31 JANUARY 1947, Page 17

In My Garden

My (alleged) gardener has used all available cloches for covering the celery, and I think he was right. Though celery is held to be little good till it is frosted, heavy frost at a late stage may do it much harm. To return to a subject discussed earlier, roses are certainly better on their roots ; but how much easier it is to grow some sorts from cuttings than others! For example, of softie three dozen Poulsen cuttings none failed and all rooted freely. The mortality among bedding roses was high, and one gardener tells me he multiplies his bedding roses by layers into circumambkient flower-pots. W. BEACH THOMAS.