THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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used as trellises to train canary creepers and other climbers to. 
From the foregoing remarks it may be inferred that to ensure suc- 
cess in rose growing near towns, dwarf roses alone must be grown, 
and the wise man will purchase those only on their own roots, in 
preference to those worked upon the Manetti or other stock. Much 
might be said upon this point, but it will suffice to say that no 
matter what the rose may be the stock is the same ; therefore we 
are dealing with the dog rose or Manetti, so far as soil, manuring, 
and watering is concerned, and certain it is neither of these stocks 
succeed anywhere so well as in a breezy, open situation, far away 
•from the town. We have also to remember that worked roses are 
not unfrequently killed by the severity of the winter, but in the 
case of those on their own roots, it is a matter of comparatively 
small importance if they are cut down to the ground line, for the 
following spring they will be able to produce a strong growth from 
tlie base. There wull of course be a small display of flowers the 
summer following, but that will be as nothing compared with the 
total loss of a large number of plants. Moreover, dwarf roses are 
not so quickly affected by the impurity of the atmosphere as the tall 
standards, and they are also cheaper to purchase. 
Eoses must have air, and therefore instead of their being planted, 
as is frequently done, near boundary fences, buildings, and under the 
shade of trees, they should be planted in the most open position the 
garden will afford, and that, as a rule, will be somewhere near its 
centre. This of course has special reference to the growth of roses 
in the small strips of garden ground attached to villas near town; 
in moderately open situations, from six to eight miles from town, 
the selection of a position for the rose beds will be attended with less 
difficulty, as they will do well in any part of the garden beyond the 
influence of large trees. 
In the planting of roses it is necessary that it should be clearly 
understood that they grow and flower better in a deep and rather 
heavy loam, and if the soil is of a light and hungry character, it must 
be improved by the liberal additioTi of clayey loam and partly decayed 
stable manure. Soils of a very close and retentive character may be 
materially improved by a dress of road scrapings and manure. 
As the roses should not occupy too great a portion of the garden, 
the preparation of the soil will not bo a very serious matter, and in 
the majority of cases two loads each of manure and loam will be 
ample, and in preparing a bed for twenty or thirty bushes, a load 
each will be sufficient. The soil must be turned up to a depth of 
fifteen or twenty inches, and the new stuff well incorporated with the 
staple. This should be done, if practicable, a few weeks before 
the roses are planted, as the soil will then undergo a slight pulveri- 
zation, and be in a better working order when the planting is done. 
Early buying is most important, for the simple reason that those 
who buy first have the best choice of sorts, and are able to plant at 
the proper time, i. e., the early part of November. The soil at that 
period is generally in a nice workable condition, and invariably much 
warmer than later on or in the spring. The only place from which 
roses should be purchased is a respectable nursery, for those met 
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