CHAPTEK III 



SITUATION AND SOIL 



In the choice of a situation for the cultivation of 

 Boses we must seek for a spot — 



1, as little liable as may be to severe frosts ; and 



2, sheltered, if possible, from violent winds, but 

 not too near large trees or hedges. 



1. It is pretty well known that most of the Tea 

 Eoses are tender, and likely to be injured or killed 

 by severe frost. In the winter of 1890 the whole of 

 my Marechal Niels were absolutely killed, though 

 they were grown in a row close to the west side of 

 a [high paling, and were well and thickly covered 

 with bracken, with moreover nearly a foot of snow 

 over all. The Hybrid Perpetual Eoses, especially if 

 grown as dwarfs, will generally withstand the effects 

 of any winter ; but late frosts, in May or even earlier, 

 will seriously affect their young shoots, in severe 

 cases blackening and killing them, and still oftener 

 injuring or destroying the as yet invisible bud. 

 The worst of it is that it is difficult after such a 

 visitation to estimate at first how much damage has 

 been done. A fortnight of genial weather may 

 sometimes be required before we can see whether 

 the shoot is stopped (that is, made " blind " — come 



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