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the cultivation of Roses under glass will not present 

 any difficulties worth mentioning, notwithstanding 

 the fact that the plants will be called upon to flower 

 at a time of year when out-of-doors they would be 

 taking their annual period of rest. There are two 

 ways of growing Roses under glass, each of which 

 has its own distinct advantage : (1) they can be 

 cultivated in pots, or (2) planted out in specially pre- 

 pared borders. 



Roses in Pots. — This is the simplest plan, and the 

 one most frequently adopted, as any light heated 

 greenhouse will answer the purpose. On the other 

 hand, unless certain plants be specially prepared 

 beforehand for late autumn and early winter flower- 

 ing, others for forcing in heat so as to bloom in the 

 dead of winter, and the remainder to flower from 

 March onwards, the period of blooming is restricted 

 to about a month or six weeks in the spring. The 

 usual custom is for young plants to be purchased in 

 pots from the Rose nurseries in September ready 

 prepared. The plants when received should be 

 placed under a north wall, and allowed to remain 

 there until they are taken into the greenhouse early 

 in December, so as to keep the leaf-buds in a 

 dormant state. Should severe weather set in before 

 this, some protection from frost must be afforded 

 them at night. When housed, ample ventilation 

 should be given, and but little fire heat, or the leaf- 

 buds will begin to push before the plants are pruned 

 at the beginning of January. The pruning of these 



