. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. ROS 518 —?— ROS will require attention in the applica- tion of the knife. In pruning a large root it should be cut to a lateral; in shortening a small one, to a fibre. Where a plant has been examined and trimmed recently, however, the knife should be sparingly used. " And it may here be well to observe, that all cuts to remove branches, knots, or roots, should be quite clean, slant- ing (and deep enough to the stem, viz. even with it), and nothing left projecting lest dead wood be the consequence, and the plant be eventually injured. All woun
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. ROS 518 —?— ROS will require attention in the applica- tion of the knife. In pruning a large root it should be cut to a lateral; in shortening a small one, to a fibre. Where a plant has been examined and trimmed recently, however, the knife should be sparingly used. " And it may here be well to observe, that all cuts to remove branches, knots, or roots, should be quite clean, slant- ing (and deep enough to the stem, viz. even with it), and nothing left projecting lest dead wood be the consequence, and the plant be eventually injured. All wounds should be carefully healed, and dead wood should, in all cases, be removed, and living bark encircle that which ; The best time for planting is No- vember. Forcing. — For the following very successful mode of forcing roses, we are indebted to R. A. Salisbury, Esq :— " Take off strong suckers about the end of October or beginning of No- vember, with all the fibres they may have formed, which can only be well done by digging up the parent stock. Plant these suckers in pots only about four inches diameter at the top, wind- ing the sucker three, four, or five times round the inside of the pot; and prune it, so as to leave no more than two buds, or three at most, above ground. Fill the pots with hazel loam, mixed with one-third equal parts charred turf and vegetable mould, pressing it firmly down to keep the sucker from starting, and plunge them to the brim close to one another quincunx fashion, in an open bed fully exposed to the sun and air. " The small size of these pots makes stronger blossoms, even the first if the suckers are large ; and as they are to be shifted annually, it is absolutely necessary to begin with small pots. To have a plentiful supply of blos- soms during the months of December, January, February, March, April and May, from one hundred to three hun- dred suckers must be thus prepared. " For the plants to be forced, from D
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