In the Gardeners' Monthly for August, 1882, page 231, Miss M. W. says: "I have some fifty roses, many of them choice varieties, mostly monthlies, and I would like to so manage them as not to lose one, which if I do will be contrary to my past experience. They grow and bloom well nearly all the summer, yet I think there must be some fault in potting in the fall, as many die during the winter and some after they are brought up from the cellar in the spring."

I infer from the above query that the roses are intended for summer and autumn blooming, and if their growth is vigorous I would ask why take them up at all; why not protect them well during the winter season and thus obtain larger and stronger plants, and more abundant bloom?

In order to protect tender roses properly during the winter season, they should be pegged down to the ground as close as possible, and covered up with six or eight inches of leaves or rough litter; over this place some evergreen branches, in order to prevent the leaves from being blown away. This covering should not be applied too early, not until hard freezing weather sets in, say from December 1st to 8th. In this latitude it is soon enough, for if the covering is applied sooner the shoots may be smothered and destroyed by decay, a certain result of too early covering. In the spring this covering must be gradually removed, a portion about the middle or end of March, and the remainder about the 10th of April, according to the season. If the roses are well established and are strong healthy plants, they will survive the winter, and if Miss M. W. will adopt this method she will obtain more satisfactory results than by taking the plants up and potting them. I hope she will try this plan and report the result.