POTTING OF ROSES. 
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except as to the situation, which should be chosen not too much 
exposed to the wind, as in the most sheltered spot they always have 
enough to encounter. They must be planted firmly, and in good 
soil: and whatever they have to climb up should be firmly placed by 
rights before they are planted, but certainly before they shall have 
grown much, as the roots spread a good deal, and if damaged by vio¬ 
lence after they have begun to grow vigorously, they will receive a 
check which they may not get over the same season. 
POTTING- OF ROSES. 
To the cultivators of the Rose, any improvement in pots is of im¬ 
portance. Those designed to grace a hall or a window of a dwelling, 
may be made in fine stone and earthenware of various patterns, and 
should be so constructed as to possess advantages over the common 
old red porous ones made of clay. One reason why plants potted the 
usual way do not flourish well in the house during the winter season 
is, the proper want of leakage, or drainage, and a due circulation of 
air about their roots, in consequence of the 
close connection between the bottom of the 
pot and the shelf or bench on which it rests. 
Mr. M’lntosh, gardener of the Duke of 
Buccleuch, has obviated the above-named ob- • 
jection by making pots with feet, as denoted 
in the adjoining cut. By this means, the plants get rid of their mois¬ 
ture, and freely receive air about their roots through the hole in the 
bottom of the pot. 
Potting Deciduous Roses for Forcing. 
The nearer you can imitate planting in the open ground the bet¬ 
ter. The soil should be the same or richer, with dung chiefly, 
because yo i cannot water soil without washing away, in some meas¬ 
ure, whatever it is impregnated with, that is soluble. By a parity of 
reasoning, you cannot moisten with water impregnated with anything, 
without imparting the virtue or mischief of the solution to the soiL 
