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Hybrid Perpetuals are mostly weak 

 growers, and should be cut into four 

 or five eyes, and a third of the shoots 

 cut clean away. Bourbons and Noisettes 

 are middling growers, and should be 

 pruned moderately : strong shoots to 

 be cut to five or six eyes, and the weak 

 ones to three or four. China and Tea- 

 scentcd. Most of these are rather 

 tender, consequently the wood does 

 not ripen to any length. They should 

 therefore be pruned close. If they are 

 planted against a wall they may be 

 pruned longer, as the wood then be- 

 comes firmer and better ripened. Prune 

 those in the open air, both standards 

 and dwarfs, to two or three eyes, those 

 on walls to six or seven, in proportion 

 to their strength. 



Snmmer-Pruniny. It often happens, 

 where the roses are growing in good 

 ground, that some of them produce 

 branches that grow so strong and fast 

 as to rob the rest of their due support. 

 These branches are what the French 

 call yourmands, which may be Englished 

 'jluttons ; only stop these at first, and 

 wait until the autumn before you cut 

 them clean off. When the rose-trees 

 throw out a great number of shoots 

 equally strong, and they appear to be 

 crowded, prune away about one-third 

 of them, but do not shorten any of the 

 others, as that will cause them to send 

 out a quantity of small, weak shoots, 

 which will injure the flowers the fol- 

 lowing season. 



Roses in Pots. Procure some pots 

 that are well-cleaned, or, what is better 

 still, quite new ; and ",J4's are a very 

 convenient size to commence with. 

 Worked roses are preferable, for pot 

 purposes, to those grown on their o'npi 

 roots ; therefore select such as are 

 dwarf standards only, and worked close 

 to the collar, so that when the rose is 

 potted the stem is scarcely visible. 

 Tea, China, and Bourbon, or their 

 hybrids, are better suited for forcing 

 and pet plants than Noisette and 

 Hybrid perpetuals, the two last named 

 class of roses growing to greater per- 

 fection in the open air. Amongst Tea 

 jRoses select Sajfrano, Devoniensis, 

 Comptc de Paris t Nephetos, and Prin- 

 cess Clementine. Mrs. Bosanqiiet, 



} Duchess of Kent, with a few others, 

 j amongst Chinas; Souvenir dc Mal- 

 | maison, Leveson Gowcr, and Dupct.it 

 ! Thouars, amongst Bourbons. Of the 

 i above, Souvenir de Jlfalmaison is un- 

 rivalled as a pot-rose. Having selected 

 plants lose no time, but before the 

 roots have got dry, pot them (having 

 first pruned the strong roots) in a 

 mixture of half-yellow loam, and the 

 rest old cow-dung, leaf- mould, and sand, 

 in equal parts ; but a greater propor- 

 tion of loam may be added with advan- 

 | tage, should the rose to be potted be a 

 Bourbon or Hybrid perpetual. The 

 ; plants being potted in October, place 

 ! them on ashes under a north wall in 

 i some sheltered part of the garden, until 

 ! the frosts compel to put them in cold 

 i pits, keeping them, since their being 

 j repotted, as dry as can be to prevent 

 ! growth, but not sufficiently so to cause 

 ! the plants to flag, or their roots to get 

 ! quite dry. Then, about the commence - 

 ! ment of December, prune all that you 

 i intend bringing into the greenhouse in 

 ! the early part of January for blooming 

 i in May and June, and stimulate them 

 gently by applying water at a temp- 

 erature a few degrees warmer than 

 i the atmosphere of the pit where they 

 | still are, so as when they are introduced 

 ' into the greenhouse at the commence- 

 ment of January, at a medium temp- 

 erature of 45, they are just beginning 

 ! to push strongly. About the com- 

 mencement of February a little more 

 i heat is to be given, and weak liquid- 

 manure is applied about twice a-week, 

 | which is strengthened as the plants 

 increase in vigour and have their buds 

 well set. About this time syringing 

 i over -head with lukewarm water, or 

 steaming, may occasionally be had 

 recourse to, as it tends to give strength 

 to the plants, and keeps away the aphis 

 1 and other enemies. Lastly ; when the 

 ; shoots are sufficiently long for the 

 purpose, they are to be gently brought 

 down to the sides of the pot, or staked 

 to such places as they are intended to 

 occupy, so as when the plants are ready 

 ! for the show, these appliances may be 

 removed, and the plant still preserve a 

 round and uniform appearance. It is 

 | necessary at all times, when the temp- 



