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should be dug in about their roots every winter. 

 The pruning must be done sparingly; if the plants 

 are kept low they never do well, often dying off as 

 soon as they have done blooming. I have lost 

 three or four hundred in a single season by over- 

 doing the operation ; but if they are kept in bushes 

 four or five feet above ground they will grow ad- 

 mirably ; they also delight in an airy exposed situa- 

 tion. Moss Roses in variety are very scarce, even 

 in Europe ; no establishment can supply them in 

 any quantity. The new sorts 'are all budded on 

 the French Eglantine, and form small trees, that 

 require to be kept free from the suckers which push 

 up from the roots, or the graft would be impover- 

 ished and die. Rose trees are quite fashionable, 

 but they must in no case be allowed to put forth 

 any shoots below the bud or head of the . plant. 

 Standard or tree roses trained in parasol or um- 

 brella shape make very interesting objects, and the 

 flowers they produce are all fully exposed to the 

 eye, and appear as if almost floating in the air. 



