198 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



The plants will require shifting annually; in 

 general, pots of the same size will do, shaking all 

 the mould clean from their roots, and giving them 

 a fresh and rich compost. The middle or end of 

 October is the best period for this annual shifting. 

 I have before said it is most difficult to retard or 

 force into bloom roses grown in pots in the open 

 air ; however, removal into the greenhouse for a 

 week or ten days, to force them if required, may 

 be tried, to retard them; the method employed 

 by the courtier, in the days of Elizabeth, to save 

 his cherries for his queen, may be essayed, viz. 

 stretch a piece of canvas on hoops over the plants, 

 and keep it constantly wet, by sprinkling it with 

 water. 



I wish success to all those who intend to ex- 

 hibit roses in pots, but must again caution them 

 not to be soured by one or two disappointments, 

 as the sun will shine and hasten, and clouds will 

 come and retard, and possibly blight the hope of 

 being able to exhibit twelve or twenty roses on 

 some appointed day. 



PLANTING. 



With the exception of the Perpetual Eoses, 

 which, in planting, can have the same treatment 

 as recommended for the hard-wooded roses of the 

 Summer Eose Garden, the transplanting of all 



