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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
from eing disturbed by the wind; also, if you have not got i: all the 
roses you want, order them and plant. 
Protect the smooth-wooded kinds, budded on the stocks, in pots, 
from the cold, and see that those in beds are well covered with litter 
where there is danger of their suffering from frost; and, as the smooth- 
wooded varieties budded in pots will be growing, support their shoots 
and remove all other eyes from the stocks the instant they break. 
At the North , where roses in parlors and greenhouses are coming 
into flower, syringe the plants freely with water, and occasionally with 
a solution of Peruvian guano, mixed in the proportion of half a pint 
of guano to eight gallons of water. Fumigate often with tobacco, in 
order to keep down the green fly; and with sulphur, to kill the red 
spider. 
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Look over the established stocks, and see which are most favorable 
for grafting; and if you have any wood of roses you intend to graft, 
leave it on the trees; but if you have to obtain wood, seek for it in 
time; and if you get it, plant the thickest end downward in the 
ground, in some shady place, because they ought not to be grafted till 
next month, and the cuttings will keep some time. The China Roses 
in the house, and roses in the forcing house, must be kept well syringed, 
and watched carefully, that, in the event of the green fly attacking them, 
they may be fumigated, as well as syringed. Roses in pots should be 
kept a little moist, and if not pruned in autumn, should be pruned 
directly. Look to a supply of wild stocks, if you have not yet com¬ 
pleted your arrangements. 
Bruise the berries which have been saved for seed, and rub out the 
seed ready for sowing next month. 
At the North ) continue the same treatment as recommended last 
month 
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Prune all roses which were left half done in the auturu/i, or not done 
at all, especially grafted and budded ones of last year, as they have 
this year to make some growth. Stocks may still do if the season is 
backward but not a day must be lost. Look over all the standard 
