers 

 is necessary, and this is all the pruning they 

 require. 



China Roses are better adapted than almost any 

 other class for forming groups of separate colours. 

 Thus for beds of white roses, which, let it be 

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