184 FORCING OF ROSES. 



buds of their base, and the plants placed again in 

 the forcing-house, and a second crop of flowers 

 obtained. The same mode may be followed also 

 with the Bourbon, China, and Tea-scented Eoses ; 

 with the latter, indeed, a third crop may be often 

 obtained. 



Towards the end of March, when the second 

 crop of flowers is coming on, the plants should 

 have abundance of air daily ; this will make them 

 hardy and robust. Syringing should be practised 

 every morning and evening ; but when the flower- 

 buds are ready to open, this must be confined to 

 the stems of the plants and the pots, otherwise 

 the flowers will be injured by the moisture. 

 Care must be taken to remove the plants from 

 the forcing-house to the greenhouse or drawing- 

 room before their blossoms expand; they may 

 then be kept in beauty many days. I have not 

 found the check which the plants receive by this 

 sudden change of temperature at all detrimental. 

 During their second growth the plants should be 

 watered once a week with manure water,* and 

 the surface of the pot occasionally stirred. Worked 

 i.e. budded roses are the most eligible for 

 forcing: these seldom or never fail to give an 

 abundant crop of flowers ; stems from 6 inches to 

 1-J and 2 feet are equally eligible : the latter form 



* One pound of guano to twenty gallons of water forms the 

 very best species of liquid manure for pot cnlture; for the 

 borders, double that quantity will be better. 



