58 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Eoses on tlieir own roots are very desirable on choice rich soils ; 

 in hungry, gravelly land, on the contrary, they are almost entirely 

 useless, and should be replaced by roses on manetti or dog-rose, the 

 stock or graft bearer there not throwing suckers in such rapid suc- 

 cession as they do on better land, rendering it difficult I'or them to be 

 kept under by the atnateur, who can give proportionately little time 

 to his rose beds. Eoses on their own roots in their suckering do 

 but give strong shoots for next year's flowering, ^d so ongood soils, 

 where they are sure to do well, cannot be too much recommended. 



iN'ow nurserymen, to meet the demand for plants of this kind, 

 strike their roses early in spring, and forcing them along the 

 summer through, they grow until stopped by the cold autumn wdnds 

 and rain. They are handsome plants, mostly in pots, vigorous, but 

 the wood hardly hardened enough. The experienced amateur knows 

 better than to plant out his newly received favourites in face of 

 winter dangers. He carefully hardens them in some light, sunny, 

 airy spot, handy for protection in case of sharp or bad weather, not 

 necessarily under glass ; and as the genial April weather comes to 

 him, plants them out in the chosen spot, whence they start with 

 vigour into immediate growth, and giving him a good summer and 

 autumn bloom, are thoroughly established to meet the frosts and 

 perils of the next winter. 



Eoses on own roots need care in planting. Prepare a good bed ; 

 the top spit of light, sandy loam mixed with well-rotted manure, is 

 the soil they like. Once established in this, the roots soon find the 

 subsoil. They will have been, if planted now, slightly pruned and 

 in partial growth. Plant them shallow, with the collars of the plants 

 about an inch below the surface of the soil ; if from pots, spreading 

 out the twisted roots ; water to settle, and occasionally, if w^eather 

 comes dry. If the nights be frosty, a slight shading of tiffany will 

 suffice to save the started growth. 



When the first flowers are over, peg down the shoots horizontally. 

 It will induce your plants to throw vigorous shoots from the base, 

 on which, too. you will find the best return flowers, I am referring 

 more espjecially to the moderate-growing class of rose — hybrids, 

 perpetuals, chinas, and teas. The climbing roses — Ayrshire, Bour- 

 saults, and others, thrive and do always best everywhere in this 

 way. 



I have not given half the desirabilities of this mode of culture. 

 If killed to the snow line, the lower buds of even the tenderesfc 

 varieties remain uninjured, ready to shoot out with the approach of 

 the favourable rose summer or spring. Hence, as a recent writer 

 in a contemporary remarked, " It is advisable where a large collection 

 is grown to have one of every sort in this way." At least, it should 

 be added, when they do succeed, some roses not growing thriftily on 

 their own roots. Geo. Paul, Juif. 



Old Nurseries. ChesJmnt, Herts. 



