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of November or middle of December, if mild 

 (all depending on weather), the pots should be 

 placed in a frame or cool greenhouse, and have 

 plenty of air till they put forth their leaves and 

 roots, when they may be potted or planted out. 



P^ormerly, as is well known, the cuttings of 

 pelargoniums were struck in heat with much 

 trouble and often great loss ; they are now propa- 

 gated after the method I have recommended for 

 roses with unvarying success. This is my rose 

 secret, to which the rose world is most welcome. 

 I may mention that Climbing Eoses, Hybrid 

 China Roses, the hardy Tea Roses, the Bourbon 

 Roses, the hardy Noisette Roses, and, above all, 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals, are all amenable to this 

 mode of propagation. 



SPRINO AND SUMMER GRAFTING OF 

 AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



This is a most interesting method of propagation 

 and most simple. Stocks of any free-growing 

 roses should be potted at any time in the autumn, 

 winter, or early spring months : the first-named 

 period is the most eligible. The Manetti Rose 

 is the best stock ; then comes Celine, also very 

 good : some of the Hybrid China Roses will also 

 make good stocks. In the month of April, the 

 shoots of Tea-scented, Hybrid, Perpetual, and 



