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way, though upon its own roots it will attain a height of 10 or 12 feet, or 
in exceptional cases as much as 20 feet. Several varieties have been 
raised differing slightly from the type in colour and habit, and which have 
generally received names indicating these peculiarities; nana, rosea, 
macrophylla, grandiflora, and complexa are examples, some of which 
appear in nurserymen’s catalogues. 
CULTUKE OF KOSES IN POTS. 
Persons of all ages that have an admiration or taste for flowers are 
acquainted with the Rose. It may be truly termed the most popular 
floiyer grown, and nearly every person who cultivates flowers seems 
desirous of planting a Rose tree in their gardens. In the suburbs of 
will now give some of the details that are necessary to bej observed 
in their cultivation. 
If the plants when obtained are well established in pots—that is 
to say, they are furnished with abundance of healthy roots. If they 
are not in that condition it is useless to attempt to grow them under 
glass, for the wood will become spindly in the absence of sufflcient 
root-action. The plant may be root-bound ; but whatever deficiency 
there may be of nourishment in the soil can be supplied by feeding 
the plant at least once a week with weak liquid manure or by surfacing 
the soil with 2 or 3 inches depth of decayed manure, that from the 
cow shed being preferable. As soon as the plant begins to grow in 
earnest you will, on examining the said surface dressing, find that it 
is filled with a large quantitj'^ of white fibrous roots ; this shows 
that the plant is healthy and in a vigorous state. After top-dressing 
Fig. 26.— Robinia HISriDA. 
most of our large towns the building of middle-class houses is now 
being carried on to a great extent. The grounds may be small adjoining 
the houses, but there is mostly a small conservatory, which, however, is 
generally regarded more as an ornament than for the cultivation of 
plants, as in the majority there is no means of providing heat. We 
must not be discouraged in the absence of such an assistance from 
pursuing our favourite pastime the cultivation of plants, as there are 
numerous flowers that are very beautiful, and many of which are very 
fragrant; but yet their cultivation can be successfully accomplished 
with the aid of a common glass structure, though there be no means 
of supplying them with fire heat; In that list is the Rose, for which 
a glass structure such as that I have alluded to will suffice, the great 
point being to have the means of protecting them from heavy rains 
and from the scorching rays of the sun when they are in bloom. I 
with manure great care mint be exercised in supplying water, or the 
soil may become soddened. To guard against this evil ascertain the 
condition by rapping against the side of the pots with the knuckles, 
and should it sound hollow tiien water it, but if of a dull heavy sound 
then be very cautious. 
The pruning of the plants is another matter demanding consider¬ 
ation, especially as it is somewhat different from the ordinary mode 
as adopted with those planted in the open ground. We are generally 
anxious to have a well-shaped plant, because when grown in a pot 
defects are more observable than in the open ground ; therefore we 
often leave some of the shoots of much greater length than others, 
according to their strength and the requirements of the plant, which 
are trained to stakes in order to give it a neat appearance, and the 
blooms generally need support. In tying, the longer shoots are bent 
