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budded or grafted on low stems of the Dog Rose, 

 or Blush Boursault, which seems, if possible, even 

 a more congenial stock ; they may be then ar- 

 ranged in the beds of any flower-garden, and 

 graduated in height so as to form a bank of foliage 

 and flowers. Grafted or budded plants when esta- 

 blished will in general brave our severest winters ; 

 but still it will be most prudent in November 

 either to remove them to some warm shed, and 

 lay their roots in damp mould, or to reduce their 

 heads and give each plant an oiled paper cap.* 

 This is a mode practised in the north of Italy 

 with great success, to protect their tender roses 

 and other plants ; and though paper caps may not 

 be thought objects of ornament on an English 

 lawn, yet the method will be found very eligible 

 in many cases. In March those that have been 

 laid on the shed for protection may be removed to 

 the flower borders, pruning off all superfluous and 

 dead shoots ; they will bloom the following sum- 

 mer in great perfection, and in general surpass 

 those that have been suffered to remain in the 



" If these beautiful Roses are grown as standards they must 

 have protection : the most simple method is to remove them in 

 December, and lay their roots in the ground near a north wall or 

 fence, their heads resting against the wall ; over these a mat 

 should be nailed during frost. For forcing or blooming early in 

 spring in the greenhouse they form beautiful plants, budded on 

 neat steins about 1 ft. in height: these, if potted in November, 

 give abundance of flowers in spring, of a larger size than when 

 grown on their own roots." Extract from Catalogue for 1843. 



