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6th — Plants. Always plant out small bushes in preference to 

 large ones ; good healthy plants, from three inch pots, are the 

 best. 



7th — Varieties. Bon Silene, Saffron and Isabella vSprunt, are the 

 best for a contmuous supph'. Nephetos for white, with Marshal 

 Niel. Souv. Malmaison, Paul Nieron, Pearl of the Garden, and a 

 few others, for fancy varieties. 



8th — Care. This must be constant, pruning, syringing, fumi- 

 gating, weeding and ventilating, with the man}' things a careful 

 cultivator will find to do. 



9th — Cutting of Buds. This should be done as soon as the out- 

 side leaves commence to start. In other woi-ds. cut close buds. 

 They will open all a uniform size in a vase of water in about ten 

 hours, if in a warm room and are kept sprinkled. 



10th — MarJcet. It is of course better to have a retail trade. If 

 not, find some dealer who will take all you grow two or three times 

 a week. Otherwise, you will have to consign to some commission 

 house in the large cities ; they will sell at twenty per cent, commis- 

 sion, you to pa}- all express charges and stand all loss of unsold 

 goods. 



11th — Profits. I am hardly prepared to say what these will be. 

 It will depend so much upon the weather, demand, supply, &c. 



Remarks. The foregoing applies to rose-growing under glass in 

 winter. The production of fine roses out of doors for the summer 

 trade requires different treatment, of which I ma}' have something to 

 say at some future time. 



