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upon examination, it proved to be covered with red spiders, 

 I then pkinged the pot in an out-of-the-way corner of my 

 garden as of no vakie. In May of that year, I cut it to the 

 ground, washed it carefully, and transplanted the root to a 

 warm border, where it has since remained. That season it 

 made two shoots, some seven or eight feet high and of great 

 strength. During the winter these were laid down and 

 slightly covered. 



Last spring, those two shoots, shortened to six feet, threw 

 out, through their whole length, lateral branches, from twelve 

 to fifteen inches long. At the end of each lateral there was 

 a cluster of blossoms of great size and beauty, giving me, on 

 the whole plaut, over forty clusters. They commenced 

 opening in Jiuie, were all very large and perfect, continued 

 a long time, and were greatly admired. 



Early last spring, the plant threw up two strong, vigorous 

 shoots, which have continued their growth, with the utmost 

 luxuriance, to the present time. They now measure over 

 twenty feet in height, and are of corresponding size and 

 strength. 



After the blossoms had all matured, I layered the old 

 shoots, and all new ones except the above two, carefully 

 slitthig the old wood on the under side, belo^v each lateral, 

 which I retained. These have thrown out an abundance of 

 roots. 



In addition, therefore, to the original plant, with its two 

 shoots of, to me, surprising growth and vigor, I have now 

 some twenty-five smaller plants for distribution among my 

 friends. This is the second year's product of a plant which 

 has paid its way many times over in its beauty and its highly 

 ornamental character. 



New Haven^ Nov., 1845. 



We trust the experiment of our correspondent, Mr. Rob- 

 inson, will induce every one to cultivate the Prairie roses; 

 not only the QueeU; but the others, of which there are now 

 fifteen or twenty, and some wliich are fully equal, if not su- 

 perior to the former. Every body who owns a foot of ground 

 should plant at least one of the Prairie roses, and more if 

 they have room. — Ed. 



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