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On retarding the blooming season of Roses. 
as appears by their published transactions, awarded premiums for that 
puq)Ose, amounting to upwards of 5^*12000. But the plantations ha¬ 
ving been made, (if we may judge from the present appearance of the 
majority of them, as well as from the published reports in some of the 
county surveys) little was done towards the attainment of the end con¬ 
templated in awarding the premiums:—and Ireland, with her five 
millions acres of waste land, three-fourths of which is adapted to the 
growth of timberj and her population perishing for want of employ¬ 
ment, presents a picture of bleak desolation, not elsewhere to be 
witnessed. 
In my next, I shall endeavour to point out the advantages to be 
derived from plantations judiciously managed; and as my name could 
not attach any additional importance to these remarks, I shall take 
leave, to sign myself, 
With great respect. 
May 27th, 1831 , Quercus. 
Note. —The above, is one of a series of Articles oii Arboriculture, that will be 
continued by the same writer, who has an extensive acquaintance with this subject, 
and has more facilities than most persons, ofknowing^ and seeing the different sys¬ 
tems of managing’ woods. We hope they will be particularly attended to, as the 
subject is of national importance. 
CoND. 
Article V. — 0?i retarding the blooming season of the com¬ 
mon French and English Roses. By Mr. J. Hayward. 
The nobility and gentry who remain from their country seats till late in 
the summer, are generally prevented from seeing this class of flowering 
shrubs, in perfection, but the following practice causing them to blow 
three or four weeks later than when grown in the usual manner, well 
merits attention from those persons who are desirous of having Roses to 
bloom as late as August and September. 
The border in which the shrubs are planted, is manured with well- 
rotted cow-dung, about the first week in February. The shrubs are not 
pruned during the autumn or the early part of the winter, but remain 
untouched till the buds have pushed, some of them half an inch long; 
the shoots are then shortened below where the buds have pushed. The 
shortening the shoots so late in the spring, does not in the least weaken 
the shrubs, they blossom as vigorously and as freely as in the usual mode 
of treatment. 
When desirable to have the blooming season prolonged, a portion 
of the Roses cut, as is here described, while the remainder are treated 
in the usual way, will produce the desired end. 
May2\st, 1831. J. Havward. 
