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can be obtained. When the crop of flowers 

 is cut the plants can be treated about the 

 same as the Teas, excepting they will not 

 need quite so much water for a few weeks 

 until they begin to grow freely again ; then 

 encouragement should be given them, for 

 the finer the growth now the better will be 

 the produce the next season. At the begin- 

 ning of June they can be taken out of doors 

 and receive the same treatment as young 

 plants. 



Varieties suitable for forcing are numer- 

 ous (see Chapter XI. for list of varieties), 

 perhaps the best dark ones for very early 

 work are General Jacqueminot and Fisher 

 Holmes. Varieties of Tea Roses suitable for 

 forcing are almost innumerable, and every 

 grower has his favorites ; among the newer 

 sorts some of the Hybrid Teas will certainly 

 rank among the first. 



For this chapter readers are indebted to Mr. 

 J.N.May, of Summit, N. J., a practical cul- 

 tivator, one of the most successful rosarians 

 who grow flowers for the New York market. 

 Roses under glass are nowhere brought to 

 such perfection as in the neighborhood of 

 Summit and Madison, New Jersey. In the 

 English rose exhibitions are yet to be seen 



