54 KECORD OF HORTICULTUKE. 



Bourbons, China, find Teas. These classes constitute the 

 true perpetuals, upon which we must mainly depend for a 

 continual succession of flowei-s throughout the season. It 

 is true they will not withstand the severity of our north- 

 ern winters ; still, they are so easily protected, that they are 

 well worthy of attention by every one who delights in a 

 good garden. The plants may either be laid down at the 

 approach of cold weather and covered with earth, or 

 taken up and heeled in, entirely covering them with soil. 

 It is far better to risk them in the open ground, when pro- 

 tected, than to lift them and put them away in the cellar, as 

 is usually done. For several years past we have adopted 

 the plan of taking up the plants of these classes and plac- 

 ing them in a trench and then covering them with earth. 

 In spring they are taken out, all the dead or decaying 

 wood trimmed oif, and planted as before. The plants get 

 the requisite amount of rest, and the taking upland re- 

 planting do not appear to injure them in the least. . The 

 situation where they are buried should be a dry one ; and 

 when the ground begins to freeze, if a quantity of coarse 

 litter is placed over the surface, it will be beneficial, because 

 it will keep the ground frozen, and will protect the plants 

 from freezinor and thawins^- the chancre from one state t^ 

 the other causes more injury than the severity of the-cold 

 which they have to endure. 



The Bourbon and Tea Roses have always been favor- 

 ites Avith the ladies, and we think if they only knew how 

 easily they could be ])reserved through the winter, tliey 

 would be esteemed more highly than now. All that is 

 requisite in their culture during summer is to produce a 



