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choice article to rank among first rate roses, and 

 none shall ever, with our consent, be sent forth with 

 a name, without merit. Standards, or rose trees 

 of from one to three feet of the Bengal sorts, are 

 very attractive, and should always be cultivated 

 where variety, character, and ornament are de- 

 sired. They can be very easily budded on any of 

 the Boursaults, or varieties of the Prairie Rose ; on 

 either of which they will grow freely for a few 

 years, and with care may continue to flourish from 

 ten to fifteen years, keeping their heads close 

 pruned, and giving them plenty of enriching ma- 

 terials about their roots every winter. Some of 

 the delicate growing varieties can be budded on 

 the stronger sorts ; the common daily rose makes 

 an excellent stock, and it can be propagated with 

 such facility that any quantity of strong plants 

 may be got for the purpose. All the China roses 

 can be propagated by cuttings taken from the 

 plants as soon as they have done blooming, in 

 June or August; the shoots, about three or four 

 inches long, that have produced flowers, are the 

 best for the purpose ; cut them off close to the old 

 wood, and reduce them to three inches in length, 

 cutting off the top ; then insert them into sandy 

 rich earth, in a shady spot, or on the north side of 

 a fence, ot in a frame where they can be shaded 

 from the sun ; it is necessary to make the cuttings 



