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strong-growing kinds require but little 
shortening, and when too thick, should 
have some of the branches taken com¬ 
pletely out, while those of slender, weak 
habits should be spurred closely, in; 
leaving upon the strongest from six to 
twelve eyes or buds upon each branch, 
and on those of opposite character only 
three or four. The potted roses are then 
to be removed to a cold pit or frame, 
where they are to be brought gradually 
on, and by the liberal admission of air, 
their progress will be gradual, and the 
growths as strong as upon those in the 
open air, while, by guarding them from 
cold winds and ungenial weather, it will 
be uninterrupted, the foliage perfect, and 
ultimately the blooms partaking of these 
advantages will be produced with a cor¬ 
responding superiority. Erom the time 
the buds have fairly begun to grow, they 
will require constant attendance with 
water, and up to the opening of the 
flowers, much benefit will be conferred 
by syringing two or three times a week; 
and when in full bloom their splendour 
will be prolonged by a slight shade. 
Insects must, of course, be looked for, 
and destroyed, as well on these, as on 
the out-of-door plants: the most mis¬ 
chievous is the leaf-roller grub, which 
will be found on the points of the shoots 
as soon as they have two or three leaves, 
and requires constant attention; there is 
no effective remedy for these pests but 
hand-picking; green flies are easily kept 
down" by fumigating with tobacco, and 
red spiders will be prevented by the 
syringing recommended. Additional 
vigour and great richness of colour will 
be imparted to both foliage and flowers 
by a top-dressing of rather strong manure, 
applied just as the first buds are visible, 
or liquid manure, given two or three 
times a week, will have the same effect. 
After flowering, the plants may be placed 
in the open air to ripen their wood, and 
this will occupy them till the season’s 
treatment begins again with the autumnal 
repotting. Roses for forcing should be 
potted at least one year before they are 
introduced to heat; the usual method is 
to plunge the pot in the open ground, 
through the first season, and, after pruning 
in October, to bring them gradually 
forward, or prepare them in a cold pit 
till the end of December; they are then 
placed in the forcing-house, successively 
through the next three months, and 
being attended with water in the usual 
way, open their flowers in six or eight 
weeks after being placed in heat. As in 
this pursuit the main object is quantity 
of flowers, rather than quality in them 
individually, the freest-blooming* kinds 
are most appropriate, and those which 
have a deep colour will be preferred to 
the paler varieties. 
Raising roses from seed is an interest¬ 
ing pursuit, but little attended to in this 
country, though practised to so great an 
extent in Trance; it is easy in all parts, 
except the obtaining of mature seed from 
the better varieties, which in our climate 
does not often occur in the open air; 
and this circumstance is doubtless the 
cause of the seeming neglect which has 
hitherto attended this part of their culture. 
When ripe hips can be gathered in 
October, they should be taken from the 
tree before they are much frozen; the 
seed cleared out, and at once buried in 
sand, placing first a layer of sand in a 
large pot, then a sprinkling of seed, and 
again, more sand, continuing them alter¬ 
nately, till the pot is full; the seed is 
thus to be kept till the following April, 
when it may be sown in the usual way, 
in pans of light loam, and plunged into a 
moderate hotbed; some of it will come 
up the same season, and the remainder 
in the following; the young plants should 
be potted off as soon as they can be 
safely handled, and afterwards are to be 
treated with a frame, and nursed till 
strong enough to be trusted out of doors. 
Erom the almost boundless list of 
varieties now cultivated we select the 
following, as being particularly deserving 
of notice, and have arranged them in 
groups according to the purposes they 
seem best adapted for. 
Pot Roses — Summer. Moss : Eoncee, 
Heloise, Malvina, Princess Royal, White 
Bath; Hybrid Chinese: Comtesse de 
Lacepede, General Allard, General Kleher, 
Lady Stuart, Triomphe de Guerin: 
Hybrid Bourbon: Charles Duval, La 
