PART I. -ROSES. 



EOSES IN POTS. 



[From " The Gardeners' Chronicle" Aug. %th, Sept. tyh, and 

 Nov. i8///, 1843.*] 



THE ROSE, which has justly been designated the 

 " Queen of Flowers," has, perhaps, never attained to- 

 a higher degree of popularity in England than at the 

 present time. The improvement in this beautiful genus 

 by the introduction of new varieties has been greater 

 within the last few years than the most sanguine rose 

 cultivators could have anticipated ; and the improvement 

 in the cultivation in this country has been quite equal to- 

 the success in originating fine varieties abroad. The 

 adoption of a Class for the exhibition of " Roses in Pots " 

 by the Horticultural Society of London appears to have 

 awakened attention to this mode of culture. Exhibitors 

 during the past season may have been few, because there 

 were many misgivings on the point, which want of ex- 

 perience and knowledge of the varieties best suited for the 

 purpose tended to confirm. Those, however, who have 

 grown roses in pots during this season appear convinced 

 that the difficulties advanced are imaginary, and are look- 

 ing forward to another year to produce handsome plants 

 with more perfect flowers. Roses in pots form highly 

 interesting objects among the French, and why should 

 they not do the same here, since it is allowed that our 



* This article was written by the request of the late Dr Lindley, editor of 

 "The Gardeners' Chronicle." 

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