170 CULTIVATION OF ROSES IN POTS. 



crockery in the bottom of the pot, then a portion of 

 soil; place the plant so that its surface roots should 

 be under the rim of the pot, and then fill all round 

 with the soil ; put them in a situation partially 

 shaded, — water sparingly, till they begin to grow — 

 then expose them fully to the sun and water freely 

 every day. There they may remain till the middle 

 or end of October, and in the south till November, 

 w^hen they should be removed to the green-house or 

 rooms, for flowering. Previous to their removal, the 

 pots should be washed, and the plants neatly tied up. 

 Thus treated they will mature all the buds they will 

 then show, and produce a profusion of flowers again 

 in January and February. Where there is the con- 

 venience of charcoal, it Avill be found of prime utility 

 in rose pot-culture, broken to the size of nuts and 

 about one-fifth mixed with the soil ; the roots will 

 delight to ramble through it, and the foliage will be 

 of a richer and darker green ; the surface of the soil 

 must have frequent stirrings. The plants must be 

 carefully examined, and whenever infested by the 

 aphis, or green-fly, they should be destro3ed, if in 

 the green-house, by tobacco smoke. But, if in rooms, 

 that method cannot be well adopted, for the odour 

 would penetrate into every part of the dwelling. 

 They should in that case be brushed off into a pail 

 of water J or the safest plan will be to make a sfronff 



