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what is dead or fuperfluous takenaway. Now there are fome Rofes 
that are not fit to be plantedinahedge, as the Musk wg 4 which 
will not bear acall unlefs they grow to fome high wall or houfe-fide, 
where they may have liberty to grow to their full hei ht, which wil 
be commonily eight or nine foot high, alfo the double yellow, which 
is the moft unapt of all others to bear kindly and fair flowers, unlefs 
it be ordered and looked unto in an efpecial manner ;. for whereas all 
other Rofes are beft natural, this is belt inoculated upon another 
ftock, others thrive and bear, beft inthe Sun, this in the fhade ; 
therefore the beft way that I know to caufe this Rofe to bring forth 
fair and kindly flowers, is performed after this manner, Firft, in the 
ftock of a Francford Rofenear the ground putina Bud of the fingle 
yellow me which will quickly fhoot toagoodlength, then halfa 
yard higher than the place where the fame was budded, put into ita 
Bud of the doable yellow Rofe, which growing, the Suckers mutt be 
kept from the Root;. and all the Buds rubbed off except thofe of the 
kind dated which being grown big enough to bear; (which will be 
in two years) it muft in Winter be pruned very near, geeeet all 
the {mall Shoots, and onely leaving the biggeft, cutting off the tops 
of them alfoas far as they arefmall, thenin the Spring, when the 
Buds forleaves come forth, rub off the fmalleft of them, leaving 
onely fome few of the biggeft, which by reafon of the ftrength of 
the ftock affording more nourithment than any other, and the agree- 
able nature of the fingle yellow Rofe from whence it is immediately 
nourifhed, the Shoots will be ftrong and able to bear out the flowers, 
if they be not too many, which may be prevented by nipping off the 
{malleft Buds for flowers, leaving onely fuch a number of the faireft 
as the Tree may be able to bring to perfection, which Tree would 
ftand fomething fhadowed; and not tod much in the heat. of the Sun; 
and ina ftandard by it felf rather than under awall;  Thefe Rules be- 
ing obferved,we may expect to enjoy the full delight of thefe beauti- 
ful Rofes, as 1 my felt have often done by my own praétice in divers 
Trees fo handled, which have yearly born ftore of fair flowers, whem 
thofe that were natural, notwithftanding all the helps I could ufe, 
have not brought forth one that was kindly, but all of them either 
broken, or as it were blafted, a mle 
Tell me what flow’r kind Nature doth difelofe, 
May be compared to the lovely Rofe ; 
Whofe Beauty; Virtue, Scent, and Colours are 
In Life, iw Death, in Bud and Bloffom, rare. 
 Andif one kind thefe graces all comprife, —— — 
what then in thirty choice varieties ? 
Friend, mufe no more, nor reckon what elfe rare, 
Since all conclude the Role without compare ; 
But wing thy shoughts to mount three ftories higher, ' 
Up to his Throne that thus adorn’d the Briar, a 
And now after this long walk it will be time to retire, where we 
may fit in fome fhady Bower, and behold thefeveral flower-bearing 
* and climbing woody Plants;wherewith the fame is covered and ador- 
_ned, which with others of like nature, but Page CHEN all be che 
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