CULTURE OF ROSES IN POTS. 
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examples, to the treatment of some of which, that of the others 
may be assimilated. In order to carry out this arrangement I 
will make choice of the Provence rose, the China rose, the 
Banksian rose, and the Scotch rose, as examples. 
The Provence rose is commonly grown in pots for the purpose 
of forcing, and in this particular it is not likely to be surpassed ; 
as, however, it forms no part of the present subject to enter 
upon the “ forcing” of roses, J must just remark that the course 
of treatment I shall endeavour to detail is not marked out with 
any direct reference to that object. 
To cultivate these roses in pots, so as to produce the greatest 
profusion of blossom, there must be a degree of attention paid 
to their wants, equal to that bestowed on the favorite and highly- 
prized plants ; it is not, therefore, enough to dig up any one or 
two-year old plant, and cramp its root into a convenient sized 
pot, and then, placing it in favorable circumstances, to suppose 
that enough care can be bestowed on it. It must be grown from 
its infancy in a pot; and thus be brought, by natural steps, into 
a course of growth adapted to the object in view. It must ever 
be borne in mind that a course of treatment, if it be that which 
is calculated to bring the plants to their greatest degree of per¬ 
fection, will be such as may be repeated without exhausting 
their energies, so as to render them less vigorous or less beau¬ 
tiful in the succeeding season. 
I would, therefore, propose to take well-rooted layers in the 
autumn, and to place them in small pots, in a compost of sandy 
loam and leaf-mould, in the proportion of two parts of the former 
to one of the latter; the pots should be as small as the roots of 
the plants would conveniently allow, so as to admit of as much 
increase as possible during their subsequent growth. They 
should be pruned to about three good eyes, and be plunged in a 
dry cold frame, in sawdust, ashes, or any similar material, until 
the following spring.' About the month of March they should 
be repotted into pots at least two sizes larger than those in which 
they were previously placed, using a similar compost. A com¬ 
mon frame, where they can enjoy an abundance of light, is the 
most desirable structure for them ; and here their growth should 
be encouraged as much as possible, so as to enable them to be¬ 
come fully matured before winter ; this would certainly be the 
result in such a situation, for they would form a strong and early 
growth; and this would become well maturated, under the in- 
