FORCED FLOWERS loi 



floribunda, P. japonica ; Prunus sinensis flore plena, and 

 flore plena rosea, P. triloba ; Pyrus Malus floribunda 

 flor. atrosanguinea, P. Pissardi. Rhododendron — Early 

 Gem, Cunningham White and praecox ; Rhodora 

 canadensis ; Ribes sanguinea, and varieties. Roses. 

 Spiraeas (shrubby). Thorns — double, pink, and crimson 

 (Mays). Viburnum Opulus, and plicatum (guelder 

 roses). 



Winter Roses 



The elite of summer flowering shrubs possess little in 

 the way of leaf or flower during winter, though a few, 

 such as Reine Olga de Wurtemberg, etc., seem loth to 

 part with leaves. In favoured districts quite a varied 

 display may hold on to the New Year, but in most 

 gardens the stray flower of a Monthly or Stansfield 

 Perpetual, etc., and a few naked lusty hips on the 

 Penzance Sweetbriars are all that is there to suggest 

 former beauty. 



Some one has murmured — 



*' At Christmas 1 no more desire a rose 



Than wish a snow in May's new fangled showers, 

 But like of each thing that in season grows" 



but certainly not all. 



For roses at Christmas, outdoor plants cannot be 

 relied on at all. Lift dwarfs, either on or off their 

 own roots, from the rosebeds in September, with as 

 much soil as they will carry, and put them into 8-inch or 

 larger pots, using loam, well enriched with decayed 

 manure. The firmer the shoots are the better ; the best 

 are usually those in sunny positions. The leaves will 

 probably fall ofl", which is quite the right thing, and to 

 encourage ripe shoots the potted plants should be placed 

 in the full sun, giving water when necessary. Ten 

 weeks before the flowers are wanted, keep the plants 



