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for layering in autumn or winter follow- 

 ing. (See Layering}. They will be 

 rooted by next autumn, and tit for trans- 

 plantation in nursery rows ; though 

 sometimes the moss-rose and some 

 others require two years before they are 

 tolerably well rooted. But of these 

 sorts you may also try layers of the 

 shoots of the year, layered in summer, 

 any time in June. They will probably 

 root a little the same season. The 

 layers of all the sorts, after being pro- 

 perly rooted, should be taken up in 

 autumn and planted in the nursery, to 

 have one or two years' growth. 



By Budding. See Buddinq and 

 Grafting. 



Soil and Situation.- The best soil is 

 a rather strong loam ; the deeper it is 

 the better. It should be well-drained. 

 Such, land as will grow good wheat or 

 good hops will grow fine roses. Next, 

 it should be rich to grow them fine : 

 if not already so, it ought to have 

 thoroughly decayed dung added to it. 

 A portion of super-phosphate of lime 

 (bones dissolved in oil of vitriol) will 

 be of great benefit to them a manure 

 that may be had of any respectable 

 manure-dealer. The rose-garden ought 

 to open to the south and east, but be 

 sheltered from the north and north- 

 west winds. Tall beach or hornbeam 

 hedges are the best shelter against 

 gales blowing from those points. Roses 

 should not be planted so near trees as 

 to be overhung by them, as the drip 

 from the trees will prevent them from 

 thriving, and injure the flowers. 



Plantiny. The best season is the 

 early part of November. They will 

 succeed tolerably even to the middle of 

 March, but not so well as in the 

 autumn. If you have to procure them 

 from a distant nursery, and they are 

 some time out of the ground, make a 

 puddle of earth and water of nearly 

 the consistence of paint. Dip the roots 

 in this puddle, and plant them imme- 

 diately. Should the border intended 

 for the rose be long and narrow, plant 

 the tallest standards in the back row, 

 the next size in the second, and the 

 half-standards in the third, and the 

 dwarfs in the front row. 



Autumn-Pruning /Summer Hoses, 



Provence, including the Moss Hose. 

 These require to be pruned to three or 

 four eyes, according to the strength of 

 the shoots. Damask. These require 

 to be pruned according to the strength 

 of the growth of the different varieties ; 

 Madam Hard;/, for instance, is a strong 

 grower, and ought to be left with shoots 

 of six eyes. White Damask. This 

 species should be pruned similarly to 

 the Damask. Gallica, or French. Some 

 of these are very strong growers, and 

 must be cut accordingly. Some shoots, 

 in good soil, will grow three or four 

 feet long. Those shoots are often pithy 

 and green, and ought to be cut clean 

 out, and the rest shortened to one foot 

 or eighteen inches, according to their 

 strength. Hybrid, Provence. They 

 grow naturally in compact heads and 

 many branches, and should be pruned 

 by thinning-out about one-third of the 

 shoots, and shortening the rest to six 

 or eight eyes. Hybrid, Chinese. The 

 strong growers, Brennus for instance, 

 must be cut to eight or nine eyes, whilst 

 the Beauty of B'tllard is a weak grower, 

 and should be cut to two or three eyes, 

 and half the shoots entirely cut away. 

 Scotch. All that these require is to 

 have half of the shoots thinned out, 

 and those that are left cut to half their 

 length. Climbing. These require a 

 different mode of pruning to all other 

 roses. We shall describe it as the spur 

 system. Train in young shoots during 

 the summer ; in the autumn shorten 

 those shoots one-fourth of their length 

 that is, supposing the shoot is four 

 feet long, cut one foot of it off, and so 

 reduce it to three feet, and in the same 

 proportion for longer shoots. The 

 shoots will then, during the summer, 

 produce side-shoots : these are the 

 spurs. In the month of March fol- 

 lowing, take the shoots off the trellis 

 walls or pillars, prune the spurs into 

 two or three eyes, and then tie or nail 

 them up again neatly to the supporters. 

 Autumn-Pruning Autumn Hoses. 

 Macartney. The Macartney rose itself 

 requires very little pruning ; but the 

 Maria Leonidas requires pruning freely, 

 shortening the strong shoots to eight 

 or nine eyes, and the weak ones to 

 three or four. Damask Perpetuals and 



