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of an inch. In a few weeks the edges of the bark where this inci- 

 sion is made will commence to send out roots. The shoot should 

 be well secured b}^ the wires and covered with earth to the depth 

 of from two to four inches. The time for layering is August — you 

 then have a fine healthy plant to separate from the parent stock 

 in the spring. 



The soil for the rose should be rich strong loam, as it seldom 

 thrives well in gravelly or sandy soils. If fertilizers are required, 

 they should be finely pulverized and well decomposed. Liquid man- 

 ure I think the best for roses, with a liberal addition of potash. 

 Of all cultivated ilowers, I think the rose the most gorgeous and 

 beautiful. It is propagated with little care, requires but little at- 

 tention, and well repays the cultivator for the little care bestowed 

 upon it. I love the rose, and who does not love the queenly rose ? 

 He who does not, must bid adieu to all pretensions to per- 

 ception of delicacy or refinement of taste. I think it beauti- 

 ful — supremely beautiful — beautiful beyond the power of descrip- 

 tion. Beautiful in the unfolding of its earliest leaf, beautiful in 

 its thorny branch, beautiful in its emerald glossy leaf, beautiful in 

 the formation of its tiny buds, beautiful in every stage of their 

 expansion, beautiful in the plenary fullness of its earliest bloom, 

 beautiful in decay, and beautiful in death. 



HOKTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE. 



BY L. DURAND. 



a erreat 



ETWixT the terms Horticulture and Agriculture there 

 is generally supposed to be a wide division of inte- 

 rest and meaning, and are invariably treated as 

 separate sciences. This, in my opinion, is an 

 egregious error. The two terms are so inti- 

 mately connected together that it is difficult 

 l§ to tell where one begins and the other leaves 

 off. Many farmers seem to have an idea that 

 x\griculture and Horticulture have no particu- 

 lar or special connection together. This idea is 

 mistake on their part, for the two have a very special and 



