. A book about roses : how to grow and show them. Rosaceae; Flower shows. HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE. 243 IJ inch in width—three for the Roses, and three merely to reduce the weight. There will be a space of i^ inch be- tween the laths and the upper edge of the box, to be filled as follows : Cover the laths with sheets of brown paper, two deep, and cut to fit the box, and upon these place the best. moss you can obtain. I get mine from trunks of trees in a neighbouring wood ; have it carefully picked over and well watered the day before a show ; and then, using the coarser portion for a substratum, m
. A book about roses : how to grow and show them. Rosaceae; Flower shows. HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE. 243 IJ inch in width—three for the Roses, and three merely to reduce the weight. There will be a space of i^ inch be- tween the laths and the upper edge of the box, to be filled as follows : Cover the laths with sheets of brown paper, two deep, and cut to fit the box, and upon these place the best. moss you can obtain. I get mine from trunks of trees in a neighbouring wood ; have it carefully picked over and well watered the day before a show ; and then, using the coarser portion for a substratum, make my upper surface as clean and green and level as I can. Fronds of ferns, especially of Adiantum, are sometimes prettily introduced. It would, I think, repay the Rosarian to grow moss specially for this purpose, such as would thrive—S. den- ticulata, for example—in rough boxes and waste places. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hole, S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds), 1819-1904. Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood
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