GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE FORCING OF ROSES. 



While other departments of floriculture hare made 

 wonderful progress during the past ten years, in none of 

 them lias it been as great as in the winter forcing of 

 roses, and to-day hundreds of large establishments are 

 almost entirely devoted to this work, while every small 

 florist has his rose house, and the sale of cut blooms 

 generally equals the amount received from all other 

 flowers combined. 



Although it is true that roses, to be successfully 

 grown, require careful attention, it is not true that 

 there is any wonderful secret that one must acquire in 

 order to grow them, and, while the inexperienced rose 

 grower cannot expect the highest success, it is hoped 

 that if the directions here given are carefully followed 

 many mistakes may be prevented. The work of the 

 rose grower generally begins with the propagation and 

 growing of the plants, and therefore we will commence 

 with that operation and follow along with the various 

 steps as the season advances. 



PROPAGATING THE PLANTS. 



Rose plants for forcing purposes are generally grown 

 from cuttings of the new wood made any time from 

 November to February, but for most purposes the earlier 



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