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cold) be found to impart sufficient warmth, and after the 

 buds show colour even this will not be requisite. The 

 plants having bloomed a second time, air may be gradually 

 admitted for a few days, when they may be taken out and 

 plunged in the open air, there to remain till required for 

 forcing the following year. Roses will force well for years 

 in succession, but every Autumn they should be turned 

 out of the pots, a good portion of the old soil shaken away 

 and fresh supplied. Some few will probably require larger 

 pots, of which we must judge by the condition of the plant 

 and roots. 



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EOSE CATALOGUES. 



[From " The Gardeners* Chronicle? Oct. 19^, 1844,^. 701.] 

 HE criticisms in the Chronicle lately, in reference to 



the dissimilar representations of the colours of Roses, 

 are not wholly without cause, but perhaps upon considera- 

 tion they may not seem so well merited as would appear at 

 first sight. Rather than confine myself to the exculpation 

 of the apparent error alluded to in my pamphlet on the 

 culture of " Roses in Pots," I would take a general view of 

 the subject, and in relation to the differential descriptions 

 given by various growers, would hazard an opinion that 

 the colours and appearance of Roses vary beyond degree. 

 We believe that colours are deepened by the action of 

 light, and numerous other circumstances also contribute 

 in causing variation ; for instance, the seasons the different 

 times of the seasons the stage in which the flower is sub- 

 mitted for examination, the soil in which it has been 

 grown, the health of the plant, and, above all, the different 

 ideas of colours maintained by different individuals. Now, 

 with regard to the variation in the colour of Roses, see 

 Indica " Le Cameleon " when just expanding it is almost 

 white. View the same flower a day or two afterwards it 



