May 28, 1868. 1 



JOURNAL OP HOBTIOULTORE AND COTTAGK GA1{DENER. 



391 



four of the largest specimens of Cereus truncntus that I have 

 ever seen, and every season these maguiticeilt plants show 

 hundreds of blooms, and are a perfect sheet of lloner. They 

 have been offered, I believe, by Mr. Sampson to lI.ll.H. the 

 Prince of Wales for Sandringbam. They would not bo out of 

 place in the finest collection in the kingdom. 

 The out-door department displays the same vigour and 



energy that characterised the in-door department, and al- 

 though not extensive, was well arranged. Koses are in some 

 degree attended to, and will ultimately have a larger share of 

 Mr. Sampson's attention. My visit was necessarily a very 

 hurried one, and not at the best time to see an establish- 

 ment lilie this. Later in the season I may hope to sec it 

 again. — D., Deal. 



ROSE-BUDDING IN .lUNE. 



Being a great lover of Roses, and knowing that the pages of | 

 your Journal are scanned by many thousands of those who | 

 also delight in cultivating this lovely flower, I send you a short I 

 account of a method of budding in June which I have invari- 

 ably found successful. 



In October I select and plant what stocks I require, and when 

 in the spring they commence growing I pinch or rub off all the 

 shoots except two, three, or four, according to the strength of 

 the stock ; those remaining I allow to grow to their utmost 

 extent. : 



I ascertain the time they are ready for budding by rubbing j 

 off some of the thorns, and if these are easily detached I know 

 the stco'is are in the right condition. I then cut the shoots 

 back, leaving on them three or four buds to the stock. In the I 



Fi^ / 



shoot to be budded I make a T cut (as shown in rt<;. 1 at u)> 

 just through the bark, being careful not to injure either the 

 wood or bark, insert the point of the handle of the budding 

 knife gently into and along eaclr side of tlio longitudinal cut 

 (fiih 1), detaching the bark from the wood to allow of the in- 

 sertion of the bud, for which it is now ready. Obtain the 

 bud by choosing one which appears to be the fullest from a 

 branch or shoot of the Rose to be propagated. Cut it off, as 

 shown in./i/y. 2, take the wood out of it carefully, so as not to 

 pull out the heart of the bud, insert it in the T cut under the 

 bark, //'/. 3 [\n fiij. \ I have shown a large bud with the wood 

 in (I, the wood in course of removal at o', the wood taken out, 

 tlio heart of the bud being left, and to which the arrow points, 

 at «'), push it close up, as in fuj. 5, and tie firmly with wool 



or ball lamp cotton, as in iv]. G. As the original buds in the 

 shoots in which the bud of the required Rose has been inserted 

 keep pushing I pinch them all off, in order to throw as much 

 vigour as possible into the inserted bud, and am careful that 

 no other shoots grow from the stock. When the inserted buds 

 have grown the length shown in fqu 7 I remove the tie. As I 

 prefer to have blooms as soon as possible. I permit the inserted 

 bud to grow as long as it will, and am often rewarded with 

 flowers the same season. In the following April I cut back 



this shoot, leaving only on it three or four good buds, as shown 

 in .«',(/. 8. 



As many amateurs may not be aware of the foregoing plan, 

 I have been induced to send you such an explanation of 

 it as I trust will enable them to try it for themselves, and 

 thus " steal a march," or rather a season, on their trees. 

 Floriculturists are, I am aware, too busy at the indicated time, 

 but this is not written for experts, but beginners. — T. J. S.. 

 Twickenham. 



