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except as to the situation, which should be chosen not too much 

 exposed to the wind, as in the most sheltered spot they always have 

 enough to encounter. They must be planted firmly, and in good 

 soil : and whatever they have to climb up should be firmly placed by 

 rights before they are planted, but certainly before they shall have 

 grown much, as the roots spread a good deal, and if damaged by vio- 

 lence after they have begun to grow vigorously, they will receive a 

 check which they may not get over the same season. 



POTTING OF ROSES. 



To the cultivators of the Rose, any improvement in pots is of im- 

 portance. Those designed to grace a hall or a window of a dwelling, 

 may be made in fine stone and earthenware of various patterns, and 

 should be so constructed as to possess advantages over the common 

 old red porous ones made of clay. One reason why plants potted the 

 usual way do not flourish well in the house during the winter season 

 is, the proper want of leakage, or drainage, and a due circulation of 

 air about their roots, in consequence of the 

 close connection between the bottom of the 

 pot and the shelf or bench on which it rests. 



Mr. M'Intosh, gardener of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch, has obviated the above-named ob- 

 jection by making pots with feet, as denoted 



in the adjoining cut. By this means, the plants get rid of their mois- 

 ture, and freely receive air about their roots through the hole in the 

 bottom of the pot. 



Potting Deciduous Roses for Forcing. 



The nearer you can imitate planting in the open ground the bet- 

 ter. The soil should be the same or richer, with dung chiefly, 

 because yo i cannot water soil without washing away, in some meas- 

 ure, whatever it is impregnated with, that is soluble. By a parity of 

 reasoning, you cannot moisten with water impregnated with anything, 

 without imparting +,he virtue or mischief of the solution to the soil 



