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thin canvas is the best should be drawn over the house, 

 which will materially aid in preserving the freshness of the 

 flowers. 



By the end of May the plants may be removed from 

 the house and plunged in the ground out of doors to 

 complete their growth. If watered sparingly they will fall 

 early into a state of rest. In September they should be 

 re-potted, and will be ready for re-introduction to the 

 forcing-house in November or December following. 



This, then, is the round of management by which these 

 Roses are produced, and so perfect has the art of forcing 

 become that the out-of-door Roses of June rarely excel 

 those which are produced in the forcing-house in early 

 spring. 



One word more. We have been speaking of plants 

 growing in pots. But Roses may be planted out in the 

 borders of a greenhouse or conservatory. To such the 

 same principles of cultivation may be applied ; indeed, 

 the system of planting out has many advantages. I 

 should recommend all who are fond of Roses to adopt 

 that plan. By it they may have Roses during the whole 

 of the winter and spring months. 



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SPRING GARDENING. 



[" Florist and Pomologist? October 1868, p. 225.] 



HE taste for spring gardening is rapidly spreading. 

 The stone has been cast upon smooth water, circle 

 succeeds circle, and will, doubtless, continue to do so, until 

 the movement is felt on every side, at wide distances from 

 the central motive power, Cliveden, Belvoir, and Hyde 

 Park have demonstrated to those who would see and read 

 and learn the perfect practicability of realising a beautiful 

 garden ablaze with flowers of every hue in the cheerless 

 months of March and April. 



