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managed with entire reference to the development of blossoms, 
without regard to the formation of woody branches; this alter¬ 
nation being kept up, strong blooming plants will be the result. 
Probably it might be possible to do this with one set of plants, 
and to secure a good bloom from them annually; but where 
the labour incurred by the other plan would not be regarded as 
an obstacle, it would doubtless be followed by the most marked 
results. A yellow or white Banksian rose treated thus, and suc¬ 
cessfully bloomed, would form a most splendid object; and 
that it may be so bloomed I do not entertain the least doubt, as 
it is of free growth, bears an increase of temperature well, and 
is not chargeable with producing a paucity of flowers; the chief 
requisite towards ensuring success is to grow the plants into 
substantial specimens, before a profusion of blossoms is expected 
from them. Plants of these kinds, worked on a stock about 
three feet in height, and the branches allowed to hang grace¬ 
fully dependent on all sides, would perhaps form still hand¬ 
somer and more ornamental objects. 
Associated with these both in treatment and also in the mode 
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of training would be all those kinds included in §§ 9 and 10. 
The Scotch rose, which I have chosen to illustrate the cul¬ 
ture of one section of this genus, is held in very general esteem 
on account of its profuseness of blooming, its peculiarly neat 
and pleasing habit, and its pretty foliage. There is little doubt 
that it would form an equally pleasing and interesting subject 
for pot culture, were it not that its blossoms are of short dura¬ 
tion even when expanded in their natural atmosphere, and would 
probably be still more fugacious in the increased temperature 
and more confined atmosphere, to which a course of cultivation 
in pots would almost necessarily subject them. The abundance 
in which they are produced would, however, compensate in 
some degree for this defect, and as this consideration may in¬ 
duce some to give them a trial, it will justify me in noticing their 
management. 
To cultivate them successfully, I would take young healthy 
plants and place them in small pots, using a compost similar to 
that recommended for the Provence rose, and assimilating the 
general features of their treatment, to that already detailed 
when treating of that kind. With regard to pruning, however, 
) would adopt a somewhat different course, with a view of con- 
