. Sectional View oi' Rose Pits without Fuse Heat. THE C^tTIV/ITIOn OF I^OSES. CT X subniittiiit: our revised list of (o mir friends and eustoiiiers, we feel justified iu saying that (lur ))laiits- ^Js\ this season are the largest and finest we have ever olfered ; tlie flattering letters received from many of our '^ patrons, as to the satisfactory results obUiiued from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efibrts to send out good and reliable plants are appreciated. The young Koses that have been propagated during the winter frora healthy parentage are planted out in April
. Sectional View oi' Rose Pits without Fuse Heat. THE C^tTIV/ITIOn OF I^OSES. CT X subniittiiit: our revised list of (o mir friends and eustoiiiers, we feel justified iu saying that (lur ))laiits- ^Js\ this season are the largest and finest we have ever olfered ; tlie flattering letters received from many of our '^ patrons, as to the satisfactory results obUiiued from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efibrts to send out good and reliable plants are appreciated. The young Koses that have been propagated during the winter frora healthy parentage are planted out in April or May in ground which lias been deeply ))lo\ved, as well as liberally manured, where they are cultivated until early in November, when the i>lants are carefully lifted, jjotted and stored during the winter in cold houses at our Rivertoii Nursery, as shown in illustration. Pot-grown plants of sorts best suited to this method are also culti- vated at our Itiverton establishment, and stored away during the winter in Rose pits. This treatment is especially desirable for plants intended for out-door planting; it gives the Roses their natural season of rest, enables the grower to plant early in the spring before the foliage develo])s, and places them in a condition for starting off vigorously and naturally, thus avoiding the risk of diseases that attack plants grown in high temperature in forcing houses. This treatment we find specially adapted for Hybrid Perpetual Roses, as we are en- abled to furnish our customers plants that will bloom when set out in the open ground, which by the old method was nearly an impossibility, as the high temperature, unavoidable where fire heat was used, pushed them into bloom before it was safe to plant out-of-doors. Roses taken from a high temperature and subjected to the cool night air of the early spring months are invariably checked and the flowers ruined. WINTER FORCING. Young ))lants of the tea varieties may be planted on the benches between
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