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Gardens, nor in the Smoke of Lon- 

 don; therefore are not proper to 

 plant in fuch Places ; tho' they fre- 

 quently grow very vigoroufly there: 

 rhefe always begin to (hoot the firft 

 of any of the Sorts in the Spring ; 

 therefore frequently fufFer from 

 Froft, in Affile which often deiiroy 

 all their Flowers. 



The Provence Rofe, which is the 

 moft common Sort in England, is by 

 far the molt valuable of them all ; 

 tho' moft of the other Sorts are pre- 

 ierr'd to it on account of their Scar- 

 city : but the Flowers of this Sort 

 are the faireft, and have the moft 

 agreeable Scent, of any Sort yet 

 known : and this is alfo very hardy, 

 flowering in many Places where 

 many of the others will fcarcely live; 

 which renders it ftill more valuable : 

 and if it was as rare to be feen as 

 fome other Shrubs, would be efteem- 

 ed perhaps more than any other. 



There are at lead three Varieties 

 of this Rofe, which are promifcu- 

 oufly fold by the Nurfery men, un- 

 der this Title ; one of which is a low 

 Shrub, feldom growing above three 

 Feet high: the Flowers are much 

 fmaller, and the Buds rounder, and 

 even ; fo that before the Flowers 

 open, they appear as if they had 

 been clipp'd with ScifTars. This 

 Mr. Rea calls {he dwarf red Rofe ; 

 there are few Thorns on the Branches 

 The other Sort is taller, and the Flow- 

 ers are large, but not fo well fcented 

 as the common Pro-vence Rofe. 



All the Sorts of Rofes may be 

 propagated either from Suckers, 

 Layers, or by budding them upon 

 Stocks of other Sorts of Rofes ; 

 which latter Method is only pradifed 

 for fome peculiar Sorts, which do 

 not grow very vigorous upon their 

 own Stocks, and fend forth Suckers 

 very fparingly ; or where a Perfon 

 is willing tQ have more Sorts than 



one upon the fame Plant ; but then 

 it muft be obferved, to bud fuch 

 Sorts upon the fame Stock as are 

 nearly equal in their Manner of 

 Growth ; for if there be a Bud of a 

 vigorous - growing Sort, and fome 

 others of weak Growth, the ftrong 

 one will draw all the Nourifhment 

 from the weaker, and intirely ftarve 

 them. 



The bed Sort for Stocks is the 

 Fmnkfort Rofe, which is a vigorous 

 Grower, and produces ftrong clean 

 Shoots, which will take the Buds 

 much better than any other Sort of 

 Rofe : but you muft be very careful 

 to keep the Stock after Budding in- 

 tirely clear from Suckers or Shoots 

 at the Bottom ; for if they are per- 

 mitted to remain on, they will, in 

 a fhort time, ftarve the Buds. The 

 beft Seafon for budding of Rofes is 

 in June ; the Manner of doing ir. 

 being the fame as for Fruit- tre ec, 

 need not be repeated here. 



J f you would propagate them from 

 Suckers, they mould be taken ofF 

 annually \nOftober t and tranfplant- 

 ed out either into a Nurfery in Rows 

 (as hath been directed for feveral 

 other Sorts of flowering Shrubs), or 

 into the Places where they are to re- 

 main: forif theyare permitted to ftand 

 upon the Roots of the old Plants 

 more than one Year, they grow 

 woody, and do not form fo good 

 Roots as if planted out the firfc 

 Year ; and fo there is more Danger 

 of their not fucceeding. 



But the beft Method to obtain 

 good-rooted Plants is, to lay down 

 the young Branches in Autumn, 

 which will take good Root "by the 

 Autumn following (efpecially if they- 

 are watered in very dry VVeather), 

 when they may be taken from the 

 old Plants, and tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain. The Flints 

 which are propagated by Layers, are 



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