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river or white pit sand : this layer of mould ought to be a foot 
thick or more, so as to allow for its settling: the plants may be 
planted about two feet apeirt. In severe frosty weather, in the 
dead of winter, (you need not begin till December,) protect 
them with green furze or whin branches, or any kind of light 
spray that will admit the air and. yet keep off the violence of 
severe frost. I have found the branches of furze the best of 
all protectors. With this treatment they will seldom receive 
any injury from our severest winters, and they will bloom in 
great perfection all summer. This is the culture they require 
if grown as low dwarfs on their own roots; but perhaps the 
most eligible mode for the amateur is to grow them budded or 
grafted on low stems of the Dog Rose, or Blush Boursault, 
which seems, if possible, even a more congenial stock; they 
may be then arranged in the beds of any flower garden, and 
graduated in height so as to form a bank of foliage and flowers. 
Grafted or budded plants, when established, will in general 
brave our severest winters ; but still it will be most prudent in 
November either to remove them to some warm shed, and lay 
their roots in damp mould, or to reduce their heads, and give 
each plant an oiled paper cap. This is a mode practised in the 
north of Italy, with great success, to protect their tender roses 
and other plants ; and though paper caps may not be thought 
objects of ornament on an English lawn, yet the method will 
be found very eligible in many cases. In March those that 
have been laid in the shed for protection, may be removed to 
the flower borders, pruning off all superfluous and dead shoots; 
they will bloom the following summer in great perfection, and 
in general surpass those that have been suffered to remain in 
the ground without protection. Some of the varieties are 
much more robust and vigorous than others, and equally beau- 
tiful as those of more delicate habits; it will therefore be 
scarcely worth while to grow any but what are of known hard- 
ihood and vigour. I have pointed out some of these in my 
notices, but time can only make a knowledge of their habits 
more perfect. Worked plants of Tea-scented Roses force very 
well: they do not require to be established one year in pots, for 
if only potted in October or November, and forced with a gen- 
tle heat, in January and February they will bloom finely; in 
March and April the extreme beauty of their foliage and flowers 
