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Place in larger pots such as require it, and remove as much of the old soil as 
possible without injuring the roots, replacing with fresh soil where larger pots 
are not required. If new plantations are to be made, manure and trench the 
ground, throwing it up in ridges that it may be mellowed by the influence of sun 
and air. Carry on the operations of the preceding summer months. Continue 
untying buds. 
October. —Pot Eoses from the ground for forcing a year hence. Place under 
glass all pot-Eoses that have been out of doors during the summer, Towards the 
middle or end of the month, cuttings of the ripened wood may be put in, either 
under glass or in the open borders. Eemove from budded stocks all shoots but 
the one budded, leaving this intact till February. 
November. —Prune pot-Eoses for February flowering. Gather Eose-seed, to 
bo cleaned and sown next month. Choose early this month plants to form new 
plantations, or to make up old ones. Plant in well trenched and, if wet, well- 
drained soil, thoroughly enriched. Stake and tie the plants immediately after 
planting. Plant when the ground is in a tolerably dry state ; this is of more 
importance than any fancy date. Spread the roots well in planting, and if the 
soil be heavy and in lumps, which all good rose-soils are, knock it to pieces, and 
place the small particles in immediate contact with the roots, or if this is im¬ 
practicable, then use a little lighter soil for the purpose. Never let the points 
of the roots turn upwards in planting. Towards the middle of the month place 
fern-fronds, asparagus haulm, beech boughs, or any evergreen branches, loosely 
among tea-scented Eoses. Plant briars and Manetti cuttings for budding next 
summer. Prune so far as thinning out all supernumerary shoots, leaving the 
shortening of those left to be done in February or March. 
December. —Place pot-Eoses in a house with gentle heat, to obtain flowers in 
February. Prune pot-Eoses for March and April flowering. Sow Eose-seed in 
narrow beds or drills out of doors. Manure freely, and dig in the manure in all 
Eose beds.— William Paul, Paul's Nurseries^ Waltham Cross^ Herts. 
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lEEHAPS this subject is not so well attended to as it deserves. The aspect 
for some kinds of fruit-trees may be varied with success according to the 
locality and soil in which they are planted, for in some situations one sort 
may require a south aspect, which in others will do equally well against 
either an east or west aspect. Therefore the distribution of the trees depends upon 
existing circumstances. It is necessary, however, always to avoid planting a 
tender sort of fruit-tree in a cold, bleak situation, where the sun’s influence does 
not operate ; for although the soil may be suitable, yet the tree will prove un¬ 
productive, and the fruit worthless in flavour. The undue attention to aspect 
and soil, accounts for so much fruit being of poor quality and inferior in size, for 
without the full influence of the sun upon the border and tree, fruit that is at 
all tender and good in flavour cannot be expected. Always avoid an east aspect 
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