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ment. Fancy and taste may range at will in inventing forms to 

 ornament the parterre with roses. Beds of roses, raised pyramid- 

 ally, have a splendid effect. When the flowers die away in the 

 autumn, the mass may be clipped again into form, with the 

 garden shears, as you would clip a laurel hedge. 



Standard roses, which are so much in fashion at this time, and 

 which always remind one of a housemaid's long broom for sweep- 

 ing cobwebs, are beyond a lady's own management, as budding 

 is a troublesome business, and very frequently fails. I will not, 

 therefore, touch upon that subject. 



The double yellow rose is very elegant. It requires a western 

 aspect, and even prefers north and east, but a warm aspect in- 

 jures its beauty. It loves a good substantial soil, and will not 

 bear much cutting or removing. Let it alone in its glory, only 

 pruning away the old scraggy wood occasionally, to strengthen 

 the plant. 



The monthly rose is also a lover of the north and east. It 

 blooms through the autumn and winter, has an evergreen leaf, 

 and loves a strong soil. It must be propagated by cuttings, and 

 parting the roots, as it never throws up suckers. Prune away 

 the old wood, and make cuttings in June, July, and August, of 

 the branches you clear away. Plant the cuttings in loose, moist 

 earth, and do not let them bud till the following year. Let the 

 cuttings be sunk two joints in the earth, leaving only one exposed. 

 The monthly rose climbs, or creeps. 



The Austrian briar, or rose, will not flower if exposed to the 

 south. It bears a rich mass of flowers, yellow outside, and deep 

 red within. Give it an eastern or western aspect. 



The perpetual, or " four-season " rose, requires a rich soil. 

 The flower buds appearing in June or July should be pinched 

 off, and in winter the plant may be pruned as closely as its 



