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CULTIVATION OF ROSES IN POTS 



FOR THE GREEN-HOUSE OR ROOMS. 



A SELECTION, for this purpose, should be made from 

 the Tea, Bengal, and Bourbon families, all on their 

 own roots, or budded very low. Presuming that 

 these roses are already in pots, or to be procured 

 from the nurserymen in the small* pot they are 

 general^ grown in for sale, they should at once be 

 placed into those of six inches in diameter, carefully 

 and freely watered, during July and August, cutting 

 off all the flower buds they show in the latter month. 

 About the middle of September, shorten the over- 

 grown shoots, and thin out the slender ones, turn the 

 plants out of the pots, depriving them of some of the 

 soil, and repot in those of seven inches diameter, 

 using a compost of sand, turfy loam, and manure 

 in equal proportions ; they will also grow admirably 

 in the black soil, from the woods, composed princi- 

 pally of decayed leaves ; put several pieces of broken 



* The plants for winter blooming should be ordered from 

 the venders of an extra size ; the very small plants sold at 

 low prices would defeat the object. 



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