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In the third year the seedlings will be strong flowering plants; 
indeed, by high culture, and the best appliances, they will some- 
times attain to this state in the second year. Their subsequent 
treatment is, of course, that of the mature plants ; viz., warmth, 
and a regular supply of moisture during the growing and blos- 
soming season, and a partial w-ithdrawal of moisture and other 
exciting causes during the period of rest. 
When the plants are strong with age, it is the best plan to 
turn them out of their pots, with their balls whole, every June, 
into an elevated bed, made for the purpose, in the kitchen or 
reserve garden. They will thus make strong roots, and much 
finer plants, than by keeping them continually imprisoned in 
pots. Of course, they will require to be re-potted with balls 
of earth about their roots, early in September, each year ; and 
they should then be placed in the glazed protectors, or frame, 
or on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
For compost, take of open sand one part, charcoal dust one, 
light soil or sandy loam two, fibrous bog or heath soil two, and 
of half-decomposed leaf soil three parts. We may here observe, 
that the tender kinds must have protection ; during the growing 
season the glazed protectors, the greenhouse shelf, or the draw- 
ing room window, are all eligible situations; during rest, the 
opaque protectors. The Europaeum and hederspfolium, and we 
may, perhaps, add coum, are, of course, perfectly hardy. 
315 Roses, VARIOUS, IN Pots. Here we have a noble and varied 
group of universal favourites; for, whilst many of our popular 
flowers have succumbed to the dictates of fashion, the Rose not 
only maintains its ground, but seems destined constantly to 
advance in our estimation. In offering remarks on the eligi- 
bility of an opaque protector, for furnishing a hybernatory for 
the more tender kinds, we must of necessity allude to the classes 
into which they are divided, with their respective habits. W'e 
will, of course, not include the Moss, the Provins, or indeed any 
of the strictly deciduous Roses ; for they, in general, need no 
protection, beyond plunging up to the rims in any open situa- 
tion out of doors. But many of the Tea, the Bourbon, and the 
China Roses, with the various hybrids of either class, require 
some slight protection, whether in pots or out ; and, indeed it is 
well as to those in pots, to make a point of housing all that are 
truly valuable during the early part of October. W'e here 
310. AUCTARIUM. 
