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forts than one are to be had upon the fame plant, fuch forts 

 only fhould be budded upon the fame itock as. are nearly 

 equal in their manner of growth, otherwife the ftrong one 

 will draw all the nourifhment from the weaker. 



The fuckers fhould be taken oft" in Oftober, and planted 

 out either in nurfery-rows, or in the places where they are to 

 remain ; as where they are permitted to Hand upon the roots 

 of the old plants more than one year, they grow woo'dy, 

 and do not form fo good roots as if planted out the firlt 

 year. The beit method to obtain good-rooted plants is to 

 lay down the young branches in autumn, which will take 

 good root by the autumn following ; efpecially when watered 

 in dry weather ; when they may be taken off from the old 

 plants, and be planted out where they are to remain. The 

 feeds are fometimes fown in the autumn, to produce new 

 varieties, in beds of light mellow earth, or in drills, efpe- 

 cially for the common fwcet-briar kinds, and for railing 

 hedges of them. 



But although new varieties and fome particular permanent 

 forts, fuch as continue the fame by feeds, may occafionally 

 be raifed in this way ; all the double kinds and peculiar 

 varieties, are by no means, in general, to be produced in 

 this manner, as they cannot be continued, with certainty, 

 the lame by feeds, but conftaiitly require, in this intention, 

 to be raifed from layers or fuckers. 



The moit proper feafon for planting all the forts is the 

 autumn or winter, when the weather is mild and open, when 

 they will, for the mod part, flower in full perfection during 

 the lucceeding fummer, but, {hould there be a neceffity, they 

 may be replanted out even fo late as the beginning of the 

 fpring months without much danger. And it is often an 

 ufeful praftice to fet out a few plants in this late manner 

 for the fake of a late long continued blow in the autumnal 

 feafon. In general, however, the fooner the work of 

 planting them out is performed, the ltronger and more fully 

 will the plants afford their flowers. 



In planting them out in the common or fhrubbery borders, 

 it fhould moltly be done in a fmgle manner ; and they may- 

 be trained with fingle items to the height of one, two, or 

 more feet, and then managed fo as to branch out into bufhy 

 heads ; and it is commonlv advifeable to have them in this 

 form ; though fome, for the fake of a more bufhy growth, 

 fuffer them to branch away immediately from the bottom, as 

 they will flower well in any mode of training. 



Some, for curiofity, may alfo be run up with fingle Hems 

 :.o the height of from five or fix to ten feet, and be kept in 

 ereft pofitions bv means of proper fupports. being made to 

 form branchy heads at thefe heights, foni? running up more 

 or lefs tor the fake of greater variety. The large growing 

 forts may hkewife, in fome cafes, be planted out againtt 

 walls, pales, &c. and be trained laterally as well as in an up- 

 right manner to fome confiderable extent. 



Some plants of the early forts, as the monthly, 5cc. may 

 alfo be fet out in warm fituations for more early blowing, 

 md be treated in the fame way. 



But in the gardens about the metropolis, where large 

 quantities of flowers of this, kind are wanted for fale, the 

 ,ts are generally fet out in clofe rows, being put into the 

 ground, in a fort of trench planting manner, at the diflance 

 of about a foot from each other, and afterwards kept down 

 to the height of from not more than one to three feet, ac- 

 cording .o the forts and circumftances by cutting them over, 

 or clipping them every autumn or winter, at the top and on 

 the fides, by Which lateral branches are fent off in greater 

 abundance for future flowering. 



All good gardens fhould moltly be poffeffed of the dif- 



ferent forts of thefe flowers, as they are eafily procured, and 

 multiply in an expeditious manner. 



Some of the beft forts of thefe plants may further alfo 

 occafionally be put in pots for the purpofe of being fet out 

 conveniently in different parts for the fake of ornament. 



And where there are the conveniencies of hot-houfes and 

 forcing-frames, it may, in many cafes, be defirable and 

 proper to place fome of the prime forts in pots for the pur- 

 pofe of being forced in fuch places for an early blow by 

 means of artificial heat. In this way they may be made to 

 flower either in the winter or early fpring months. In which 

 intention fome potted plants of the monthly, common, 01 

 mofs Provence, or other choice forts of rofes, muft, in the 

 winter, be fet in the above fort of frame, wrought by dung, 

 bark, or fire heat, or in a hut-houfe, which is by much the 

 beft, and be, by fuch means properly applied, forced into 

 blow in the beginning of the new year and in fucceffion for 

 the two following months, and until the plants in the 

 natural open ground begin to flower, different fuccefiional 

 fupplies of plants being fo placed at the diftance of every 

 two or three weeks. 



For this ufe a quantity of plants fhould, in general, be an- 

 nually potted, which, it they have had a fummer's growth 

 in the pots, plunged in the ground, before they are em- 

 ployed in this way, it will be the better, as they will be 

 more firmly rooted, and confequently blow in greater per- 

 fection and beauty. See Forcing, and Yonci'SG-Frame. 



It is not unufual for the gardeners in the vicinity of the 

 metropolis to form conveniencies of the above kinds in order 

 to force flower-plants of this nature, as there is almoft con- 

 ftantly a great demand and ready fale for them, at an early 

 feafon, while they are in flower in the pots, as well as when 

 the flowers are gathered in nofegays and other ways. They 

 often pay extremely well in this manner of cultivating them. 



Almoll all the open ground forts delight in a rich moift. 

 foil and an open fituation, in which they produce a greater 

 quantity of flowers, and thofe much fairer, than when they 

 are upon a dry foil, or in a fhady fituation. The pruning 

 which they afterwards require, is only to cut out their dead 

 wood, and take off all their fuckers, which fhnuld be done 

 every autumn ; and if there are any very luxuriant branches, 

 which draw the nourifhment from the other parts of the 

 plant, they fhould be taken out, or fhortened, to caufe 

 them to produce more branches, if there be occafion for 

 them to fupply a vacancy ; but it is beit to avoid crowding 

 them with branches, which is as injurious to thefe plants a-- 

 to fruit-trees ; for if the branches have not equal benefit 

 from the fun and air, they will not produce their flowers 

 fo ftrong, or in fo great plenty, as when they are more 

 open, and better expofed to the fun, fo as to have a more 

 free circulation of air. As the mofs Provence rofe feldom 

 fends out fuckers, and does not ftrikc very freely by layers, 

 it is often increafed by budding it upon flocks of the other 

 forts; but the plants are belt when railed from layers. 



In general the belt fort for flo vvering early and late is the 

 monthly, next to which in flowering in the open air is the 

 cinnamon, which is immediately followed by the damafk 

 rofe, then the blufh, York, and Lancallcr ; after which, 

 the Provence, Dutch hundred-leaved, white, and molt 

 other forts ; and the lateit forts are the Virginian and mufk 

 rofes, which, if planted in a fhady fituation, feldom flower 

 until Seotember, and if the autumn proves mild, continue 

 often till the middle of October. And the plants of the 

 two forts of mufk roles fhould be placed againit a wall, 

 pale, or other building, that their branches - ay be fup- 

 ported, otherwife they are fo fltnder and weak as to trail 



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