New System of Rose -Culture. 



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The temperature thus must vary greatly at the different seasons of the 

 year, and at different times in the course of the twenty-four hours. 

 The following table may be useful : — 



INDIAN HOUSE, OR STOVE. 



Spring 



Summer 



Autumn 



Winter 



MEXICAN, OR COOL HOUSE. 



Spring 



Summer 



Autumn 



Winter 



FAHRENHEIT. 



Day with sun. 



75- 



85. to 90. 



70. 



65. 



Day 

 without sun. 



65- 

 6S- 

 SS- 

 so- 



Night. 



60. 



65. 

 60. 



5S- 



60. 

 60. 



so- 



Morning. 



SS- 



60. 



55- 

 50- 



Clarence E. Herbert. 



NEW SYSTEM OF ROSE-CULTURE. 



At page 149 of September number, mention is made of a mode of grow- 

 ing roses, which is described as new, at least to -this country. I can state 

 from experience that this plan is an admirable one, especially in climates 

 where the best flowering-roses require protection during winter. But the 

 systcJ7i is not new by any means. I have frequently recommended this 

 mode ; and in my " Calendar of Operations," published in the June number 

 of "The Horticulturist " for 1858, I refer to it as follows : — 



"Roses. — To form well-furnished and finished beds of roses, procure 

 such kinds as Souvenir d'Anseleme, Sombrieule, Amie Vibert, Glorie de 

 Rosamene, and Fellenberg, and plant them so that the stems may be 

 readily pegged down to the surface of the ground. Roses, as procured 

 from greenhouses, are generally tall, slender, and destitute of low side- 

 branches, and, when planted out, require an amount of support from stakes 

 that greatly mars the beauty of the plants, and does not harmonize well 



