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of temperature, and bold yet judicious pruning. When 

 they can be grown outdoors in a south border, there is a 

 perceptible heightening of their tints and perfume. 

 Choice varieties are Bevoniensis, creamy white, raised by 

 Mr. Poster, of Plymouth ; Safrano, pale yellowish buff; 

 Souvenir d\in Ami, rosy salmon; Adam, ditto, very 

 superb ; Goubault, bright pink, very sweet ; Bougere, 

 deep salmon, a good pot-rose, forces well ; Yicomtesse de 

 Cazes, bright orange-yellow, very beautiful ; Moiret, 

 yellowish fawn ; Flise Sauvage, pale yellow ; Josephine 

 Motion, rich cream-colour ; and La Benommee, white, 

 with a pale-lemon centre. These are the roses to culti- 

 vate in frames and greenhouses, for late-autumn, winter, 

 and early spring. Some (as Burbot, cream, suffused with 

 rose and salmon ; Princesse Marie, rosy pink ; Peine des 

 Beiges, Princesse Selene, and others) force well, although 

 uncertain (that is, certain to fail) out of doors. They 

 give a little trouble to grow them well ; but then, how 

 lovely and exquisite they are ! 



The Fairy or Miniature Moses are the Pompons of the 

 China group. They may be made to serve as an edging, 

 in favourable spots ; in that case, cut them back to 

 within two inches of the ground every spring. In pots 

 they must be cut back freely ; quite to the ground every 

 other year, and shifted. The young wood will make 

 handsome little bushes, and bear abundant bloom in long 

 succession. The Blusli, or ITairy, is the most generally 

 cultivated ; Alba, Blanc, or the White Fairy, is still 

 smaller, but delicate ; La JDesiree is crimson ; Pompon 

 Bijou, pale pink ; Gloire des Laurenceanas is dark crim- 

 son, and contrasts well with the above. 



All roses, to do themselves justice, must have a rich 

 soil ; many are even gross feeders. The hardier and 

 robuster kinds do well in deep alluvial loams, and will 

 not object to heavy clayey land if well manured, and not 

 too wet and cold. The Chinas, and many of the Hybrids, 

 when on their own roots, must have a lighter, warmer, 

 better-drained soil, with a considerable proportion of sand 

 and rotten animal and vegetable remains. In theory, all 



