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the houses are not dense, very fair success can be achieved. But 

 near large works, and with houses close together, Roses will 

 probably fail. 



Something turns upon culture, however. If the soil is well 

 prepared, and strong plants of vigorous sorts are put in, the 

 prospects of success are brighter than in a poor soil and with 

 weak varieties. In our Rose chapter we saw that the plants like 

 a substantial, holding soil and abundance of manure. We advised 

 the trenching of the soil and the digging in of liberal dressings of 

 manure. Road scrapings are good for Roses, and this material is 

 generally procurable in the suburbs of towns. Any trouble that 

 is taken in preparing the ground will be rewarded, and the good 

 work thus done can be supplemented by giving generous doses of 

 liquid manure throughout the summer, and house slops (including 

 soapsuds) at all seasons when they are available. Most of the 

 advertised fertilisers are soluble in water, and may be used as 

 liquid manure. Peruvian and other refined guanos, also super- 

 phosphate, make excellent liquid manure if used at the rate of an 

 ounce per gallon. Hoeing the soil among Roses is good practice. 



It is wise to make the most of the limited energies of the 

 plants by restricting them to a few shoots and flowers. Half- 

 a-dozen branches will be better than twice that number. The 

 clusters of flower-buds may be thinned down to one in each case, 

 except in certain bunch-flowered varieties like Gruss an Teplitz. 



We gave a list of good Roses in Chapter I., but the trial of 

 a considerable number of newer varieties since that was written, 

 in which we have found some charming varieties, induces us to 

 give a further list. They comprise representatives of various 

 classes. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES 



The Hybrid Perpetual Roses, with their large, richly coloured, 

 highly perfumed flowers, are a very popular class, and they are 



