116 THE HTBBID PEEPETUAL EOSE. 



The second method is to plant some strong two 

 years old Manetti rose stocks in November, in a 

 piece of ground well exposed to sun and air. 

 The soil should have dressings of manure, and 

 be stirred to nearly two feet in depth. In the 

 months of July and August of the following year 

 they win be in a fit state to bud. They should 

 liave one bud inserted in each stock close to the 

 ground. The sort to be chosen for this preli- 

 minary budding is a very old Hybrid China Eose 

 called Madame Pisaroni, a rose with a most 

 vigorous and robust habit, which, budded in 

 strong Manetti stocks, will often make shoots 

 from six to seven feet in length, a,nd stout and 

 robust in proportion. In the month of February 

 following, the stocks in which are live buds should 

 be all cut down to within six inches of the bud. 

 In May the buds will begin to shoot vigorously ; 

 if there are more shoots than one from each bud, 

 they must be removed, leaving only one, which in 

 June should be supported with a slight stake, or 

 the wind may displace it. By the end of August 

 this shoot ought to be from five to six feet in 

 height, and is then in a proper state for budding 

 to form a pyramid. Some of the most free- 

 growing and beautiful of the Hybrid Perpetual 

 Eoses should be selected and budded on these 

 stems in the following manner : — Commence 

 about nine inches from the ground, inserting one 

 bud ; then on the opposite side of the stock, and 



