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ment from rose culture, beds should be prepared exclusively for their 

 benefit, and their fertility preserved by yearly top-dressing with well- 

 rotted manure. 



Protection. Many of the most desirable of the free blooming roses, 

 are liable to injury from severe winters, and are covered with straw? 

 etc. to protect them from heavy frosts. The simplest and surest method 

 is to bend down the stem, and peg them close to the ground, then 

 draw the earth over them, so that they will be covered about one inch 

 deep. Where they stand so close as to render it difficult to cover in this 

 manner, additional soil or sand should be procured to effect a thorough 

 protection. 



Pruning is also very essential to insure a successful bloom from year 

 to year. Without this care, the bushes will become feeble, stunted and 

 enveloped in thick, half dead brush, and the flowers will be few and 

 imperfect. With proper management, on the contrary, the plants may 

 be kept healthy, vigorous, and afford yearly a profusion of fully de- 

 veloped and beautiful flowers. 



The simplest form of training is in the form of a bush, as shown in 

 fig. 1. 



Fig. I. 



Fig. 2. 



For the management of such, the chief requisites are the yearly ap- 

 plication of old manure, cutting out old wood, and leaving the new and 

 best shoots. 



Tree, or Standard Roses, are greatly admired when well trained, but 

 they require much care. A specimen is shown in figure 2. They are 

 usually made by budding on vigorous standards, about two feet high. 

 The buds, when growing, form the head. 



