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which should be well mixed with the soil to a 

 depth of 2 feet. I have been induced to suggest 

 this mode of culture for Tea-scented Koses, owing 

 to my having planted, in December 1862, a 

 border in one of my span-roofed orchard houses 

 with low standards of the most choice varieties of 

 this beautiful group. I have never, in the whole 

 course of my experience, seen anything in rose 

 culture so beautiful and so gratifying : for during 

 the whole of this month (May 1863) not only 

 their flowers but their large beautiful leaves, 

 unscathed by frost, wind or rain, have been a 

 source of untiring gratification. No artificial 

 heat is employed, so that the air is always pure 

 and most agreeable. In a house of this descrip- 

 tion, Tea-scented Roses will bloom beautifully 

 from May till November; but. in spring and 

 autumn say in May and part of June, and again 

 in September and October they will be in the 

 greatest perfection. In June, July, and August, 

 the ventilations should be open night and day 

 in calm weather, and closed only to exclude 

 violent wind. 



Raising Varieties from Seed. 



With attention, some very beautiful roses of 

 this family may be originated from seed ; but the 

 plants must be trained against a south wall, in a 

 warm, dry soil, or grown in pots, under glass : a 

 warm greenhouse, or the orchard house, will be 



