ROSES UNDER GLASS. Ill 



can be gradually increased to fifty-iive degrees. 

 So soon as it is seen that the flower buds are 

 forming, liqnid manure may be given, as directed 

 for Tea Roses. 



If the flowers are wanted any earlier than Jan- 

 uary the plants must be ripened correspondingly 

 early. It generally takes fourteen weeks from 

 the time of starting to bring Hybrid Perpetual 

 Hoses into bloom. The location, soil, etc., all 

 exert influences in this matter, and the operator 

 must adapt himself to the circumstances of the 

 case. Certainly there is no royal road to success 

 in forcing roses ; it is only by hard work, patient 

 and careful watching, night and day, that success 

 can be obtained. When the crop of flowers is 

 cut the plants can be treated about the same as 

 the Teas, excepting they will not need quite so 

 much water for a few weeks until they begin to 

 grow freely again ; then encouragement should 

 be given them, for the finer the growth now the 

 better will be the produce the next season. At 

 the beginning of June they can be taken out of 

 doors and receive the same treatment as young 

 plants. 



Varieties suitable for forcing are numerous 



