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the Autumnal Eoses ought, in cold and wet situ- 

 ations, to be deferred till Spring ; and the begin- 

 ning of April will, in ordinary seasons, be found 

 the most eligible time for this operation. A few 

 exceptions may be made; as Madame Desprez, 

 Dubourg, Splendens, Triomphe de Planteur, Bou- 

 quet de Flore, and some others, among the Bour- 

 bon Roses, are so hardy that our most severe winters 

 do not injure them ; but the varieties of Noisette, 

 Chinese, Tea-scented, Microphylla, and Macart- 

 ney Roses, are very apt to receive injury from the 

 frosts of winter, and the cutting winds of March, 

 if the plants are not well established. 



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