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fetig iRngle, are not valued, Tjut 

 the Bi'anches of the Shrubs arc cut 

 to intermix with Flowers to place 

 in Bafons to adorn Halls, Parlours, 

 'Crc in the Spring otf the Year, 

 the Scent of this Plant being agree- 

 able to moft Perfbns. 



The Double-flower *d S-west-Briar 

 Is preferv'd on the Accouilt of its 

 beautiful Flowers, as well as for 

 the Sweetnefs of its green Leaves. 



All the other Sorts of Rofes are 

 originally of foreign Growtli, but 

 iare hardy enough to endure the 

 Cold of our Climate in the open 

 lAir, and produce the moft beauti- 

 ful and fragrant Flowers of any 

 kind of Shrubs yet known : This, 

 tocrether \^;ith their Ion? Continu- 

 ance in Flower, has juftly render'd 

 them the mcft valuable of all the 

 Sorts of flowering Shrubs; befides 

 the great Variety of different Sorts 

 of Ro/esy do make a GoUediion of 

 Flowers, either for Balbns or in 

 the Garden, without any other zd~ 

 iditional Mixture; and their Scent 

 being the mod inoffenlivc Sweet, 

 is g'-nerally efteem'd by moft Per- 

 ions. 



• But in order to coittinuc thcfb 

 Beauties longer than they are na- 

 turally difpos'd to laft, it is proper 

 to plant Ibixie of the monthly Rc~ 

 fes near a Warm Wall, which will 

 •occaiion their Budding at Icaft three 

 Weeks or a- Month before thole iii 

 the open Air ; and if you give 

 them the Help of a Glafs before 

 them^ it will bring their Flowers 

 much forwarders efpecially where 

 Dung is plac'd to the Backlide of 

 the Wall (as k pradtis'd in railing 

 Early FrL\its i) By this Method I 

 have feen fair Rofes of this Kind 

 hlown in 'tei^marj, and they may 

 he broiight much fooner, v/here 

 People are curious this Way, 



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You llibuld alfo cut off the Topi 

 of luc!h Shoots which have been 

 produc'd the flvme Spring, early in 

 May, tiom fome of thefe Sorts oi 

 Rofes which are planted in the o- 

 pen Air, and upon a ftrong Soil: 

 This will caufe them to make 

 new Shoots, which will flower 

 late in Autumn j as will alio the 

 late removing the Plants in Spring, 

 provided they do not fuffer by 

 Drought, as I have feveral times 

 experienc'd ; but particularly in the 

 Year 1718, when I had occalion 

 to remove a large Parcel, of thefe 

 Plants in May, juft as thejr were 

 beginning to flower: In doing of 

 which, 1 cur off all the Flower- 

 buds, and after having dpen'd a 

 Trench in the , Place where they 

 were to be planted, I poured a 

 large Quantity of Water, fo as to 

 render the Ground like a Papj 

 then i took up the Plants, and 

 piac'd them therein as foon as po{^ 

 lible, that their Roots might noc 

 dry ; and after planting them I wa- 

 ter 'd the Ground well again, and 

 Cover'd the Surface over witii 

 Mulch, to prevent its dryings after 

 this I repeated watering the Plants all 

 over two or three times a Week in 

 the Evening, until they had taken 

 Root: Ii] about three Weeks time^ 

 the Plants ftiot Oiit .-gain, and pro- 

 duc'd a great Quunnty of Flower? 

 in AHgiijl and Sepemhei\ which 

 were as fair as thole produc'd in 

 June. ^ This is riie only Sort of 

 Rofe for this Ptirpole, there being 

 no other Sort which vvill flower 

 both early and late except this, 

 ' The next Sort of Rofe which 

 flowers in the open Air, is the Cm" 

 namoHy which is ini mediately fol" 

 low'd by x^iQ Diimiisk Rofe ^ thedt 

 the Blup, and r<7r^, and Lamnfier 

 corne; atter which, the ^rovencel 



