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on stems from one and a half to two feet in height, the flowers will not be 

 soiled ; they are also brought near to the eye, and the plant forms a neat 

 and pretty object. — Id. pp. 125, 126 and 127. 



Forcing Perpetual Roses. — The Crimson, and, indeed, nearly all the 

 Perpctuals, force admirably : for this purpose, it is better to graft or bud 

 them on the Dog Rose, as it is so easily excited. It requires, also, but 

 small pot-room ; as, previous to potting, its roots may be pruned to within 

 two inches of the stem, and apparently, with advantage ; for, if placed in 

 gentle heat, an abundance of fibres are immediately put forth, and the 

 whole plant will soon have an appearance of great vigor. Those who 

 wish for the luxury of forced roses, at a trifling cost, may have them by 

 pursuing the following simple method : — Take a common garden frame, 

 large or small, according to the number of roses wanted ; raise it on some 

 posts, so that the bottom edge will be about three feet from the ground at 

 the back of the frame, and two feet in front, sloping to the south. If it 

 is two feet deep, this will give a depth of five feet under the lights, at the 

 back of the frame, which will admit roses on little stems as well as dwarfs. 

 Grafted plants of any of the Perpetual Roses should be potted in October, 

 in a rich compost of equal portions of rotten dung and loam, in pots about 

 eight inches deep, and seven inches over, and plunged in the soil at bot- 

 tom. The air in the frame may be heated by linings of hot dung ; but 

 care must be taken that the dung is turned over two or three times before 

 it is used, otherwise the rank and noxious steam will kill the young and 

 tender shoots ; but the hazard of this may be avoided, by building a wall 

 of turf, three inches thick, from the ground to the bottom edge of the frame. 

 This will admit the heat through it, and exclude the steam. The Per- 

 perpetual Roses, thus made to bloom early, are really beautiful. They 

 may also be forced in any description of forcing-house with success, by 

 plunging the pots in old tan, or any substance that will keep their roots 

 cool. It will at once give an idea how desirable these roses are, when it 

 is stated that, by retarding and forcing, they may be made to bloom for 

 eight months in the year. — Id. pp. 127 and 128. 



Tea Scented Roses in France and Italy. — In France the Yellow Tea 

 Rose is exceedingly popular, and in the summer and autumn months hun- 

 dreds of plants are sold in the flower markets of Paris, principally worked 

 on little stems or " mi-tiges." They are brought to market in pots, with 

 their heads partially enveloped in colored paper in such an elegant and 

 effective mode, that it is scarcely possibh; to avoid being tempted to give 

 two or three francs for such a pretty object. In the fine climate of Italy 

 Tea-scented Roses bloom in great perfection during the autumn : our late 

 autumnal months are often too moist and stormy for them, but in August 

 they generally flower in England very beautifully. I was much impressed 

 in the autumn of 1835, with the effects of climate on these roses ; for in 

 a small enclosed garden at Versailles I saw, in September, hundreds of 

 plants of Yellow Tea Roses covered with ripe seeds and flowers. The 

 French cultivators say that it very rarely produces a variety worth notice. 

 The culture of Tea-scented Roses is quite in its infancy in this country, 

 but surely no class more deserves care and attention ; in calm weaiher, in 

 early autumn, their large and fragrant flowers are quite unique, and add 

 much to the variety and beauty of the autumnal rose garden. — Id. p. 

 153. 



