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fresh growth they should be removed to another 

 frame or house, with gentle heat, and have air 

 every day to harden them ; in a week or two they 

 will be fit for larger pots, to grow therein all the 

 summer, or planted into the open ground in May. 



Amidst tne lovely creation of the floral world, 

 none combines so many attractions as the Rose, and 

 we hope that our simple remarks on its propagation 

 will enable all, who desire it, to increase any part 

 of the family they happen to possess. If tried 

 once, and successfully, the experiment will, no 

 doubt, be renewed, and an innocent pride in- 

 dulged in increasing the power of ministering to 

 one's own taste, or of gratifying that of a friend. 

 Many suffer a latent predilection for these fascinat- 

 ing pursuits to die away, from the idea of not pos- 

 sessing the skill requisite for cultivating plants; 

 others think of the expense they would be led into 

 on an unwarrantable indulgence. If the more 

 fortunate or more skilful amateur knows of such 

 person, he will greatly promote both their mental 

 and bodily welfare, by presenting them with a few 

 plants of the easiest culture, to prove to them how 

 easy it is, not only to nurture, but to multiply their 

 sources of pleasure, as healthful as it is innocent. 

 If any of our readers have a spark of this taste 

 within them, we say cherish it as you would 

 cherish a friend. To the ladies especially, a love 



