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tre of the large pot ; press the earth well round 

 them ; give a soaking of water, and plunge them 

 in the sawdust or tan in some sunny exposed 

 place where they may have all the sun our fickle 

 climate will give them. They may remain here till 

 early in October, when they should be removed 

 into the greenhouse, but a fortnight before 

 taking them into their winter quarters, lift every 

 pot, and place it on the surface of the bed in 

 which they have been plunged : their roots then 

 become hardened, and bear the dry warm air of 

 the greenhouse without injury: they should at 

 this time also be pruned into any handsome de- 

 sirable shape, (a compact bush is perhaps the pret- 

 tiest,) or, if tall plants are required, the long shoots 

 may be fastened to a neat painted stick. Roses 

 thus treated will come into bloom in the green- 

 house in April, and continue one of its brightest 

 ornaments till the beginning of June ; they should 

 then be repotted into larger pots if large plants are 

 wished for, and again plunged in the open air till 

 the autumn : care must be taken to place the pots 

 on slates, to prevent their roots getting through 

 the bottoms of the pots. If compact and pretty 

 little plants are required the same pots may be 

 used, merely reducing the roots, so that the pot 

 will hold a small quantity of compost for the 

 plant to feed upon. A most excellent compost for 

 potted roses may be made as follows : Pare some 

 turf from a loamy pasture ; the parings must not 



