ROSES UNDER GLASS. BY J. N. MAY. 



HERE are a number of roses which 

 do not attain perfection when 

 grown in open air, and others that 

 do not thrive at all except under 

 glass. For these it is necessary to provide a 

 rose-house, which, besides enabling us to 

 grow satisfactorily the delicate kinds, will 

 supply us with flowers during the winter 

 months of any more robust sorts we choose 

 to grow. If it is desired to grow more than 

 one family of roses, two or more houses are 

 desirable, so that they can be treated to suit 

 their several requirements. Tea Roses need 

 one treatment, Hybrid Perpetuals and nearly 

 all hardy roses require another somewhat 

 different. I will first give the treatment re- 

 quisite for insuring the best results with Tea 

 Roses, commencing with their propagation. 



CUTTINGS. Use young, vigorous wood 

 taken from healthy plants; the wood is in 

 the right condition when the flower buds are 

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