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every care to protect the foliage from being injured by damp or insects. To 

 secure large specimens it will doubtless be necessary to afford the plants 

 another season's growth before blooming them, and in this case they may be 

 treated as recommended above, taking care to get the growth completed 

 early in autumn, in order to get the wood well matured before winter, for 

 unless this is attended to there will be little chance of the plants blooming 

 freely. If it is desirable to have a plant in flower early in spring, it must 

 be plunged in bottom-heat, and should not be too freely supplied with water 

 until the flower buds are perceptible. Keep the plants well supplied with 

 water at the root while in bloom, and shade them from bright sunshine. In 

 this stage they may be removed to a close part of the conservatory, or show 

 house, provided a rather dry atmosphere, and a temperature of from 45° to 

 55° can be maintained. After blooming, the plants should be removed to a 

 growing temperature, slightly cut back if necessary, repotted, and encour- 

 aged to make active growth. — Alpha. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



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H. C. Hanson, Esq. — Provided you should deem the following inquiries 

 matter of general interest to your readers, and that the claims of the pro- 

 fession will so far allow you to divulge the mysteries of the propagation 

 house, you would greatly oblige and aid an amateur in his first efforts, by 

 giving in your second or third proximate number, some simple directions for 

 the propagation of Roses by Cuttings — such as Season — Choice of Slips — 

 Soil — whether plant out or in pots — in the open air or in rooms — whether 

 use Bell glasses, and how manage them — watering — signs of success — how 

 soon cuttings will strike — what families succeed best — how far Bourbons and 

 Remontant3 will succeed — or any physiological cause for their failure. 



Respectfully yours, New Subscriber. 



There are two periods of the season, June and September, in which this 

 mode can be adopted extensively and successfully, with the families of Ben- 

 gal, Tea, Noisette, Bourbon and Remontants Roses. (Perpetual succeed 

 best by budding.) In May or June, as soon as the young shoots have shed 

 their first flowers, they will be in a proper state for use. The cuttings may 

 be made from two to four inches long, having at least three joints or buds, 

 from the lower end of which cut off the leaf, and smooth the bottom end 

 with a sharp knife, directly under an eye, leaving the other leaves untouched ; 

 the cuttings may then be inserted about one and a half or two inches into 

 very sandy soil, either in pots or in the ground ; if in a frame, so much the 

 better. Shade them from the sun during the day, and give them gentle 

 sprinklings of water. They must also be protected from heavy drying winds, 



