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ROSE. 



nure are well suited to it. Some florists say a 

 foundation of stiff clayey loam increases the sub- 

 stance and depth of coloring of the flowers. 



Water regularly and moderately when in growth 

 and very scantily when at rest. 



In a dormant state, or while forming working 

 roots, they should have a low temperature never 

 exceeding 40 at night ; when forcing for bloom 50 

 to 6o° at night and 70 to 75 during the day. 



The propagation of the rose is effected by every 

 method capable of being applied to ligneous plants, 

 but principally by cuttings or layering. Cuttings 

 should contain three or four eyes. The wood should 

 be sufficiently ripened to show the developeme of 

 buds at the axil of the leaf. They are often suc- 

 cessfully rooted in pots in which other plants are 

 growing ; or they maybe set as deep as the second 

 eye in saucers or boxes of sand saturated with 

 water. They will succeed best, if protected by glass. 

 They may be propagated on a more extensive scale, 

 by planting them in October or November, in a cold 

 frame in soil composed of equal parts loam, leaf- 

 mold and sand, and will be rooted in March and 

 ready to pot, if merely kept from freezing thro igh 

 the winter. Set the cuttings about two inches 

 apart. One thorough watering to settle the soil 

 around them will probably be all they will need 

 until spring. 



Layering, the surest method of increasing the 

 Rose for the amateur, may be done in the open 



