CHAPTEE X 



ROSES UNDER GLASS 



This is a large subject, capable of being treated 

 at considerable length, for if there is so much to be 

 said upon the growing of Eoses out of doors under 

 natural conditions, even more care, skill, and 

 experience are required for their cultivation under 

 artificial circumstances, and at unnatural seasons. 

 There v?ould, however, I think, be no need for such 

 a treatise in this book, even if I were capable of 

 compiling it. Professional Eosarians and skilled 

 gardeners have nothing to learn from me in this 

 matter. I write for the genuine amateur Eose 

 grower and Eose lover who takes a warm personal 

 interest in his favourite flowers. If he be wealthy 

 enough to grow and force them on a large scale he 

 will no doubt employ a man who has learned the 

 art under more able guidance than mine; but for 

 others I hope to give some general principles and 

 outlines of routine which should help those who 

 wish to make " a bit of glass " useful in the cultiva- 

 tion of the Eose. 



The glass-house for Eoses, whether it be merely a 

 " pit " or " lean-to," or a more ambitious structure, 

 should run lengthways north and south, so as to 



