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PROPAGATION OF THE ROSE. 
pletely as any. For instance, Polyanthus seed and Rose seed were 
sown in the same kind of soil, loam and dung, in the same sort of 
pan, placed in the same garden light, watered at the same time; and, 
though coming up at a different period, submitted to the same treat¬ 
ment in other respects; shaded from the same noon-day sun, and, 
though at a different time, pricked out into pots, four or five in a pot, 
round the edge; kept cool, and growing right on; and when the 
Polyanthuses were placed in their <|&na T e pots, the Roses were also 
potted in theirs. They were kept \iirj- rather than otherwise all the 
ensuing winter, in a cold frame, with their neighbors, well protected 
against frost; and that was all. 
In the spring, when they began to grow, they were bedded out in 
rows, in a shady border, six inches apart, and the rows a foot apart, 
and here they remained another season, making considerable growth; 
some were of the China kind, and those were potted up and kept 
growing; the others were hooped over with low hoops, w T hich kept 
the covering close down on them in bad weather, and there were 
several that died during the winter. In the spring they were pruned 
carefully, so far as to remove all but the two or three strongest shoots, 
and those were cut about half way back. Several bloomed weakly, 
but most of them made good growth. No part of the success, how¬ 
ever, went beyond the growth; not half a dozen came at all double, 
and though there were some bright colors, there were none in our 
estimation worth saving. The China ones were rather better, but not 
good enough; so that, after giving a few of the best another year’s 
chance, every vestige was given or thrown away. The experiments 
followed up season after season led to the following confirmed prac¬ 
tice :—The berries were dried all the winter; they were then bruised 
in a bag, and the seeds carefully picked out; a slight hot bed was 
made up as if for annuals; the. soil put six inches deep all over, half- 
rotted turf and half cow dung, raked smooth, and the seed sown evenly 
and thinly all over—occasionally moistened; the seeds came up well, 
and were shaded; had plenty of air given, and the usual attendance 
to see that they w«re not dry, but not much watered. Here, as soon 
as they were large enough, they were thinned a little, by carefully 
removing a few wherever they were too thick, which removed ones 
were as carefully potted off and- kept in the greenhouse. They had 
no other care during the season than protecting them from too muci 
