This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V28", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
In the Jan. number of Gardeners' Monthly, page 15, "I. H.," Ardmore, Pa., asks how to treat the rose, Reine Marie Henriette, to get it to bloom. This rose requires a rest. If planted in a cold grapery, or a greenhouse cold enough to keep it dormant until February or March, it will then break and bloom abundantly. Should be pruned in the fall. A grand rose for the South, where it can be wintered out of doors. There is nothing of the Glorie de Dijon about it, as advertised when first sent out. For forcing purposes in winter, I believe it to be worthless. New Haven, Conn.
 
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