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graft, and unless most carefully attended to, de- 

 stroys it by its suckers in one season. A method 

 of growing standard roses in dry unfavourable 

 soils, with the aid of the Manetti stock, may be 

 practised by those who really love rose culture ; 

 some robust-growing, Hybrid China Eose — Ma- 

 dame Pisaroni and Descartes are two vigorous- 

 growing varieties, to these should be added 

 ^Cheshunt hybrid' — should be budded on strong 

 Manetti stocks below the surface of the soil, which 

 should be removed for the purpose ; from each bud 

 one shoot should be encouraged and supported 

 with a stake, and all others carefully removed 

 the second season of growth the stems thus formed 

 may be budded with Hybrid Perpetual Roses and 

 others ; they soon form nice healthy stems. 



Stocks of the Dog Rose should always be 

 planted in November. Those intended for dwarfs 

 may be cut to within six inches of the root, those 

 for dwarf standards and standards to the requisite 

 lengths. After planting, cover the surface of the 

 soil near their roots with litter or fresh manure, 

 three or four inches deep ; in August of the 

 following season they will be in fine order for 

 budding. Hedge budding, lately recommended 

 in the ' Gardener's Chronicle,' may be practised 

 under particular circumstances. Thus, if some 

 fine stocks, that have been overlooked in autumn, 

 are discovered in February, in lieu of removing 

 them to the rose garden, bud them in the hedge 

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