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encouraged ; and it is by getting deep root, and find- 

 ing nourishment, that they are beyond the reach of 

 drought and able to expand so large a blossom. It 

 is indispensable to this plant, its fibres being like 

 silk threads, to have a soil not only free but finely 

 pulverised with frost; and to be set as early as the 

 ground can be got dry namely, in February or 

 March, in order to have its roots well down before 

 the heat of April and May. Plant in small drills, 

 four inches by three, and giving not more than one 

 inch of covering to the tubers. Weeding must be 

 done with the hand. When the foliage withers the 

 roots may be taken up in dry weather, and kept in 

 a box to prevent shriveling. 



Rocket Of which there are two fine varieties, 

 the double white and double purple. They require 

 cultivation, of which they are well worthy, being re- 

 markable in their mingled colours both for showy 

 appearance and sweetness of perfume. If allowed 

 to remain permanently in the ground without trans- 

 planting they will certainly die; but by timeous 

 transplanting and parting the roots they will last 

 long without a renovation from cuttings. The mode 

 of rearing from slips may be exactly taken from that 

 given in the article Lychnis. 



Rose Of which there may be three hundred, or 

 with future care, any number of varieties. For 

 beauty, odour, and long succession, there is nothing 

 in the garden equal to a moderate collection of roses. 

 Every one ought to have a few varieties of the prin- 

 cipal species, such as the red rose, exquisite for the 

 simplicity of its beauty; the hundred-leaved; the 

 damask; the provance; the moss, very common as 



