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the branches which are to come away alto- 
gether, and to leave the other branches 
which are to remain two or three eyes longer 
than they are to be finally left ; so that when 
pruned at last, the wood may be sound. All 
that need be said, is, that the head then 
should be reduced, by curtailing all that can 
be shortened, and by the entire removal of 
all the branches that can be spared. This 
gives more air to those remaining, and reduces 
the chances of mischief arising from high 
winds. 
Examine the Stakes and fastenings, and 
if they are loose, or rotten, or weak, get 
new ones, and make all firm. If they break 
away, in a high wind, the heads get perma- 
nently damaged by bruising, and perhaps, get 
broken. As a precaution, not always taken, but 
always necessary, the stake should in all cases 
be long enough to go partly through the 
head, that the head itself may be made fast: 
for as it originally is but an eye, if the 
whole force of the wind bear upon it, and the 
stock is made fast, the head will frequently 
tear away from the slight, or comparatively 
slight, hold which it has of the stock, although 
without violence, and with proper support, 
the stock would sustain the head for many 
years. 
Stocks may be provided and planted at 
once, in good ground, because a vigorous 
growth of the young wood is wanted to bud 
upon, otherwise they would do very well in 
ordinary mould, if planted where they ought 
to be. In planting these stocks, cut off all 
the ragged and bruised ends of the roots, and 
any very clumsy portion that maybe in the way, 
regard being had to the necessity of keeping 
the roots short, and full of fibres, in preference 
to being straggling and bare. Let them be 
planted about eighteen inches apart, in rows 
three feet from each other, to allow of walk- 
ing between them. Tread them well in, and 
make a sort of trellis, or espalier rail, the 
length of the row, so fastened, that all the 
stocks may be tied to the upper rail. Some 
omit this till they are worked; but it is never 
easier done than while the brier is a straight, 
unfurnished stick. Some of the close-rooted 
and dwarf stocks may be potted, in pots of 
snllicicnt size to allow of their growth, as it 
is the fashion to work many Roses that used 
to be grown on their own bottom. Let the 
pots be plunged in the open ground, and put a 
rail to which the stems may be fastened. Ex- 
amine all the established Roses, and detach all 
suckers that may have sprung from the root ; 
also cut off all the portions of the stock that 
may, through neglect at the proper time, have 
been permitted to remain. 
Purchase Moses, to make new plantations. 
Buy none with flimsy petals ; rest assured 
that colour, habit, size, nothing makes amends 
for a thin petal : buy no semi-double Roses; 
there are plent}' of good ones, double enough 
and thick enough, without being put upon by 
dealers with either. There are some few double 
ones. The only sorts to do a grower service, 
are those which open freely, with plenty of 
petals, and those thick. Those described in 
some of the catalogues as show-roses, are no 
such thing ; and it is a gross deception to call 
them so. What is wanted is, full double 
Roses, with thick petals, laid symmetrically; 
and there are enough of these to furnish a 
garden with a first-rate and magnificent col- 
lection, in every valuable class, and almost 
every colour. Mr. Paul, of Cheshunt, will 
point out some of the Bourbon, the hybrid 
China, the French, and Provence Roses, that 
will prove all we require. Roses, capable of 
being exhibited as Dahlias, are shown a single 
bloom face upwards ; and, when we see one 
tree covered with flowers of this description, 
and another with such as are sent forth to the 
public, described as show-flowers by respect- 
able catalogues, we shall find no difficulty 
in appreciating the right ones. There is, 
however, a class of Roses, or rather a selection 
of Roses, calculated for cut flowers, which 
look well in all their stages. Roses of a 
peculiar habit, such as the Mosses, which 
never look so well full-blown as in their pro- 
gress to it ; these may be, and should be, 
grown separately ; and where the cuttings 
from time to time will be of no consequence. 
The Crested Roses, too, are of this descrip- 
tion ; though the original " Crested Provence," 
splendid as it seemed, while novel, has been 
so completely superseded by the four new 
Crested Roses of Willison's, as to be now 
utterly useless : the Curled Crested Moss, 
the Common Crested Moss, the New Crested 
Moss, and the Mottled Crested Moss, are 
worthy of a place in every collection, however 
choice. Indeed, of twenty-one entirely new 
varieties brought to the hammer, at the auction- 
mart, there is not one which does not, in character 
for novelty, in doubleness, in symmetry, thick- 
ness of petal, or some one distinguishing pro- 
perty, beat everything in its class. For this 
reason, we shall head the list of a few choice 
Roses with the names and descriptions of 
these twenty-one novelties, though they will 
be difficult to get for a season or two, there 
being so few of them. 
Lilac Perfection. — Lilac ; fine double and 
symmetrical. 
Prince of Wales. — Dark crimson; fine 
double and symmetric.il. 
Turtle Dove. — Light rose, dove-coloured 
centre; fine double and symmetrical. 
Essex Hero. — Bright rosy crimson ; fine 
double and symmetrical. 
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