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CAIJENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
Roses cut back short. Rose seeds may be sown the last of this month 
or early in May. Spring budding may also be performed. 
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This is an important month with the Rose. First and foremost, 
the vigilance in looking for the breaking buds of stocks, which would 
rob the head of its growth, must be doubled, and every three or four 
days they must be examined and rubbed off. Suckers must also be 
grubbed up the instant they appear. The shoots of the buds of last 
year will make rapid growth, and require to be screened, that the 
wind may not break them out or damage them ; and it is a very good 
plan to tie a stick to the stem, to reach a foot above it, and this does 
well to support any of the shoots. But when a bud throws up a very 
strong shoot, it is well to take the top off as soon as there are two pair 
of leaves, for it will make the shoot form a head the first season ; but, 
in any case, the shoots must be supported by a loose tie to the stick 
above mentioned. 
The young seedlings will be up this month, and will require great 
care to keep them from damaging by too much wet, or burning up for 
want of moisture. 
At the North , Tea, Bengal, Noisette and other roses may now be 
planted out in borders. Rose seed may be sown early in this month, 
and spring budding performed. 
June. 
This month, great diligence must be used to prevent the stocks from 
growing from their own wood, instead of throwing all their stength 
into the grafts and buds. It is time also to be looking out for sorts you 
intend to bud with, either by buying the plants outright, or bespeak- 
ing buds for the season; and if any come in your way about the end 
of the month, do not be afraid of budding on the strongest wood you 
can find of the present season’s growth among the stocks, tl ough you 
may properly choose a later season, if you have nothing to hurry you. 
The young seedlings will have advanced enough to pot off, one in 
a pot, with loam, peat, and decomposed dung; they must be placed 
\n the shade out of doors, or in a frame and light, in order to grow five 
or six weeks. See that they are watered as often as may be neces- 
