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cutting off the decayed and decaying clusters of 

 flowers, during the blooming season; and, in 

 March, to thin out their superfluous branches. 

 All the pillar Noisettes form fine drooping 

 standards : as dwarfs for beds, many of the va- 

 rieties are very eligible, for they will grow and 

 bloom luxuriantly in all soils and situations. To 

 ensure their receiving no injury in very exposed 

 situations, cut them down to within a foot of the 

 surface of the soil in November, and place over each 

 plant, or rather thatch it, with a thick covering of 

 furze branches, to continue on till March. This will 

 effectually protect them from the frost. This cover- 

 ing, as elsewhere recommended, must be removed 

 gradually, so that the young and tender shoots 

 are not exposed to the cold air too suddenly. For 

 ornamenting wire-fences these roses are also 

 admirably adapted, as they can be trained with 

 great facility, and they will form, in such situ- 

 ations, a blooming boundary for at least four 

 months in the year. 



But few of the Noisette Roses will bear seed in 

 this country ; the following, however, if planted 

 against a south wall, and carefully fertilised, would 

 probably produce some. The object here should 

 be to obtain dark crimson varieties with large 

 flowers, and for this purpose Fellenberg should 

 be fertilised with Cerise or Boulogne, and again, 

 Cerise with Fellenberg, Cerise may also be 

 planted with the China Hose Fabvier, and Bou- 



