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very well bear the winter in the open air without 

 protection, north of Philadelphia. They will, how- 

 ever, do well to the east by covering their roots, five 

 or six inches thick, with dry leaves, and two feet 

 all round ; distribute some earth over the leaves to 

 prevent them being blown about by the wind. 

 Give them rich sandy loamy soil of considerable 

 depth ; plant in an airy situation, and never near a 

 tree, or any other bush, which exhausts the soil 

 and deteriorates the colour of the flower. The 

 best season for pruning is as early in the spring as 

 their buds show a disposition to swell ; in doing so 

 cut out all the dead wood, shorten any of the young 

 shoots that are irregular; the old stinted wood 

 should be cut as near to the ground as possible ; 

 that the bush may stand free and regularly, thin 

 all over ; dig in among their roots every season a 

 good supply of rich compost or old manure, and 

 stir and hoe them frequently during the summer. 

 The remarks -we have made upon the culture of 

 the Tea Rose will not be misapplied if practised on 

 the Bengal, though these last are invariably more 

 hardy. There are about one hundred varieties of 

 them cultivated, but one half of that number will 

 give every variety and character, compared with 

 which most of the others will be found worth 

 neither name nor culture, rfglae Loth, shaded 

 rose fading to dark red, very double, and perfect 



