166 CULTIVATION OF ROSES IX POTS. 



July and August, cutting off all the flower buds 

 they show in the latter month. About the middle 

 of September, shorten the overgrown shoots, and 

 thin out the slender ones, turn the plants out of the 

 pots, depriving them of some of the soil, and repot 

 in those of seven inches diameter, using a compost 

 of sand, turfy loam, and manure in equal propor- 

 tions ; they will also grow admirably in the black 

 soil, from the woods, composed principally of de- 

 cayed leaves; put several pieces of broken crockery 

 in the bottom of the pot, then a portion of soil ; 

 place the plant so that its surface roots should be 

 under the rim of the pot, and then fill all round 

 with the soil; put them in a situation partially 

 shaded, water sparingly, till they begin to grow 

 then expose them fully to the sun and water freely 

 every day. There they may remain till the middle 

 or end of October, and in the South till November, 

 when they should be removed to the greenhouse 

 or rooms, for flowering. Previous to their removal, 

 the pots should be washed, and the plants neatly 

 tied up. Thus treated they will mature all the 

 buds they will then show, and produce a profusion 

 of flowers again in January and February. Where 

 there is the convenience of charcoal, it will be found 

 of prime utility in rose pot-culture, broken to the 

 size of nuts and about one-fifth mixed with the 

 soil; the roots will delight to ramble through it, 



