CHAPTER XIX 



GENERAL REMARKS 

 EXAMINE NEW STOCK CAREFULLY 



WHEN buying new stock it should always be examined on 

 arrival and quarantined if any sign of disease is found 

 on it. Complaint should be made at once, if any is in order ; 

 it is useless to wait several weeks or months before doing this. 



HYBRIDS FOR FORCING IN POTS OR BOXES 



Roses to be flowered in pots will give better results if they 

 are carefully grown in them the previous Summer so as to be- 

 come established; they should then be dried off. The earlier 

 they are rested the sooner they can be forced. The main point 

 to be obtained is strong wood well ripened the previous Sum- 

 mer. 



Prune as advised in a previous chapter. 



Tie the Rambler type into the shape required as soon as 

 possible after they are brought in for forcing. 



It will take twelve or fourteen weeks in Midwinter to bring 

 these varieties into flower from the time they are brought into 

 heat. Start cool at first, spray to induce a good break, and feed 

 liberally as they advance. 



When Easter comes rather late, Crimson Ramblers may be 

 forced in ten weeks. 



Allow a temperature of about 45 degrees at night at first, 

 raising this to 58 degrees later, after the buds have started and 

 the flower buds show. A little extra warmth may be allowed 

 at night after this, if necessary, as it is not so injurious in the 

 Spring months, but undue forcing is not recommended at any 



