MARKET PLANTS.—ROSES. 



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Meteor thrive well under this treatment, established plants producing good blooms by- 

 midwinter and continuously afterwards. 



There is a demand for house-grown white roses all the year round, and, to meet this, 

 Niphetos is, in many establishments, planted out permanently in beds under glass. 

 Other tea roses may be profitably associated with them. Eaised, slate-covered benches, 

 with fronts deep enough to hold about 6 inches of good loamy soil, answer well. Eoses 

 growing in a great depth of soil do not force so readily. Strong young bushes may be 

 planted from 12 inches to 15 inches apart in July, or after early crops of cucumbers or 



Fig. 191. Roses— bunching and boxing foe market. 



tomatoes. There must be no sharp forcing at the outset. Maintain a genial tempera- 

 ture and moist atmosphere, also keep the soil about the roots uniformly moist, and 

 syringe once or twice daily in bright weather. Prune the bushes early in September, 

 and soon after turn on a little fire heat, forcing gently from that time onwards. If the 

 plants are rested during the summer they will pay for keeping a second year, but the 

 young bushes always produce the finest blooms. After pruning in September, remove 

 the surface soil, well moisten the bed with liquid manure and top dress with loam and 

 good solid manure. 



