2/6 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



field and pasture, orchard and garden, fruit and 

 flower ? 



Examine the new growth of your established Rose- 

 trees, and when you think that it is too abundant, 

 rub off here and there those breaking buds which 

 might weaken the plant, and prevent a wholesome 

 circulation of air through the crowded ^ head ' of the 

 Rose-tree. 



A surface application of manure, as previously 

 recommended, should now be laid on the surface 

 of the soil, and this liberality may be extended to 

 the Briers also. 



Order your selection of new Roses in pots from 

 the nursery, re-potting those of which you have the 

 best hope, and keep them under glass for a time, so 

 jthat in 



June 



you may bud them on some of your most forward 

 stocks ; and then, by turning them out of their pots 

 into the open ground, and by encouraging them in 

 every way to make a fresh growth, you may obtain 

 a second supply of buds in the autumn, when you 

 will know more as to their merits. 



If May has been genial, June will be glorious. If 

 not, we shall have ^/le aphis^ honey-dew^ mildew^ rust^ 

 larva of saw-fiy^ swarming like voracious ravens to 



