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purple -flowered, and all natives of Nepaiil, 

 .Division, in spring; sandy loam and leaf-mould. 

 Winter temp., 48 to 55; summer, 60 to /5. 

 R. capita' ta (headed). 1. July. 1S1Q. 



elu'tior (taller). 1. July. 1820. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1. July. 1821. 



lu'tea (yellow). 1. Yellow. May. 183Q. 



purpn'rea (purple). 1. July. 1820. 



spica'ta (spiked). 1. July. ' 1820. 

 EOSE. (Ro'sa}. 



Propagation. Most kinds of roses 

 can be propagated by cuttings. By 

 this method we only obtain dwarfs, yet 

 as many sorts do best on their own 

 roots, the China and tea-scented for 

 instance, for these we must adopt cut- 

 tings. The best time for making the 

 cuttings is in April. 



Cuttings in Pots. The most conve- 

 nient-sized pots are five -inches across; 

 fill them with moderately rich, light 

 earth, press it firmly down, then fill 

 the pots quite up to the rim with 

 silver sand, or with finely- sifted river 

 sand ; give a gentle watering from a 

 fine-rosed watering-pot, then cut the 

 cuttings into lengths of about four- 

 inches, remove all the leaves except 

 those belonging to the top buds, make 

 the cut very smooth across, just under 

 the lowest bud; the cutting is then 

 ready to be planted. Have a small 

 stick about as thick as a quill, and 

 thrust it into the soil just the depth of 

 the cutting, so as to leave the top bud 

 out: close the earth firmly to the 

 bottom of the cutting with the stick; 

 place the cuttings close to the edge of 

 the pots, with the leaves of all pointing 

 inwards, then close up the holes with a 

 little of the sand, and give a gentle 

 watering. The best situation to place 

 the pots in is a pit, with hand-glasses 

 over them. If you have not that con- 

 venience, plunge the pots in coal-ashes 

 on a shady border, covering them with 

 hand-glasses. Shift into larger pots as 

 they require. 



Cuttings in the Open Ground. Choose 

 a shady border, next a low wall or 

 hedge the latter to be close-clipped 

 with the garden-shears. Let the soil 

 be well dug and chopped small, and the 

 surface raked very fine; then pour 

 some water upon it, and let it stand a 

 day, to become moderately dry again. 

 Prepare the cuttings as above directed, 

 and always expose the cuttings as little 



as possible to the sun and air: they 

 may be preserved fresh by having n, 

 little damp moss or hay at hand to 

 cover them with as soon as they are 

 prepared. As soon as a sufficient 

 number are ready, open a trench with 

 a small spade at the end of the border. 

 Chop the side of the trench furthest 

 from you straight down just a suffi- 

 cient depth to leave the topmost bud 

 and leaf out of the soil ; then place the 

 cuttings against this upright bank 

 about three inches apart. When the 

 row is filled with cuttings, with your 

 spade put the soil against the cuttings, 

 and with your foot tread it firmly to 

 them. Take great care that the soil is 

 quite close and firm around each. 

 Then fill up level with the top of the 

 row of cuttings another portion of soil, 

 until there is a bank of earth six inches 

 distant from the first row. Chop down 

 the outermost edge of the soil, so as 

 to leave another upright bank to set 

 the second row of cuttings against, and 

 so proceed from row to row, till you 

 have filled the space set apart for this 

 purpose. Examine a few of them 

 occasionally after about six weeks, and 

 if they are rooted, lift them carefully 

 with a trowel or small spade, and either 

 pot them or plant them out in rows in a 

 more open situation. By the autumn 

 following they will be nice plants, and 

 may be planted in the situation where 

 they are to grow and flower. 



By Suckers. Eoses send up many 

 suckers annually, which may be taken 

 up in autumn, winter, or early spring, 

 with some rootlets attached; and the 

 strongest may be planted out finally, 

 and the weakest in the nursery for a 

 year or two longer. They will readily 

 grow, and will most of them produce 

 flowers the following summer. When 

 rose-trees have grown into large 

 bunches, with many suckers, the whole 

 may be taken up and slipped, or divided 

 into separate plants. The moss, and 

 some others, furnish suckers but 

 sparingly. 



By Layers. To obtain shoots for 

 layering, a quantity of rose-trees should 

 be planted for stools, which, being 

 headed down low, will throw out shoots 

 abundantly near the ground, in summer j 



