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well, as before removing altogether such of the present year’s shoots 
as are at all weakly, and shortening all the best to two or three eyes. 
Let them now be taken to the greenhouse, or conservatory, or a 
grapery, or all in turn; but gradually increase the temperature, till, by 
the end of October, they may go into the forcing house, beginning at 
the temperature the house was that they came from, say fifty to fifty- 
five, and continuing it till they are fairly growing; • then increasing it 
to sixty, and eventually to sixty-five; rubbing off, as before, all useless 
shoots, and giving plenty of air, when it can be done without lowering 
the temperature. At the least appearance of the green fly, syringe with 
plain water; fumigate at night, for too strong a smoke would all but 
destroy the plants and incipient blooms. In this way, you will be clear 
of the pest without damage, and your reward will be a fine show of 
blooms on every rose tree ; strong growth, healthy foliage, handsome 
plants, and all that can be desired. 
Forcing Later Roses. 
The principle on which the early forcing is conducted must be carried 
out in full, not only in potting the plants then pruning, but also in the 
period of removing them. If you wish those a month later to succeed 
the first, put them into the house a month later, each of the years, 
[f you want others to succeed these second, put them into the house 
a month later still each year. For nothing has been shown yet in the 
way of pot roses, better than were shown several years ago, and all of 
them have had a weakly drawn appearance, and have been anything 
but creditable to the taste of the gardeners; for they have been staked 
all over, and thin, flimsy roses on limp-lankey stems, bound up to a 
thicket of unnatural wood. Now, by the plan we have been recom¬ 
mending, the plant is longer growing, stronger in its wood, shorter in 
its joints, and more abundant in branches, foliage, and flowers. The 
ordinary mode of forcing contemplates no more than removing a plant 
from out of doors to in-doors in one year; so that, without having the 
advantage of premature ripeness for two seasons, or even one, it has 
to perfect its flowers before their time, by great excitement, with a 
root hardly established. We hold that a Rose, like a grape vine, can¬ 
not, after bearing in the usual season, be changed all at once to early 
forcing, without great sacrifice of crop, strength, or beauty. Tho 
