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potted off into 3-inch pots. Keep them in a close frame in the green- 

 house for a few days after potting. 



Tea Roses in pots after flowering should be rested for a time by 

 partially withholding water. Shorten the growths a little to good plump 

 eyes. When buds are again active give the plants water and syringe 

 now twice a day. Air must be more plentifully afforded, and a little 

 let in at night. Hybrid perpetual Roses after flowering should be 

 plunged outdoors. Stand them on ashes or two bricks and surround 

 the pots with ashes or soil. 



Green-fly or aphis will now be troublesome. As a rule, it is gene- 

 rally upon Roses not growing freely or in an unhealthy state. A good 

 remedy is to dip the shoots covered with the aphis in tobacco water. 

 Put one pound of tobacco paper into one gallon of boiling water ; when 

 steeped well, add one gallon of soft water. Keep a stock of this, and 

 go round the plants and drench the shoots with it. 



JUNE. Any gaps in Rose beds may be filled up with plants from 

 pots. Those potted in October are best for the purpose. Make a hole 

 for them, turn the plant out intact, and carefully set it in, then fill up 

 with soil. Tread carefully around the ball of earth so that it be not 

 broken. If no check be given, such plants flower well from July till 

 October. To old-established Roses in the best condition, applications 

 of night-soil and sewage are beneficial, but must not be given to weakly 

 plants. Draw a drill down the centre of the row between two rows of 

 plants, pour the night-soil in, and return soil. Rains soon carry down 

 the food, and a marked difference is manifest in foliage and blossom. 

 Disbudding must now be done in the case of Roses for exhibition. The 

 centre bud is usually retained, and the two side ones removed. Do 

 this as early as possible, even if you have to prick them out with a goose 

 quill, then all the strength goes into the bud retained. With Teas for 

 exhibition it is even necessary to remove the side shoots that break out 

 before the bud is as large as a marble. But for garden decoration the 

 glorious Teas should have all their buds retained. Some of the hybrids 

 that make bunches of buds are all the better thinned even if only for 

 cutting for decoration, otherwise no good flower will develop. Show 

 boxes must be prepared. Nothing helps more to win prizes than a good 

 style of arranging the blossoms. Foster's tubes prevent dumpiness. 

 Give liquid manure twice a week to such Roses as have not received 

 an artificial dressing. In watering remember a good soaking is better 

 than three or four driblets. Worn-out pot Roses, or plants that have 

 become leggy, if planted out into good loam, will enjoy a fresh lease 

 of life. 



The glorious array of single and semi-double Roses, briars, and a 

 host of lovely kinds will now be in full bloom. Try and see a good 

 collection growing. More will be gained than by an inspection at a 

 flower-show. 



JULY. As the perpetual Roses go out of bloom, cut back their 

 growths to a good eye looking outward, but not too low. If this is 

 done carefully the perpetual character is more developed. Old growths 



