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pots, and when sold in open market must be in bud or 

 bloom, as few market buyers know anything of Roses by 

 name, hence the color must be shown. There are two 

 methods of growing Roses for market purposes ; that yet 

 most used by florists is, to plant the young Roses that 

 have been propagated in spring, in the open ground in 

 May, lifting when they have attained their growth in 

 October or November, and placed in four, five or six 

 inch pots, according to the size of the plants. The plants 

 are then placed in cold pits, or cold greenhouses, where 

 the temperature at night runs from thirty-five to forty- 

 five degrees, with ten degrees higher in day-time, as for 

 the best development of strong root-growth the temper- 

 ature must be kept low. After the pots are filled with 

 healthy white roots, which will be about the end of Feb- 

 ruary or March, they may be given a temperature of ten 

 degrees higher, but great care must be taken to avoid too 

 high a temperature until they have formed roots, or tho 

 chances are if they do not die outright they will be so en- 

 feebled as to be worthless. The Tea or Monthly Roses 

 require a higher temperature than the Hybrid Perpetuals. 



The best monthly kinds for market are : Hermosa, 

 Agrippina, Perle des Jardins, Sunset, Bennett, American 

 Beauty, The Bride, Chas. Rivoli, Duchess de Brabant, 

 Marie Griiilott, Souvenir d'un Ami, and La Phoenix. 

 These comprise all shades of color, are all free blooming, 

 of easy growth. For full descriptions, see florists' cata- 

 logues. 



Of the hardy Hybrid Perpetual class, the following are 

 found to be the freest blooming, and having the greatest 

 7ariety of color that can be had in a dozen sorts. Baroness 

 Rothschild, Merveille de Lyon, Anna de Diesbach, Magna 

 Charta, Ball of Snow, Jacqueminot, Paul Neron, Auguste 

 Mie, Marie Bauman, Madam Gabriel Luizet, Louis Van 

 Houtte and Paeonia. For descriptions, see catalogues. 



Of Climbing Roses there are only some few desirable 



