20 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



esting employment for the genuine rose amateur ; 

 such a pleasing field is open, and so much may 

 yet be done. The following directions will, I hope, 

 assist those who have leisure, perseverance, and 

 love for this charming flower. A plant of the 

 Luxembourg Moss and one of the Single Crimson 

 Moss should be planted against a south wall, close 

 to each other, so that their branches may be min- 

 gled. In bright calm sunny mornings in June, 

 about ten o'clock, those flowers that are expanded 

 should be examined by pressing the fingers on the 

 anthers ; it will then be found if the pollen is 

 abundant ; if so, a flower of the former should be 

 shaken over the latter ; or, what perhaps is better, 

 its flower-stalk should be fastened to the wall, so 

 that the flower will be kept in an erect position. 

 Then cut a flower of the Luxembourg Moss, snip 

 off its petals with a sharp pair of scissors, and 

 place the anthers firmly but gently upon a flower 

 of the Single Crimson, so that the anthers of 

 each are entangled : they will keep it in its posi- 

 tion : a stiff breeze will then scarcely remove it. 

 The fertilising will take place without further 

 trouble, and a fine hep full of seed will be the re- 

 sult. To obtain seed from the Luxembourg Moss, 

 I need scarcely say that this operation must be 

 reversed. /A wall is not always necessary to ripen 

 seed ; for in dry soils, and airy exposed situations 

 the above Moss Hoses bear seed in tolerable abun- 

 dance. The treatment of the heps, sowing the 



