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H.P.'s, whilst the Teas in the centre bed enjoy the full benefit of 
the sun ; but even these require a little shade during the very- 
bright days of April and May if fine flowers are aimed at. 
Those who grow Roses in the open well know how much better 
the colour is sustained, the petals firmer, and the bloom more 
substantial after two or three dull days early in July, compared 
to those obtainable after a spell of very bright sunshine ; there- 
fore, to make the Rose structure as complete as possible, it is 
advisable to fix roller blinds, which may be drawn when the sun 
is too bright, and removed during cloudy weather, for although 
Roses object to too much sun, they require plenty of light and 
air. For this reason the blinds or shading should not be thick 
or heavy, and the colour should be green. 
Where no shade is used the temperature, which should 
not exceed 75° or 80°, will rapidly rise much above that 
during bright sunshine, to the injury of the plants. I omitted 
to remark that Roses under glass, whether planted in the ground 
or in pots, require to have the shoots thinned as soon as the 
flower-buds arc formed, and plants in 7-inch or 8-inch pots may 
be allowed to carry six to nine flowering shoots. All the other 
growth must be removed. These flowering shoots in their turn 
must be examined later on, and all buds removed excepting the 
crown or centre bud on each shoot. This may be done so soon 
as the buds are large enough to indicate whether the crown or 
centre bud promises to be a perfect bloom. 
The foregoing also applies to Roses planted out, except that 
more shoots may be left according to the age of the plants, and 
knowledge on this point will accumulate, as on many others, from 
experience. Roses grown in a cool house, such as I have 
endeavoured to describe, will not carry a second crop of blooms 
before there are plenty of Roses in the open ; but when more 
heat is used early in January to produce the Ih-st crop of Teas 
early in Apiil, a second crop of blooms from the same plants 
may be obtained in ]\Iay and early June, just before the advent 
of outdoor Roses, when they are most acceptable. It is only the 
Teas that I consider worth encouraging for a second crop of 
flowers ; the II. P. 's come nnich too thin and scant. So far I 
have made no reference to feeding Roses under glass, and, like 
animals, they will not become fat— c.j/. produce fat blooms — 
unless they arc fed. During the early stages of their intro- 
