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vicinity from our severest winters; but to the east- 

 ward, when there is no green-house, they require to 

 be kept in good substantial close frames ; this can 

 readily be accomplished by lifting them from the 

 various parts of the garden and planting them very 

 com.paclly together in the frame provided for them 

 about tlie middle of October ; if the plants are taller 

 than the frame will admit of, la\- them in an inclining _ 

 position, what the gardeners call "by the heels;" they 

 will require no water till spring. 



About the first week, or tov«-ards the middle of 

 April, they must be taken out, in a cloudy day, 

 pruned of all deca3^ed or superfluous wood, and care- 

 fully planted into the place prepared for them. By 

 adopting this method, which I have often practised, 

 every lover of this celebrated rose in the eastern 

 states can enjoy them in the greatest luxuriance from 

 June to October. A substantial movable frame, seven 

 teet wide and twelve feet long, which may be made 

 ot two inch rough plank, one foot high in front and 

 two and a half feet high on the back, covered with 

 three sash, can be completed for the small cost of 

 thirteen to sixteen dollars, and will afford ample pro- 

 tection for two hundred plants, which will embrace 

 all the choicest Tea and Bengal Roses, and afford a 

 floral gratification in roses worth three times the 

 amount. Such a frame can be placed in a sheltered 



