170 PROPAGATION OF SUMMEE POSES. 



When this is ascertained, which can be done by 

 gently turning out the plant, they should be 

 placed in a cold frame and still kept close. After 

 being a week in this situation they may be potted 

 into large pots. This is a very interesting method 

 of propagation, and the plants made in this man- 

 ner form very pretty bushes of compact growth ; 

 it is applicable to all roses : even Moss Eoses will 

 strike root if treated as above : they require more 

 patience, as they are longer in forming their roots 

 than many, as are also the Provence. Care must 

 be taken that the shoots, before being formed into 

 cuttings, are perfectly ripe : an invariable sign 

 of their maturity is when the terminal bud is 

 formed at the end of the shoot: this shows that 

 they have made their first growth ; to hasten this, 

 the plants should be placed in the most sunny 

 situation, so as to mature their shoots as early as 

 possible. 



Cuttings of Hybrid China Eoses, Hybrid Bour- 

 bons, and of all the climbing roses, may be 

 raised with facility by planting them in a shady 

 border in September. They may be made about 

 ten inches in length, two- thirds of which should 

 be planted in the soil : in fact, they can scarcely 

 be planted too deep : one, or at most two, buds 

 above the surface will be enough ; on these buds 

 the leaves must be left untouched. These will be 

 fit for planting out the following autumn. 



