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one, and unless the owner is willing to rim the risk 

 of having some of the shoots nipped off by the 

 strong salt winds. In gardens where quantities are 

 grown, the risk is well worth running, as it can 

 matter little, whether some of the earlier blooms are 

 checked ; and should, on the contrary, the season be 

 mild, the young shoots will push ahead and give 

 blooms earlier than if the whole pruning were done 

 at the usual time mentioned above. The first blooms 

 of La France are always better in form, and in 

 colour than those that appear later. 



Climbing roses should have their long shoots cut 

 back a foot, and all crowded, and weakly stems 

 thinned out. Cuttings may be planted in February. 



Budding. This can be done either in the spring 

 about the end of February or after the rise of the 

 Nile in the autumn, but the spring budding gives a 

 greater percentage of " takes " with roses that are 

 grown on light soil, and are considered stronger than 

 those that are budded in the autumn ; though the 

 latter time would perhaps be best for roses grown in 

 the heavy soil of Cairo, as the wood is usually 

 too hard for the budding to be a success in the 

 spring. 



The Tunisian Briars, known as Magrubies, and the 

 Gloire de Dijon stock, are the most suitable for 

 budding purposes, though buds often succeed on 

 other stocks. Many varieties also succeed from cuttings 

 which may be made at the same time. 



The Rose Beetle (Cetonia aurata) is a very trouble- 

 some insect to the early spring blooms, eating its 

 way into the heart of the flower, and doing great 

 damage to the petals. The only way to remedy this 

 evil is to go over the plants in the early morning 

 before the dew is off, and again when the sun is up, 

 and pick off the insects and destroy them. 



The following is a list of roses already cultivated 

 in the country, and others that might be introduced 

 with a fair hope of success. 



