28 Third Annual Report 



tion at frequent intervals being much better than occasionally 

 using- a strong solution. 



The vigorous growing sorts may be planted in beds four 

 feet wide, making two rows with thirty inches between the 

 rows. This allows the needed circulation of air, is not too shady 

 and permits of picking the flowers easily. Hybrid Teas and 

 other tender varieties may be planted in beds six feet wide, giv- 

 ing three rows two feet apart. This makes winter protection 

 easy, by a frame filled in with leaves and covered with ordinary 

 hotbed sash. In beds containing different varieties, the more 

 vigorous ones should be set in the center and the smaller ones 

 on the outside. 



All roses taken from the open ground should be planted in 

 the spring or fall ; in this section better results probably being 

 obtained by spring setting. Pot grown plants may be set at any 

 time from April to October. If possible one or two year old 

 plants should be used which have made an average growth of 

 well ripened wood. 



The rose is propagated by seeds, cuttings, grafting or bud- 

 ding, by layers and by division. 



Seeds are used to obtain, new varieties. Germination is 

 usually rather slow, but the young seedlings make rapid growth 

 and are generally fit for permanent planting when two years old. 



Cuttings are a common means of propagation both out of 

 doors and under glass. Ripened wood cuttings can be planted 

 in spring and a good growth obtained by fall. Wood of the 

 season's growth is gathered before severe frost, cut into six 

 inch lengths and stored through the winter by burying in sand. 

 When planted, one eye only should show above ground. This 

 is the way recommended for nearly all the hardy varieties, 

 though some root very slowly from cuttings or not at all. 



Budding and grafting are old and well established methods 

 of propagation. Budding should be done in July or August in 

 the open air, on Rosa Manetti, Rosa Multiflora or any other 

 good brier. 



Grafting in the open air is not practiced to any great extent 

 here though in the south it is employed to some extent with 

 some hardy roses. 



Layering is employed only when few plants are required as 

 it is cumbersome and wasteful. 



Division is an easy means of increasing many varieties which 

 sucker. Plant them thickly in rich soil and after three or four 

 years lift them and tear them apart and a large increase is 

 obtained. 



Plants propagated from cuttings or layers should be set, 

 as nearly as possible, as they were in the nursery. Budded or 



