BUDUKD R0SK9. 



to l>o obtained only l»y biulded Roses, that if even the system liad a fault or two, 

 I can not comprehend the heart or the head that could devise or utter a complaint 

 against it, instoad of striviiii; to forgive and fortjet. It is now many years since I 

 saw a specimen of Noisette Lamarqiic, budded on a six feet high Z'o// liose, trained 

 on an umbrella trellis in the center of a large circular bed of Salvia jxtlais, witli 

 I'rojHvolum Canarlense trained on wires led from the circumference of the bed to and 

 around the circumference of the trellis. The light color of the magnificent Hoses, th<' 

 rich yellow of the Tropa'olums, and the deep blue of the Salvias in their character 

 of base to the cone, formed a picture I shall not soon forget. I remember, too, observ- 

 ing, in a milder clime, the whole south side of a building covered by a great variety 

 of Roses growing from one root planted in a sort of cylinder built up in an area, and 

 where only one plant could be grown. The kind jdanted was the While Uaitksic.n. 

 One main stem seemed to have been carried along horizontally the whole length of 

 the building at the ground line, and at about every three or four feet a bud of a sepa- 

 rate kind of Rose had been inserted, and the shoots led up, at the time I saw them, to 

 the top of the building. Strong-growing kinds being selected for putting nearest the 

 root of the lianksian, and the weaker ones at the distance, one kind had no power to 

 outgrow and rob the other, and the effect was highly pleasing. I have never since 

 seen a Jaune des Prez flowering in such luxuriant profusion as it did on that wall. 



There is yet another good and proper reason why budded Roses should be anything 

 but disgraced by the oLl "mad dog" cry. To a real lover of Roses, a new and distinct 

 kind, fully up to the points of a good Rose, is a priceless treasure, which he is anxious 

 to possess. In one season from the hud lie has an opportunity of beholding his antici- 

 pated gem ; and oh ! worse than Vandalism is it in those who have any conception 

 liow such "things of beauty" to the Rose-grower "are joys for ever," to nip his pleas- 

 ures in the bud, by discarding one of the best means whereby to produce them. 



But budded Roses are so short-lived ! And is this indeed the case ? Sometimes it 

 is ; but, like modern insurance of goods, it is, after all, often at the risk of the owner, 

 lie can guard against this, if he chooses ; it is his neglect if they die, provided they 

 are on the Dog Rose or Manetti stocks. 



There are three fruitful sources of failure in preserving the lives of budded Roses. 

 The variety of stock is of great importance, in the first place. Every one is aware 

 that the stems of the Raspberry (a species of Rubus) die back every two years ; while 

 the commonest English Blackberry (another species of Ruhus — R. fruticoms or dis- 

 color) often retains its stems ten or a dozen years. The species of Roses have, in a 

 great measure, the same difference in the natural duration of their stems. The 

 branches of the Sioeet Briar, for instance, are short-lived in comparison with the Dog 

 Rose, and those of the Maiden's Blush in comparison with the Manetti Rose ; and yet 

 these are often substituted the one for the other, to the manifest injury of the real 

 simon pure. If we get a Rose budded on the Maidens Blush stock, and with proper 

 care, it still dies on our hands, we still believing it to be the Manetti, Ave are naturally 

 enough prejudiced against "budded Roses," and want "to have no more to do with 

 them." If we are shown Roses on the Manetti or Dog Rose stocks that have died out 

 in the course of a year or so, we can point to others which have stood unscathed for 

 over a quarter of a century. 



Another cause of failure is, transplanting budded Roses the first season after 



