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of Norfolk, or the equally light sands of the 

 neighbourhood of Folkestone. 



Koses on the JIanetti stock require no admix- 

 ture of clay to make them flourish, and but a 

 small quantity of manure ; still they are benefited 

 by surface manures ; which should be applied in 

 November and suffered to subside by the rains of 

 winter, and the courses which take it to the roots 

 by the usual process of nature. 



I have never yet seen a soil so bad as to 

 require to be removed ; if very stiff, sand, burnt 

 earth, and manure may be mixed with it, so as to 

 make it fit for roses on Dog Rose stocks ; if very 

 light, plant roses on the Manetti stock. 



Numerous platitudes have been penned on the 

 subject of soils for roses* so it may not be out of 

 place to condense in the following summary my 

 opinion. 



Standard and dwarf Standard Roses, on Dog 

 Rose stocks, may be successfully cultivated in soils 

 consisting of stiff loamy clay, whether calcareous 

 or feruginous ; in rich sandy loams resting on clay ; 

 in low alluvial bottoms where standing water is 

 not less than two feet from the surface ; and in 

 deep dark-coloured vegetable soils. 



In light soils with subsoils of chalk, gravel, or 

 sand, Standard Roses cannot be successfully culti- 

 vated without abundant surface manures and 

 biennial removal. In such soils, Pyramidal Roses, 

 as described in p. 114, on the Manetti stock, and 

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