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the young wood, any time after the leaves have dropped, 

 back to two or five eyes, regulating it according to the 

 strength of the shoot, the weaker shoots being cut to two 

 or three eyes, the stronger to four or five, shaping the 

 bush so as to get it into good form. The Monthly or 

 Tea Roses require but little pinning except to thin out 

 the " blind" or old wood, or topping by pinching out the 

 center of any shoot that is growing too luxuriantly, so 

 as to keep the plant in good shape. 



ROSE GROWING IN WINTER 



is now such an important part of floriculture that hun- 

 dreds of acres of greenhouses in the vicinity of all our 

 large cities are specially erected for and devoted to the 

 culture and production of buds during the fall, winter, 

 and spring months. To describe the various modes of 

 culture in all their details would take more space than 

 can be afforded for it in " Gardening for Pleasure," and 

 to such as desire to go into Rose-growing as a business, I 

 refer to my new edition of "Practical Floriculture." 

 For amateur readers I will here detail a few brief in- 

 structions. 



When a few dozen plants of Roses only are to be grown, 

 it is perhaps best to grow them in pots. They can be 

 procured from any of the florists who make a business 

 of growing Roses for winter, in September, October, or 

 November, at a cost of from four to six dollars per dozen, 

 for such plants as arc grown in five or six-inch pots, 

 and average from ten to fifteen inches in hight. These 

 are usually in a condition to shift into larger pots. If in 

 a five-inch they should be shifted into a seven-inch, and 

 in like proportion according to size of pots or plants, 

 care being taken to thoroughly drain the pots, as it is 

 impossible to get good results from Roses in winter unless 

 the water can pass through the soil freely. If to be 



