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period of rest is necessary in order to ensure rapid progress, 

 this may be granted about midsummer, when Roses 

 abound out of doors or immediately after a general 

 flowering by keeping the soil about the roots almost dry. 

 When it is thought desirable to excite a new growth, it is 

 only necessary to prune and water the plants, and the end 

 is attained. If they are fortunate enough to escape 

 pruning by the cutting of the flowers for bouquets, a 

 second pruning on the completion of flowering will be 

 needed, and at this time any misplaced or unhealthy 

 branches should be removed. The same course of culture 

 may be gone through from year to year, training up the 

 topmost branches till the height desired be attained. 



For the satisfaction of any who may doubt the 

 suitability of Tea-Scented Roses for this purpose, I would 

 state that there are several plants in the conservatory at 

 Orleans House, Twickenham, from ten to twelve feet high, 

 and at the time I saw them, about a year and a half ago, 

 they were most beautiful specimens, clothed with large 

 handsome foliage, the flowers regaling us with their 

 delicious sweets. The plants in the border of the conser- 

 vatory of the Horticultural Society of London may also be 

 referred to in support of my position ; these, I should 

 think (speaking from impressions only), are eight or ten 

 feet high, and there are specimens nearly equal the size 

 and beauty in many other places. 



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