74 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



from V eing disturbed by the wind ; also, if you have not got ir all the 

 roses you want, order them and plant. 



Protect the smooth-wooded kinds, budded on the stocks, in pots, 

 from the cold, and see that those in beds are well covered with litter 

 where there is danger of their suffering fijpm frost ; and, as the smooth- 

 wooded varieties budded in pots will be growing, support their shoots 

 and remove all other e} r es from the stocks the instant they break. 



At the North, where roses in parlors and greenhouses are coming 

 into flower, syringe the plants freely with water, and occasionally with 

 a solution of Peruvian guano, mixed in the proportion of half a pint 

 of guano to eight gallons of water. Fumigate often with tobacco, in 

 order to keep down the green fly; and with sulphur, to kill the red 

 spider. 



Look over the established stocks, and see which are most favorable 

 for grafting ; and if you have any wood of roses you intend to graft, 

 leave it on the trees ; but if you have to obtain wood, seek for it in 

 time; and if you get it. plant the thickest end downward in the 

 ground, in some shady place, because they ought not to be grafted till 

 next month, and the cuttings will keep some time. The China Roses 

 in the house, and roses in the forcing house, must be kept well syringed, 

 and watched carefully, that, in the event of the green fly attacking them, 

 they may be fumigated, as well as syringed. Roses in pots should be 

 kept a little moist, and if not pruned in autumn, should be pruned 

 directly. Look to a supply of wild stpcks, if you have not yet com- 

 pleted your arrangements. 



Bruise the berries which have been saved for seed, and rub out the 

 seed ready for sowing next month. 



At the North, continue the same treatment as recommended last 

 month. 



Prune all roses which were left half done in the autun.a, or not 

 at all, especially grafted and budded ones of last year, as they have 

 this year to make some growth. Stocks may still do if the season is 

 backward but not a day must be lost. Look over all the standard 



